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NORM HUGHES HOMES NEW HOMES ▲ REMODELING ▲ DESIGN Luxury Remodeling Within Your Budget Live in the Home of your Dreams NOW! 770-616-9159 www.normhugheshomes.com Kitchen and Bath renovations. Additions and New Construction, Basements, Screen Porches and Decks • Over 20 years Experience • Licensed and Insured After NOW OPEN! the bird & the bee home & garden Visit our new home and garden shop in the back. 2968 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, GA 30080 770-432-5120 | Open Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 1-5 Black Lab AUTOMOTIVE Car restoration and the reinCARnation of classic car parts into one-of-a- kind furniture for your home, office or man cave. 678-209-2050 Take 400N to Holcomb Bridge Rd/ GA-140W via exit 7B ramp toward Roswell. Go 1.9 miles. Turn left onto Alpharetta St/ GA 120/ GA-9. Go 0.3 mi. Jin’s Jewelry is on the right. Turn right into the next driveway. We are located behind the jewelry store. 10364 Alpharetta St., Roswell, GA 30075 COMMUNITY Lobbyists spend on lawmakers The state Legislature is considering measures to curtail lobbyist spending, which has no cap on what lobbyists can spend wooing lawmakers. In the past, lobbyists have shelled out thou sands for dinners, football tickets and other gifts to influence members of the state legislative delegation to support their issues. Reporter Newspapers examined re ports of what lobbyists spent on our lo cal legislators. Below is a list compiled from the states Transparency and Cam paign Finance Commission. In some cases the reports listed gifts legislators returned and are not factored into the overall total amount listed here. See the reports at http://ethics.ga.gov/ Georgia Senate District 6 Hunter Hill, R-Atlanta 2012: $50 Biggest amount spent on legis lator? $ 100 for ticket to state Cham ber of Com merce break fast (in 2013). District 32 Judson Hill, R-Marietta 2012: $2,051 Biggest amount spent on legis lator? $328 for Falcons tickets District 40 Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody 2012: $1,241 Biggest amount spent on legis lator? $328 on Falcons tickets District 56 John Albers, R-Roswell 2012: $1,051 Biggest amount spent on leg islator? $ 110 on dinner Georgia House of Representatives District 45 Matt Dollar, R-Marietta 2012: $1,175 Biggest amount spent on leg islator? $ 111 on dinner District 51 Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs 2012: $263 Biggest amount spent on leg islator? $86 on a meal District 52 Joe Wilkinson, R-Atlanta 2012: $189.83 Biggest amount spent on leg islator? $50 on lunch District 80 Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven 2012: $258 Biggest amount spent on leg islator? $104 on dinner Sandy Springs Government Calendar The Sandy Springs City Council usually meets the first and the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at City Hall, which is located at 7840 Roswell Road, Building 500 For the most up to date meeting schedule, visit http://www.sandyspringsga.org/Calendars/City-Calendar 2 | FEB. 8 —FEB. 21,2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net ss
