South Cobb Meeting News You Can Use

On Tuesday, county commissioners will have two hearings­–at 8 a.m. and at 6 p.m.–with the community regarding the proposed millage rate increase from 9.6 mills to 11.21. The meetings will be held in the Board of Commissioners room at 100 Cherokee St. in Marietta.

Citizens from the South Cobb area are being asked to wear blue by a grassroots coalition of community leaders who support the millage rate increase if it will ensure no more cuts to other departments. This group is also encouraging residents to get there early to sign up for the public comment portion of the meeting.

On Wednesday, State Rep. Alisha Morgan, who represents South Cobb, and South Cobb Commissioner Woody Thompson will hold a town hall meeting at on Lions Drive in Mableton at 7:30 p.m. to discuss issues such as the possible millage rate increase.

On another note, South Cobb Patch wants to announce your yard sales, garage sales, community and church sales. You can always announce your events right here on the site, but starting this week, we will also have a roundup of all the area sales every Friday.

Corrected: Originally, this article stated that Wednesday's town hall meeting began at 6:30 p.m. However, the start time for the meeting is 7:30 p.m.