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OCTOBER 2017 • VOLUME 23 NUMBER 10 CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER
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THE NOVEMBER 7,2017
GENERAL/MUNIPICAL
VOTING IN CARROLL
COUNTY, GEORGIA:
ABSENTEE VOTING:
NOW through NOV. 3
EARLY VOTING:
OCT. 16 through NOV. 3
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Restaurant inspections
Marriage licenses
Pistol Permits Cattle Sales
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MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES
CITY of CARROLLTON • WARD 1
Jacquline Bridges challenges
incumbent Gerald Byrd
Gerald D. Byrd is seek
ing re-election as Ward 1
representative on the
Carrollton City Council.
He has served in this posi
tion for 16 years.
See BYRD page 3
Jacquline Elaine
Bridges is challenging
incumbemt Gerald Byrd
for his seat for Ward 1 on
the Carrollton City
Council. In addition, she
See BRIDGES page 3
CITY of VILLA RICA • WARD 3
Bernice Brooks challenges
incumbent Leslie McPherson
Dr. Bernice Brooks has
thrown her hat in the ring
to challenge incumbent
Leslie McPherson for
Villa Rica City Council
Ward 3. “I feel I have a
Leslie E. McPherson is
seeking re-election to her
position as Villa Rica City
Council Member for
Ward 3. She has served
one term on the council,
See BROOKS page 4 See McPHERSON page 5
CITY of VILLA RICA • WARD 5
Larry Cohrs challenges
incumbent Danny Carter
Lany D. Cohrs is chal
lenging incumbent Danny
Bruce Carter for the Ward
5 seat on Villa Rica City
Council. Cohrs has been
actively involved in the
See COHRS page 6
CITY of TEMPLE • WARD 2
Jason Bice challenges
incumbent Howard Walden
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Secretary of State visits Carroll County:
Brian Kemp is running for governor
Well versed on the topics concerning citizens, Kemp utilizes zero
based budgeting practices; and while he supports state law that
protects Confederate monuments, he will not tolerate hate groups
by Prissi Sullivan
Brian Kemp, Georgia
Secretary of State and
gubernatorial candidate
visited StarNews office
Thursday, September 21,
2017. After a tour of the
facility and meeting with
staff, Kemp spoke with
owner/publisher Sue
Horn Chappell about the
issues facing Georgia
and his plan for dealing
with them. Last March,
Kemp (R) was the first
gubernatorial candidate
to announce for the 2018
Kemp’s campaign slo-
See KEMP page 8
Secretary of State Brian Kemp visited StarNews office
Incumbent Carter is
seeking re-election as rep
resentative for Ward 5. He
has lived on Edge Road in
Villa Rica since 2000 and
has been a member of the
See CARTER page 7
Commission approves Ag-Ed building improvements;
Commissioner North’s last meeting will be in December
by Amber Womack
At the Tuesday, October 3, 2017, regu
lar meeting of the Carroll County Board
of Commisssioners, District 1
Commissioner, Trent T. North, gave the
date for his last meeting on the board: he
will be leaving in December.
This past June, North was hired as the
superintendent for the Douglas County
See COMMISSION page 39
Jason Bice, who has
lived in the Temple area
for about a decade, has
thrown his hat into the
political arena challenging
Incumbent Howard
Walden in November for
Incumbent Howard
Walden will face chal
lenger Jason Bice in
November for the District
2 seat on Temple City
Council.
Walden has been active
See BICE page 33 See WALDEN page 43
Carroll County bum
ban ended Sept, 30
EPD’s summer bum ban lifted
from press release
The summer ban on outdoor
burning ended Saturday,
September 30 in 54 Georgia
counties, primarily in the northern
See BURN BAN page 37
Bowdon sets millage rate
at 8.577, scant higher
than last year’s 8.576
by Prissi Sullivan
At their regular city council and mayor meet
ing held Monday, September 11, 2017, the City
of Bowdon set their millage rate for 2017 at
8.577 mils, .001 higher than last year, which was
8.576. The vote was unanimous.
See BOWDON page 6
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