“On March 18, 1766, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, which required American colonists to purchase a stamp for every legal or printed document they obtained. Revenue would be used to support the British army in America.
The Stamp Act led Patrick Henry to denounce King George III, the British Monarch at the time of the passage of the Stamp Act and the ensuing Revolutionary War; Henry’s later “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech to the Virginia Assembly at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, listed by Time magazine as one of the top ten speeches of all time. Henry later opposed adoption of the Constitution, arguing it was incomplete without a Bill of Rights; after the Bill of Rights was adopted, Henry was satisfied.
On February 19, 1807, Aaron Burr was arrested in the Mississippi Territory, in what is now Alabama. Burr had served as Vice President during the first term of President Thomas Jefferson, leaving the administration after the 1804 election; later Jefferson issued a warrant accusing Burr of treason. Burr spent part of his time on the lam in Georgia.
On March 19, 1916, the first American military air combat mission began in support of an incursion into Mexico under President Woodrow Wilson.
On March 18, 1939, the State of Georgia ratified the Bill of Rights, which were proposed 150 years earlier in 1789. Georgia initially declined to ratify the Bill of Rights arguing that the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution were unnecessary. Governor E.D. Rivers signed the joint resolution six days later, but under federal court decisions the ratification is marked as of the date the second house of the state legislature adopts the legislation (assuming a bi-cameral state legislature).
On March 18, 1942, the United States government, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, created the War Relocation Authority to “Take all people of Japanese descent into custody, surround them with troops, prevent them from buying land, and return them to their former homes at the close of the war.” More than 120,000 Japanese Americans, many of them citizens of the United States were moved from the west coast into concentration camps in the western United States.
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed entirely of Japanese Americans, many of whose families were interned at the camps, became the most-decorated unit of World War II, with members being awarded 4,667 medals, awards, and citations, including 1 Medal of Honor, 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 560 Silver Stars; eventually 21 members of the 442nd would be awarded the Medal of Honor. The late United States Senator Daniel Inouye, a member of the 442nd from 1941 to 1947, was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton for actions during WWII. First elected to the United States Senate in 1962, Inouye became President Pro Tem in 2010.
On March 18, 1947, Herman Talmadge surrendered the Governor’s office, ending the “Three Governors Affair.” Earlier this year, the General Assembly honored the late Governor Melvin Thompson, who was elected the first Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and became Governor at the conclusion of the Three Governors Affair.
A couple years ago I was walking my dogs and found those two documents above on the street left out for the trash. Between them, they bear the signatures of all three men who claimed the Governorship during the Three Governors controversy, and a bonus 4th Governor.
On March 19, 1947, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled in Thompson v. Talmadge on the “Three Governors Affair.” The Court held that the Georgia General Assembly lacked authority to elect Herman Talmadge as Governor, and that because of the death of Eugene Talmadge before he took office, no successor to Gov. Ellis Arnall was in place until the newly-elected Lt. Governor Melvin Johnson was sworn in and became Governor, succeeding Arnall.
On March 18, 1955, the Georgia Educators Association endorsed “equal but separate” schools for the races.
On March 18, 1961, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Gray v. Sanders, which arose from Georgia. Three politically-important results come from the case.
First, the Court held that state regulation of the Democratic Primary made the primary election a state action, not merely that of a private organization; thus, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies.
Second, the Equal Protection Clause requires that every vote be given equal weight in electing officials, often stated as the “one person, one vote” rule. In Georgia at that time, each County had between two and six “county unit votes”. As a result,
“One unit vote in Echols County represented 938 residents, whereas one unit vote in Fulton County represented 92,721 residents. Thus, one resident in Echols County had an influence in the nomination of candidates equivalent to 99 residents of Fulton County.”
Third, because the County Unit System gave the votes of some Georgians greater weight than that of others, it violated the Equal Protection Clause. The “one person, one vote” rule is one benchmark of redistricting.
