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Alison Bartlett

Monday, April 30, 2012

The Week Ahead in South Cobb: TSPLOST panel, SCBA meeting

Check out what's going on in your community and neighborhood and get involved!

This week is busy and culminates with one of the biggest fiestas of the year on Cinco de Mayo. Monday The City of Austell City Council holds its pre-agenda meeting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Wednesday The South Cobb Business Association holds its monthly meeting at the South Cobb Community Center at 11:45 a.m. This week’s speaker is Mark Butler, commissioner for the Georgia Department of Labor. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door and cost $20 for non-members. Thursday The Austell Community Partnership will hold its monthly meeting at the South Cobb Recreation Center at 10-11:30a.m. Various speakers will compose a panel to discuss the upcoming Transportation Investment Act/TSPLOST referendum. The panel consists of speaker from …

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Local Politicians Respond to Arizona Shootings

Armed attacks in Tuscon and Panama City still weigh heavily on South Cobb’s leaders.

While condolences and speedy recovery messages are being sent from across the world and the international space station, local politicians are still responding to the most recent attacks in Tucson, Ariz. “Like the rest of the country, I was saddened to hear about the shooting that had taken so many innocent lives. While you can’t blame the shooting on the overall negative and threatening tone present in politics, it does make you wonder if it is time to move toward a more civil debate on the issues. While things like this give you pause, as an elected official, I will continue to hold public meetings so families in my district can have a voice in the political process.” –David Wilkerson, Georgia State Representative, District 33  “We (…

Kenya

2:00 pm on Sunday, January 23, 2011

I think I get your point, but an extreme view on either side of the issue doesn't help us move forward. Yes things are tense after the election, but not near the level of physical violence of the civil rights era.   more ›

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