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FEBRUARY 6, 2011 500 StarNews monthly publication/Stso^iews Online www.starnewsga.com
VOLUME 17 NUMBER 2
Board of elections:
ESPLOST election
from press release
The 2011 election cycle
begins in Carroll County with
the March 15, 2011 1% Sales
Tax for Education or
ESPLOST Election. This ballot
is lengthy. Citizens may obtain
a Sample Ballot at the Elections
and Registration Office and
www.carrollcountyga.com in
order to familiarize themselves
See VOTING page 11
Public program on
upcoming ESPLOST
vote: program Feb.
28; vote March 15
from press release
The League of Women Voters
Carrollton-Carroll County is
hosting a public program on the
ESPLOST - the 1% sales tax for
education at their regularly
scheduled meeting, Mon., Feb.
28th, Monday, 7 p.m. at the
Stallings Community Center,
Rotary Room, 118 South White
Street, Carrtollton. The local
ESPLOST will be held Tues.,
March 15th. (See related story
this page.)
Invited speakers to the pro
gram are Scott Cowart, superin
tendent, Carroll County Schools
and Dr. Kent Edwards, superin
tendent, Carrollton City
See ESPLOST page 26
Hospice Grief
Support Group to
meet on Thursdays
from press release
Tanner Hospice Care, the
region’s only nonprofit,
community-based hospice care
provider, will offer a grief sup
port group for individuals who
have experienced the death of a
loved one.
The group, which is free and
open to adults age 18 and older,
will meet Thursday evenings
See SUPPORT page 25
Despite load of reappraisals,
tax notices to be mailed on time
by Carole Scott chased at the top of the now col-
The Ad Valorem Tax (property la P sed real estate bubble,
tax) is a large source of revenue See PROPERTY TAX page 9
for Carroll County.
In addition to buildings and
land, Carroll County’s Tax Digest
includes business inventories,
tagged vehicles, and some types
of personal property.
Sandi Ferguson, Carroll
County’s Chief Appraiser, said
that she expects that it will cost
about $20,000 to mail out the
property tax notices.
Meeting the state-mandated
requirement that these notices be
sent out annually by July 1 was
made more difficult by the deci
sion to reappraise real estate pur-
Temple Industrial Park
now one of only 15
designated GRAD sites
by Carole Scott (GRAD) site. The 100-acre
On Friday, January 28, 2011, Temple Industrial Park is located
the Carroll County Development inside the city limits of Temple at
Authority, the City of Temple, East Luke and Hanson Roads
and Carroll Tomorrow announced adjacent to Interstate 20. It is one
that the Temple Industrial Park of only 15 such designated indus-
has been named by Georgia Allies trial sites in Georgia,
as a Georgia Ready for A partnership between
Accelerated Development See GRAD SITE page i
Is it malice murder? Felony murder?
Voluntary/involuntary manslaughter?
declares that the defendant is
guilty of murder. From reading
newspapers and listening to news
stories on the radio and televi
sion, you know that murder has
differents charges associated with
the crime of taking another’s life.
See MURDER page 5
“Communication
coordinators” to
help fast track
promoting
Carroll County
by Sam Gentry
Through the creation of two
positions from funds available in
the budget from unfilled county
jobs, Carroll County now has two
new “Communications Coordin
ators.” These public information
officers will reach out to the com
munity and to news outlets, creat
ing and executing marketing
strategies and spreading the word
about all that Carroll County has
to offer.
John Boan and Tom O’Conner,
former local journalists, created
and presented a proposal to
Carroll County Commission
See COMMUNICATION page 6
MILLAGE RATES
applicable in Carroll County
State
0.25
Carroll County Schools
18.10
Carrollton City Schools
17.19
Bremen School 40%
14.95
City of Carrollton
4.69
City of Mt. Zion
7.29
City of Roopville
0.00
City of Temple
7.05
City of Villa Rica
6.775
City of Whitesburg
8.25
County Unincorp.
8.50
Co. Incorp. C’ton
7.23
Co. Incorp. other
8.50
City of Bremen 40%
7.047
by Carole Scott
The climax of many movies
and television shows is when the
foreman of a jury rises and
Shown at the Temple Senior Center (see top story this page) are Carroll Tomorrow
CEO Daniel Jackson, Jim Bruce of Bruce Facility Planning Consultants, Commission
Chair Bill Chappell, Carroll Development Authority Chair Tim Warren, Temple Mayor
Rick Ford, and Economic Development Manager Josh Rhine. Photo by Carole Scott
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