On March 18, 1976, Governor George Busbee signed legislation recognizing the following official state symbols:
Staurolite – Official Mineral of Georgia
Shark’s Tooth – Official Fossil of Georgia
Clear Quartz – Official Gem of Georgia
Purple Quartz (Amethyst) – Official Gem of Georgia
On March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush announced the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in order to depose Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and eliminate the country’s ability to produce weapons of mass destruction.
March 19, 2014 was “Bo Callaway Day” in Georgia and flags flew at half-staff in honor of the late Georgia Congressman and former Secretary of the Army.
“Few individuals throughout our history can match the legacy that Bo Callaway left on Georgia politics,” Deal said. “Bo blazed a trail that led to the dramatic growth of the Georgia GOP, which went from virtually nonexistent when he ran for governor to holding every statewide elected office today. Bo stood up for what he believed in even when the odds and the political system were stacked against him. Georgians are all the better for it. Sandra and I send our deepest sympathies to the Callaway family.”
March 19, 2014 was also the first time I wrote about the lack of an “Official State Dog of Georgia.”
Georgia Politics, Campaigns, and Elections
The Whitfield County Board of Elections extended early voting hours for the April 7, 2026 Special Runoff Elections for CD-14 and SD-53, according to the Dalton Daily Citizen.
Voters in Whitfield County will have an additional opportunity to cast ballots early in the upcoming April 7 special runoff election, with the Board of Elections adding an extended-hours voting day to the schedule.
Early voting will take place at the Whitfield County Board of Elections Office inside the courthouse from Monday, March 30, through Thursday, April 2. Hours will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, with extended hours – from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. – on Thursday.
There will be no early voting on Friday, April 3, in observance of Good Friday.
Election Day is Tuesday, April 7, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters must cast ballots at their assigned precincts on Election Day.
The deadline to request an absentee-by-mail ballot is March 27.
Because the runoff is part of a federal election, voter registration updates or changes submitted by March 9 will be in effect for the April election.
Governor Brian Kemp issued Executive Order #03.17.26.01, suspending Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch for 60 days, according to AccessWDUN.
An executive order signed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Tuesday, Mar. 17, suspends Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch for up to 60 days.
This comes just 11 days after Kemp appointed a committee to investigate Couch following his arrest for driving under the influence. Kemp appointed Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, Greene County Sheriff Donnie Harrison and Glascock County Sheriff Jeremy Kelley to the committee to investigate Couch.
Couch, 63, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 27, on charges including DUI, failure to maintain lane and an open container violation. He had been pulled over by deputies on Ledan Extension in the northwest part of Hall County at around 10:30 a.m. that morning who reported they saw him swerving and driving erratically.
Georgia State Patrol troopers then responded to the scene and arrested Couch. A state patrol report obtained by AccessWDUN through an open records request stated that Couch’s blood alcohol level was .212, nearly three times the legal limit, and that he told troopers he “binge-drinks.”
The suspension is effective immediately as of Tuesday, Mar. 17, and expires May 16.
Couch has not issued any public statement since his arrest.
The Office of Governor Brian Kemp shared the following statement regarding the executive order to AccessWDUN:
“The governor’s executive order reflects the recommendation of the review commission, and the statute does not authorize the Governor to directly remove the sheriff from office.”
Georgia law gives the governor the authority to investigate an elected sheriff who faces criminal charges and to suspend the official or take other actions. Hall County’s Chief Deputy Kevin Head is currently heading the sheriff’s office following Couch’s arrest.
The sheriff’s office said Tuesday it was aware Kemp’s order had been posted to the governor’s website, but had received ” no official notification of Sheriff’s Couch’s suspension.”
