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Star News
MAY 2016 • VOLUME 22 NUMBER 5
www.starnewsga.com
“Not just what happened - but what matters
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The rising young leaders
in our community
you should know
beginning
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NARCAN: immediate
life saving medication
for drug overdoses
Page 11
Villa Rica mayor
campaigns against
city manager’s
contract renewal;
contract is renewed
see story
Page 2
County chairman
and commissioners
salaries & benefits
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Early voting has begun for May 24th elections:
Commission chairman, district commission
seats, county BOE seats, and county coroner
by Sam Gentry - CANDIDATES -
The Tuesday, May 24, 2016 General Primary,
Nonpartisan General, and Special Runoff Election is
just around the comer, and many candidates are
vying for new positions, while others are simply
seeking additional terms. One local favorite - and
former chairman - has thrown his hat in the ring in
hopes of regaining the position.
The race for Carroll County Commission
Chairman includes incumbent Marty Smith (Republ
ican) and former commission chairman Bill
Chappell (Republican). Chappell lost to Smith in
2012, but said he is eager to re-claim his standing as
head of the county commission. See VOTE MAY 24th page 43
County school board of education:
seven candidates for the three seats
Bill
Chappell
Commission
Chairman
Lee
Powers
Commission
District 5
Dale
Williams
Commission
District 5
- CANDIDATES
Bernice
Brooks
BOE
District 1
Rob
Cleveland
BOE
District 1
Alan
Martinez
BOE
District 3
Bob
Pinckney
BOE
District 3
by Prissi Sullivan
The Carrollton/Carroll
County League of Women
Voters hosted a candidate
forum at Holt-Bishop Justice
Center in Villa Rica on April
11, 2016 at 7 p.m. Bernice
Brooks and Rob Cleveland,
contenders for the District 1
seat on the school board, and
C. Alan Martinez and Dr.
Robert Pinckney, candidates
for District 3 seat on the
school board, were present.
Dr. Bruce Lyon, assisted by
Kathie Lyon, was the
moderator.
The four candidates agreed
on the importance of educa
tion to the community.
Pinckney views education as a
business and thinks a large
problem in Carroll County is
teacher morale. Martinez feels
that the perception of Villa
Rica schools needs to be
improved. Cleveland thinks
there have been vast improve
ments over the past 4 years.
See COUNTY BOE page 27
Commission
District 5:
two candidates
by Prissi Sullivan
The League of Women Voters hosted a
forum for the candidates for Carroll County
Board of Commissioners District 5 on April
12, 2016 in Whitesburg, Georgia.
Approximately 50 citizens were in atten
dance to hear Dale Williams and Lee
Powers enumerate their qualifications and
to answer questions.
Powers classes himself as a cattle farmer,
who wants to preserve the quality of life in
Carroll County. He loves the fanning indus
try and wants to keep the area agriculUiral.
He wants growth, but “the right kind of
growth.” He is also a commercial building
builder and has been in business since 1994.
He is against raising taxes and wants to
See DISTRICT 5 page 30
by Prissi Sullivan
Two of the three candidates
for county coroner were in
attendance at the League of
Women Voters Forum held in
Villa Rica April 11, 2016:
Doyle Akins and Keith
Hancock. Candidate Keith
Jiles was not present. Long
time county coroner Sammy
Eady did not seek re-election.
See CORONER page 6
CANDIDATES
Doyle
Akins
County
Coroner
Keith
Jiles
County
Coroner
Keith
Hancock
County
Coroner
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