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NEWS REPORTING / NEWS RECAP / NEWS ANALYSIS
JULY 2020 • VOLUME 26 NUMBER 7
“We are in some of the most publicized, turbulent
times” - columnist Pastor Derick Newton - page 21
‘If I go out like I came in, naked and broke, it will have
been a great trip” - columnist Ed Wilson - page 22
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Historic “hate crimes”
bill passes; governor
signs HB 426 into law
Governor Kemp: “Georgia is a
state too great to hate”
from press
release
Governor
Brian P. Kemp,
Lieutenant Gov
ernor Duncan,
and Speaker
David Ralston
issued the follow
ing statements
following the
signing of HB 426. Governor Kemp
Today we took an important, necessary
step forward for Georgia. We stood
together as fellow Georgians to affirm one
simple but powerful motto: Georgia is a
state too great to hate,” said Governor
Kemp. “The signing of HB 426 is a sign of
See HATE CRIMES LAW page 6
What HB 426 means
submitted by Jason Swindle, attorney
member, Board of Governors
State Bar of Georgia
On June 26th,
2020, Governor
Brian Kemp
signed a bill that
creates new pro
tections for vic
tims of bias-
motivated
crimes in
Georgia. House
Bill 426 (HB
426) became law July 1st. The bill had
overwhelming bi-partisan support. The full
Senate approved the hate crimes bill with a
47-6 vote. The House then approved it
127-38.
Every state currently has a hate crimes
See JASON SWINDLE page 6
Early voting begins for
Aug. 11 Runoff Election
Two runoff elections in Carroll
County: state court judge and
state representative District 28
Runoff Candidates STATE COURT JUDGE
Met Lane Erica Tisinger
Runoff Candidates STATE
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 18
Cason Hightower Tyler Paul Smith
by Prissi Sullivan
The Carroll County Primary Election Runoff
will be held Tuesday, August 11th, with early
voting beginning Monday, July 20th and ending
Friday, August 7th. This runoff will have two
contested races: state court judge for the Coweta
Judicial Circuit (a five county district which
includes Carroll County) and state representa
tive for District 18 (parts of Carroll and
Haralson counties). The winner of the state
court seat will become the next court judge. The
winner of the state representative seat will go on
to the November General Election and face the
Democrat candidate Pat Rhudy, U.S. Census
Bureau field representative.
The non-partisan state court seat is between
two Carroll County attorneys Met Lane and
Erica Tisinger. The state representative seat is
See RUNOFF AUGUST 11th page 10
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Jason Swindle
Broadband speed internet to expand,
finally, into parts of rural West GA
125 miles of fiber network: 7300 residents, 200 farms/businesses, one
school, four fire stations to finally receive broadband speed internet access
story’ and photos by Prissi Sullivan SyncGlobal and Carroll Electric
A celebratory event was held at the Membership Cooperative in expanding
Mill Town Music Hall in Bremen on broadband technology to a wide area of
Thursday morning, June 25, 2020 to hail rural West Georgia and East Alabama,
the broadband deployment efforts by See RURAL INTERNET page 14
Chair of county public health gives
update on local impact of Co\ / TD19
Dr. Laura Larson, chair, Carroll County Board of Health:
“This is an amazing scary time” “Wear your masks”
by Prissi Sullivan and Sue Horn
Dr. Laura Larson, chair of the Carroll
County Board of Health and Infectious
Disease Specialist for Tanner Health
System, addressed the Carrollton Kiwanis
Club on June 19, 2020 at the Courtyard
Marriott in Carrollton. She spoke on the
status of the COV1D-19 pandemic and
how it related to the local community.
Dr. Larson, medical director of infec
tion prevention for Tanner Health System,
is board-certified in both infectious dis
eases and internal medicine. She earned
her medical degree from the Mercer
University School of Medicine and com-
See COVID & CARROLL page 7
Proposed rock quarry in Whitesburg
meets well-organized opposition
“Citizens Opposed to Carroll County Rock Quarry” have organized and
are carrying out a series of actions to promote awareness/danger of quarry
Opportunity to prevent this type development was drawn up March 2011
under watch of then chairman Bill Chappell in form of “Zoning Ordinance Draff
by Sue Horn
On September 19, 2019, a Conceptual
Site Plan was drawn for a 360+- acre rock
quarry to be located bordering Black Dirt
Road in Whitesburg (near Byers
Crossroads) on one side and the
Chattahoochee River on another side (see
drawing page 29). The plan was drawn up
by Black Rock Consulting, LLC,
Dunwoody Park, Atlanta, for Green Rock,
LLC, Norcross, Georgia, and was submit
ted for consideration this past June along
with a DRf Application (Developments of
Regional Impact).
Since that short period of time since the
application, a group of Whitesburg area
See NO QUARRY page 29
WGTC annual “Black
Tie & Boots” fundraiser
will be held Oct. 2nd at
Buffalo Creek Tech
Park: open general
admission tickets
see story page 8
Paid for by Friends of Erica Tisinger
PO Box 238?
Carrollton. GA 30112
Dear Voter,
It takes time and effort to vote. I want to express my
gratitude for your service. Without your commitment,
our local and state government doesn't work.
Please remember to VOTE in the Runoff Election on AUGUST 11th
and I am running for State Court Judge this May.
I know that you vote consistently and I want to thank
you for your civic participation.
I am ERICA
TISINGER
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