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StarN ews
MAY 2017 • VOLUME 23 NUMBER 5
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Columnist Marc Lattanzio:
“City of Temple’s useless
and misleading proposed
marijuana ordinance"
Page 22
Who’s Carroll
Junior? 2017
Part 2 beginning Page 9
Columnist Debbie Neal:
“Zero tolerance policy:
lift these kids up, not
tear them down”
Page 21
Cyber Security Seminar
May 17th at chamber
Page 29
Restaurant inspections
Marriage licenses
Page 31
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Temple council and mayor
called to appear as group
before judge June 14th
Carroll County Judge Alton P. Johnson
to address claim of assault on Temple
journalist by Temple council member
by Prissi Sullivan
Temple City Council Members Penny Ransom, Ward 1;
Howard Walden, Ward 2; Todd Rothwell, Ward 3; Richard
Bracknell, Ward 5; and Mayor Lester Harmon have been
requested to appear in Carroll County Magistrate Court at
166 Independence Drive in Carrollton, Georgia by Chief
Magistrate Alton P. Johnson at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday,
June 14, 2017. This is a public courtroom. (William
Simmons, Ward 4, died April 2,2017.)
On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, after a special called city
See MAKE ROOM IN THE COURT page 29
Villa Rica council hires help
in search for city manager
Meantime, past Deputy City Manager and current Mayor Jeff
Reese has resigned his full time job with RP Paving Solutions
by Prissi Sullivan
The City of Villa Rica has entered
into a contract with Underwood &
Company out of Thomasville, Georgia
to assist in its search for a city
manager.
The city has had a run in city man
ager position in the past year: David
Milliron (city manager) one year 9
months; Chief Mike Mansour (temp
orary interim) two weeks; Mike
Jackson (interim) one month; and now,
again, Mansour (temporary interim).
Jackson was to head up the search to
fill the job, but was let go due to his
alleged questioning whether the city
“was ready for a black city manager”.
Underwood & Company specialize
in executive search for senior manage
ment positions in municipal
government.
According to City Attorney David
Mecklin, who recommended the firm
to the council after research through
Georgia Municipal Association and the
LaGrange City Attorney, this service
will cost the city a flat rate of $ 1,500.
See SEARCH GOES ON page 4
Head of technical school in Germany visits Carrollton
Shown above left to right are Christoph Michels, English instructor of the Donauworth
technical school; West Georgia Technical College President Steve G. Daniel; Winfried
Schiffelholz, head of the technical school in Donauworth; Technical College System of
Georgia Commissioner Gretchen Corbin; TCSG International Center Executive Director
Dr. Ian Bond; and Neil Bitting, assistant commissioner of external affairs and facilities
with TCSG. See story page 2
Villa Rica council
member claimed
two homestead
exemptions
Councilman pays Carroll County tax
commissioner 2014-2015-2016
arrears for one too many exemptions
by Prissi Sullivan
For three years—2014, 2015, and
2016—Villa Rica’s newly elected
Ward 4 council member, Gil
McDougal, received homestead
See PAID UP NOW page 29
Tanner Health System
economic impact on
region: $851.8 million
In addition, $34.5M was provided in
bad debt, indigent and charity care
from press release
Tanner Health System’s economic
impact to the region is more than
$851.8 million in revenue for the local
See $851,8M page 34
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