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StarNews monthly traditional print publication / StarNews Online daily local news 1
JANUARY 16, 2022 • VOLUME 28 NUMBER 1
www.starnewsgaonline.com
support s'iconstitutlionai District 18 State Representative Tyler Paul Smith
Carry legislation discusses 2022 General Assembly session priorities
from press release
Governor Brian Kemp joined members
of the Georgia General Assembly, the
National Rifle Association (NRA), GA2A,
and the Georgia Hunting and Fishing
Federation to announce his support of
Constitutional Carry legislation ahead of
the 2022 Legislative Session.
See GOVERNOR KEMP page 13
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan
announces his priorities for
2022 Legislative Session
from press release
Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan announced
his agenda for the 2022 Legislative
See LT. GOVERNOR page 9
Top two priorities: no to landfill in Haralson County, yes on passing Constitutional Carry Bill
by Wayne J. Reynolds
The Georgia General Assembly, one of the
country’s largest state legislatures, went into ses
sion Monday, January 2, 2022. State
Representative Tyler Paul Smith, District 18, sat
down with StarNews to discuss his priorities for
this session. Smith said, “My number one priority
is getting the landfill bill passed that was intro
duced last session. I am opposed to the proposed
landfill in the Waco area. This bill as currently
constmcted would prohibit landfills being added
within 50 miles of current landfills.”
“My focus, as always, are the citizens of my
district,” he said. “The 18th District currently cov
ers Bremen, Waco, Tallapoosa, Buchanan, and
parts of Carroll County and parts of the city of
Carrollton. When I face reelection in the fall, as
currently configured, the district will change a lit
tle as I will lose parts of Carroll and the city, and
pick up more of Haralson and a little in Paulding
County. Each district in the state will each repre
sent around 59,000 residents.”
Rep. Smith’s second priority, he said, is to see
that the Constitutional Carry Bill passes. This bill,
among other items, would mean citizens would
not need a permit to carry a concealed firearm.
“There are several proposed bills, so I am not
sure what the final details may or may not
include.”
“My third priority is expanded funding for
mental health. Carroll County Mental Health
See REP TYLER PAUL SMITH page 13
Georgia Secretary of State
confidently addresses the 2020
Presidential Election voting issues
“28,000 Georgians skipped the presidental ballot”
“We’re expecting record turnout for voters in 2022”
by Sue Horn
Georgia Secretary of State Brad
Rafiensperger was guest speaker at
the recent Carrollton Kiwanis Club
noon luncheon meeting held at the
University of West Georgia’s Z-6
building, Friday, January 7, 2022.
About 40 were in attendance at small
tables, with four being CoVID masked.
Rafiensperger was introduced by club vice president Paul
McDaniel who shared that the Secretary, a Republican and
past State Representative [District 50] and city councilmem-
ber [Johns Creek], is an engineer having earned a Bachelors
“What happened
at the State Farm
Arena? Nothing.”
- Roffensperger,
referencing the
black suitcases on
election night 2020
See SECRETARY of STATE page 10
Photo left: Georgia Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger, right, was guest speaker at the Friday,
Jan. 7, 2022, Carrollton Kiwanis Club noon meeting
that was held in UWG’s Z-6 building. He is shown with
club vice president Paul McDaniel. Photo by Sue Horn
Commission enacts
90 day moratorium
on “Horizontal
Apartments”
100 individual homes could be built and
rented out by a single owner/landlord
by Janice Daniel
At their regular December meeting, the
Carroll County Board of Commissioners
addressed a last minute issue regarding
“Horizontal Aprtments”. Commissioner
Tommy Lee was absent and Commissioner
George Chambers was present by phone.
The last order of business during this
meeting was the quick last minute addition
to the agenda regarding “Horizontal
Apartments”. The board called on Ben
Skipper and County Attorney Avery
Jackson for an explanation of “Horizontal
Apartments”. An example would be that
100 individual homes would be permitted
See COMMISSION page 12
Georgia Right to Life
president to speak in
Carrollton Jan. 25th
GRTL President Ricardo Davis to speak
on “Personhood in America” and
“Euthanasia of the Black Community”
by Wayne J. Reynolds
Since 2002, West Georgia Right to Life
(WGRTL) in Carroll,
Douglas, Heard, and
Haralson Counties has
had the mission to
“Bring a voice for those
who have no voice, the
unborn and the aged.” It
is a chapter of the
Georgia Right to Life.
The local chapter, 450
members strong, is host
ing a “Lunch for Life”
Tuesday, January 25th, GRTL president
See JAN. 25 LUNCHEON page 4
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