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VOLUME 17 NUMBER 9
Patriot Day in
Carroll County
Sept. 10 and 11
by Carole Scott
On October 25, 2001 the
U.S. House of Representatives
passed a Joint Resolution
requesting that the President
designate Seprember 11 of each
year as “Patriot Day”, a day
dedicated to the memory of the
2,977 people killed on
September 11, 2001 in New
York and Washington by
Islamic terrorists.
President George W. Bush
signed this resolution into law
on December 18, 2001. On this
See PATRIOT DAY page 29
Carroll County
Tea Party
“Stand Up
America Rally”
The Carroll County Georgia
TEA Party will host the “Stand
Up America Rally”Saturday,
September 10th, 10:00 a.m. until
12:30 p.m. at the park next to
Carrollton City Hall. The public is
invited to attend. Keynote speaker
will be Erick Erickson, AM750
News/Talk WSB radio host and
editor ofRedState.com
Erickson moved from conser
vative blogger at RedState to con
servative talker and joined WSB
full time in January 2011. He is
See STAND VP RALLY page 36
City of Villa Rica in
strong financial shape:
City manager reports city is under
budget by $695,182; $10.3M in bank
by Prissi Sullivan meeting in council chambers at
City Manager Larry Wood the Holt-Bishop Justice Center on
shared good news with the Villa Main Street in downtown Villa
Rica City Council and the public Rica. Cash account, which
at the August 2, 2011 council See $10.3M IN BANK page 33
Carroll County School Board votes
to increase tax rate to 19.6 mils
by Prissi Sullivan
All three public hearings, held
in August, 2011 on the proposed
millage rate increase of 1.5 mils
UWG settles
case with
whistleblower
by Sam Gentry
The University of West Georgia
and the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia
reached an out of court settlement
with Jim Naughton, former assis
tant vice president for
See NA UGHTON page 33
by the Carroll County Board of
Education began with a presenta
tion by Chief Financial Officer
Greg Denney. The third public
hearing closed when there was no
Qualifying
held for city
elections
by Sam Gentry
Qualifying for the 2011 Carroll
County Municipal General
Election was held Monday, Aug.
29 at 8:30 a.m. - Friday, Sept. 2, at
See QUALIFYING page 20
further public comment. The
board meeting convened for dis
cussion and action on the millage
rate. Board Member Bernice
Brooks moved to increase the
millage rate 1.5 mils, bringing it
to 19.6 mils. Board Member Bart
Cater stated that he could not sup
port a tax increase. “This board
has been diagnosed with political
schizophrenia,” he stated, “when
you can give $98,000.00 to
coaches and cut teacher salaries.”
Board Member Sandra Morris
stated that she is opposed to rais
ing taxes and to hurting the
See 19.6 MILS page 34
Shown above left is Becky Deese, Board of Elections supervisor for Carroll County, as she goes
over the qualification paperwork with Villa Rica Mayor J. Collins, who is seeking another term.
Photo by Sam Gentry
County school board considers
partnering with group to help
increase graduation rate
by Prissi Sullivan areas: graduation, promotion, and
Tina Duckett of Communities attendance,
in Schools and Trent North, Duckett uses a model that has
Director of Community Affairs increased the graduation rate and
and Program Compliance of will work with Carrollton City
Carrollton City Schools, invited Schools and Carroll County
Carroll County Board of Schools. A 501(c)(3)—a not-for-
Education to partner with them in profit, educational corporation—
a program to keep kids in school, will be formed and run by a board
The focus is concentrated in three See GRADUATION RATE page 26