Under the Gold Dome Today
Wednesday – March 18, 2026
Senate Rules: Upon Adj 450 CAP
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8:00 AM Senate Transportation 450 CAP
10:00 AM HOUSE FLOOR SESSION (LD33) House Chamber
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1:30 PM HOUSE Special Sub Approp 341 CAP
2:00 PM HOUSE TECHNOLOGY & INFRA 406 CLOB
2:00 PM Senate Agriculture & Cons Aff 307 CLOB
3:00 PM HOUSE JUDICIARY NON-CIVIL 132 CAP
3:00 PM HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL AFF 606 CLOB
3:00 PM Senate Finance MEZZ 1
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Thursday – March 19, 2026
Senate Rules: Upon Adj 450 CAP
8:00 AM Senate State & Local Govt Ops 450 CAP
10:00 AM Senate Floor Session (LD 34) Senate Chamber
1:00 PM HOUSE TRANSPORTATION 606 CLOB
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2:00 PM Senate Judiciary 307 CLOB
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3:00 PM Senate Regulated Industries 450 CAP
4:00 PM Senate Insurance & Labor MEZZ 1
5:00 PM Senate Ethics 307 CLOB
Senate Bill 214 by State Sen. Max Burns (R-Sylvania) to change state voting procedures was amended to delay effectiveness until after this year’s elections, according to the Capitol Beat News Service via the Savannah Morning News.
Georgia representatives abandoned a deadline to change the state’s voting technology before this November’s election, advancing a bill Tuesday that delays a switch to hand-marked paper ballots until the 2028 election year.
The amended bill wouldn’t remove computer QR codes from ballots for nearly two more years, frustrating critics of Georgia’s elections who say the state’s touchscreen voting system is untrustworthy and insecure.
Legislators had passed a state law in 2024 to remove QR codes by this year, but they said they need more time to buy new election equipment and train election workers before rolling out new technology for over 8 million registered Georgia voters.
The bill cleared the House Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday and could soon reach a vote in the full House of Representatives.
“This was not the original vision that we had proposed,” said House Governmental Affairs Chairman Victor Anderson, R-Cornelia. “We very quickly and very abruptly began to realize the practicality of that happening without causing a severe upset in our election.”
All in-person Georgia voters use touchscreens that print out paper ballots, which are then tabulated by scanning machines that read a QR code.
Opponents of Georgia’s voting technology say voters aren’t able to read QR codes to verify that their ballots accurately reflect their choices.
Under Senate Bill 214, the state government would buy new machines that would print out ballots on-demand when voters arrive at the polls starting in 2028. Then voters would bubble in their choices with a pen and insert their ballots into a scanner.
“We’re kicking the can down the road another two years,” said Autumn Miller, a Fulton County voter who testified to the committee Tuesday. “I don’t trust this. When can we get our election back? What can we do as a voter to get these QR codes off and have a good election?”
Election officials from counties across the state turned out at the committee meeting in support of the revised bill.
“This is something that’s setting us up for success and not for failure. The timeline was our biggest concern,” said Paulding County Election Director Deidre Holden. “It’s our duty to serve our voters and to serve them well. I don’t like confusion when it comes to our voters.”
The bill doesn’t include funding, but Anderson said he’s working to identify money in the state budget to pay for the new voting system.
When Georgia bought its touchscreen-based voting system in 2019, manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems, it cost over $100 million.
Both election security advocates and conservatives have for years opposed Georgia’s voting equipment. Republican criticisms of the technology increased after Republican President Donald Trump narrowly lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden.
“We cannot have fair and accurate elections with the Dominion machines,” said Earl Ferguson, a conservative voter, told the committee.
The Senate rejected a bill earlier this month that would have forced Georgia to make a rapid conversion to hand-marked paper ballots in time for this year’s midterms. That legislation, which called for hand-marked paper ballots and fewer early voting locations, failed amid concerns it would lead to “chaos” and voters unable to cast their ballots.
Hand-marked ballots are the main election day voting method in two-thirds of the United States, according to the election technology organization Verified Voting.
If the House passes this version of SB 214, it would return to the Senate for another vote. But if the Senate disagrees with the changes to the bill, a conference committee would need to resolve any disputes.
Without a new state law, the July 1 deadline to remove QR codes would remain in place without any plan to do so. Anderson warned that inaction by the General Assembly could lead the problem to be decided by the courts right before a major election.
“This bill is necessary because if we do nothing, the electorate and especially our election officials and our election superintendents across the state will not have clarity in how to conduct elections in November of 2026,” said state Sen. Max Burns, R-Sylvania.
The House Governmental Affairs Committee approved an amended version of Senate Bill 214, a transition from the state’s current touchscreen voting system to a new system, calling for paper ballots in time for the next presidential election. Burns said the new system would be Georgia’s primary voting method, with touchscreens still available for voters with disabilities.
Ballots would be counted by machines.
If approved by the General Assembly, the bill would answer how lawmakers intend to comply with the looming July deadline to stop counting votes with QR codes currently on the ballots printed from the touchscreen machines. Hand-marked paper ballot proponents have advocated for filling in selections by hand. County election officials say it’s too late for an overhaul of the system this year.
Under the proposal, ballots would be printed on demand at polling locations to accommodate different configurations of districts and races.
State Rep. Victor Anderson, R-Cornelia, said lawmakers are working to ensure there’s money in the 2027 budget for a new system. Anderson said he’s requested $150 million to make the switch.
Senate Bill 552 by State Sen. Ben Watson (R-Savannah), the “True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act” passed the Senate, and the House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend its passage in that chamber, according to the Capitol Beat News Service via the Statesboro Herald.
Georgia representatives are moving forward with a bill, inspired by conservative activist Charlie Kirk, that would protect political activities by students in public schools.
If it passes, Georgia would become the first state to pass a law safeguarding students’ free speech rights regardless of their political or social viewpoints, said Sen. Ben Watson, R-Savannah.
The proposal passed the House Judiciary Committee on Monday and could soon reach a final vote in the full House. The state Senate already approved the legislation, Senate Bill 552.
“Public school students in Georgia must be permitted to engage in political activities and expression before, during, and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in non-political activities and expression,” Watson said.
Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook, D-Savannah, said the bill claims to be neutral at the same time as it honors Kirk, a media personality who co-founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA. Kirk was assassinated while speaking during a campus debate last year.
The bill is named the “True Patriotism and Universal Student Access Act,” giving it the same acronym as Turning Point USA.
“I can see the emails coming in about this bill as an homage to a particular point of view,” Westbrook said. “Charlie Kirk had a particular point of view, making disparaging comments about Black women, for example, and LGBTQ folks.”
Watson said the bill wouldn’t discriminate, even protecting a hypothetical Satanic political action committee as well as protests, such as students who recently organized against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The bill allows schools to maintain order and discipline on campus.
The bill would make it illegal for public schools to deny equal access to school facilities for student meetings based on political or ideological content. These groups would be treated the same as other clubs, but neither would be permitted to interfere with instructional time during the school day.
The legislation also would ensure the ability of students to wear clothes and jewelry that display political messages to the same extent they can wear other items that display messages under school dress codes.
House Bill 1009 by State Rep. Scott Hilton (R-Peachtree Corners) to extend the school cellphone ban to high schools, according to Atlanta News First via WTOC.
A bill that would restrict Georgia high school students’ cellphone use during the school day cleared another hurdle Tuesday at the State Capitol. Supporters argued the move would cut distractions and ease anxiety, while opponents warned it could spark conflict for school staff and leave parents with fewer ways to reach their children during emergencies.
The proposal would expand a statewide cellphone policy already approved for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. That earlier law is set to take effect statewide in the 2026-27 school year.
Under the new measure, restrictions for high school students would begin in the 2027-28 school year. The bill does not require a single statewide enforcement method, leaving districts to decide how to keep phones out of students’ hands during class.
Republican state Rep. Scott Hilton, the sponsor, said the state should move quickly after districts reported improved focus and less isolation among younger students under “bell-to-bell” phone limits.
“The technology meant to bring people together actually makes us feel further apart,” Hilton said.
Students testified in support during the hearing. Nathan D’Silva, 17, a Milton High School student, told lawmakers that phones have become addictive for teens.
“Social media is the cigarette of our generation,” D’Silva said.
Supporters also pointed to parents’ concerns about screen time and mental health.
A population-representative survey by Emory University’s Center for Child Health Policy of 1,002 Georgia parents found nearly 71% supported expanding a school-day cellphone ban to high school students. Among parents who opposed a high school ban, three-fourths cited being able to reach their child during an emergency as their top concern. The survey was conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 24.
Some educators raised similar concerns.
Darryl Adams, a teacher and parent, said he worried that enforcing a ban could lead to confrontations between students and school staff.
“We have administrators in various schools who would voice that they don’t want to be involved in that confrontation of taking devices away,” Adams said.
Adams also said phones can feel essential for parents trying to get updates during a lockdown.
“Two of my daughters, were in lockdown, and I was not able to get any information until about 3 or 3:30,” he said.
State School Superintendent Richard Woods testified Tuesday. He told lawmakers he has heard nothing but support from teachers across Georgia.
“From our teachers, thank you, thank you, thank you — from the Department of Education, thank you, thank you, thank you,” Woods said.
The bill must clear the Senate and receive a final vote before the legislative session ends. If it becomes law, the debate is expected to continue over how districts enforce the restrictions and how schools communicate with families during emergencies.
The City of Social Circle cut off utilities to a facility planned for an ICE detention center, according to WSB-TV.
The City of Social Circle has taken a new step in its debate with the federal government over a detention center in the city.
Social Circle City Manager Eric Taylor already told Channel 2’s Tom Regan that the city planned to challenge detention center plans by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At the time, Taylor told Regan that the city was “considering all actions available to us at this point, to stop this from happening.”
Social Circle has cut off water and sewer services at the warehouse-turned-detention center and put a lock on the water meter.
A city representative confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the lock was on and will stay on unless more information is provided to the city.
Services will remain off “until ICE indicates how water and sewer to the facility will be served without exceeding the limited infrastructure capacity.”
Previously, Taylor told Channel 2 Action News that “we simply do not have the water and sewage capacity to handled the demands which would effectively tripling the population of our city practically overnight” in Social Circle.
The city government has been trying to get planning information and copies of the federal feasibility studies ICE said it used before buying the property, which it says has still not been provided.
That information would include how the agency plans to serve the facility and how it would, or would not, impact the local community.
City manager Eric Taylor said the lock will stay in place until federal officials respond to the city’s questions and concerns. He added that an official from Immigration and Customs Enforcement was informed of the lock shortly after the Feb. 3 sale, when the ICE representative asked how to establish an account with the city.
“The lock is there until ICE indicates how water and sewer will be served without exceeding our limited infrastructure capacity,” read a statement from the city, released Monday. “The City of Social Circle is not satisfied that an adequate engineering analysis has been conducted.”
ICE did not respond to a request for comment from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. Department of Homeland Security officials have previously told the city they planned to use its water system “during off-peak hours,” or that it could either truck in water or dig a well.
Taylor said earlier this month that none of those options are viable solutions. He said the city currently uses between 80% and 90% of its permitted draw from the Alcovy River to supply drinking water to residents and businesses.
“How are we supposed to provide water for an additional 10,000 people?” Taylor said March 3. “The water isn’t there, no matter what time of the day you try to pull it.”
Taylor said the other ideas are dead ends, as well. It would take hundreds of trucks per day to haul in enough water for a facility that size, and city engineers estimate it would take 30 to 60 wells to provide water to the facility in that manner.
“What happens to everyone else who rely on the well water to supply their households?” Taylor said. “It is not sustainable at all.”
When operational, the detention center will have a sewage demand of over 1 million gallons per day, an ICE document shows. But according to Social Circle officials, the city’s current wastewater system is already at capacity processing 660,000 gallons a day.
“It cannot accommodate an increase in usage of this magnitude,” the city’s Monday statement says.
The Augusta Charter Review Committee wants state legislation to allow a charter revision referendum, according to the Augusta Chronicle.
[T]he Augusta Commission voted March 10 to pass a resolution asking the Georgia General Assembly to place the new-charter issue on the November 2026 general election ballot.
City legal counsel told commissioners that charter committee members still can debate and propose changes to the charter’s contents without affecting state legislative action.
“This needs to get on the ballot. That’s the bottom line,” charter committee member Steve Foushee told commissioners March 10. “It needs to be on the ballot in 2026, not 2027.”
The new charter, if approved by Richmond County voters, would switch Augusta-Richmond County from its consolidated form of government to a commission-manager form of government.
In a commission-manager framework, the mayor chairs a commission that concentrates on local legislative policy, and a professional manager deals with the municipality’s day-to-day upkeep of roads, facilities, utilities, and other public services.
United States District Court Judge J. P. Boulee (ND-GA) decided mediation between USDOJ and Fulton County over 2020 election records failed, according to Atlanta News First via WRDW.
A judge has determined that mediation between the federal government and Fulton County officials over the agency’s January raid of the county’s elections hub has failed.
On Monday, Judge J. P. Boulee of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia set a new hearing date of March 27, 2026, to consider Fulton County’s subpoena of an FBI agent.
“The court understands that mediation has been unsuccessful,” Boulee wrote in his March 16 ruling. “Consequently, the court is now taking the motion to vacate hearing and to quash subpoena under advisement.”
Last month, Boulee said he wanted the federal government and the county to mediate the dispute.
On Jan. 28, 2026, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operations Center in Union City, seizing hundreds of boxes of ballots, voter rolls, ballot images and other records from the 2020 election.
Fulton County leaders have publicly pushed back against the federal action while also acknowledging compliance with the warrant as executed.
Georgia will purchase land in the Okefenokee Swamp for a Wildlife Management Area, according to WALB.
The state of Georgia has plans to purchase land in the Okefenokee Swamp and turn it into a new wildlife management area.
This plan comes after a deal in 2025 to pause a bid to begin a mining project near the Okefenokee. The new wildlife area doesn’t have a name yet and won’t be open until 2027.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) says the land covers nearly 4,000 acres with the goal of providing high-quality habitat for wildlife.
The wildlife management area will provide the public with hunting and fishing opportunities.
The funding was recommended by GDNR back in January and was given final approval by the state House and Senate.
The property is known to have several protected Georgia species like the gopher tortoise, eastern indigo snake and more.
A new car tag will allow buyers to support Georgia State Parks, according to WRDW.
Georgians can now support their state parks and historic sites with new specialty license plates.
The custom plates are available online through the state’s e-services portal.
The plates cost $80 for the first year of registration. The price drops to $55 each year after the initial purchase. Money collected from the tag goes to the Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Division of the Department of Natural Resources. The funds will support the protection, management and maintenance of Georgia’s state parks and historic sites.
According to the Georgia Department of Revenue, $25 of the initial purchase pays for the tag’s manufacturing fee, and $20 goes toward the annual registration fee. The remaining $35 is split, with $13 going to the state and $22 to the Department of Natural Resources for Georgia’s state parks and historic sites.
These tags can also be purchased for trailers. The initial purchase price is $72, and the renewal fee is $47 per year.
Julie Locke was sworn-in to the Dalton City Council District 2 seat she won in last week’s Special Election, according to the Dalton Daily Citizen.
Before joining the council in the Councilmember Ward 2 seat, lifelong Dalton resident Locke was sworn in by Superior Court Chief Judge Cindy Morris in front of a crowd of approximately 60 public attendees.
Fellow council members Dennis Mock, Tyree Goodlett and Steve Farrow also unanimously approved the certified special election results, which were released early Monday morning and declared Locke as “duly elected Councilmember Ward 2 of the City of Dalton.”
According to the certified results, Locke received 1,808 total votes, defeating Rojelio “Roy” Alvarran (1,096 votes) and Zeucis “Z” Martinez (527 votes). After taking the oath of office, Locke recused herself from voting on the majority of items during the meeting, “as she has not had time to become familiar with the items” deliberated on Monday, said Mayor Annalee Sams.
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