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CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA'S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED / LOCALLY OPERATED NEWSPAPER
NEWS REPORTING / NEWS RECAP / NEWS ANALYSIS
OCTOBER 16, 2022 • VOLUME 28 NUMBER 10
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Sample ballots for Nov. 8th
General Election available
online on “My Voter Page”
mvp.sos.ga.gov
from press release
Voters in all 159 Georgia counties can
now view their sample ballots on “My
Voter Page”, mvp.sos.ga.gov, for the 2022
General Election. The sample ballot is
designed to rephcate the display of a ballot
marking device. Georgia voters will have
at least 17 days of in-person voting, or vot
ing at their precinct on election day. Once
a voter logs in to My Voter Page, they will
see “VIEW SAMPLE BALLOT” under
their address information.
See SAMPLE BALLOTS page 15
Tanner Health System buys
West Georgia Ambulance
from press release
Tanner Health System has completed its purchase of
West Georgia Ambulance. With this acquisition, the 911
EMS Zone License remains in Carroll County.
Established in 1977 by Steve Adams, West Georgia
Ambulance employs 60+ people, including 27 full-time
paramedics and 20 full-time emergency medical techni
cians (EMTs). Other staff work in support services, includ
ing fleet maintenance and billing. The company also
employs several part-time paramedics and EMTs.
Adams, long-time member of Tanner Health System’s
board of directors, sold West Georgia Ambulance in 1996,
and then reacquired the company in 1999.
See TANNER / WEST GAAMBULANCE page 14
No TAD between Villa Rica and
county commission: next stop,
county board of education
Villa Rica City Council rejects county commission’s final proposal
Mayor Gil McDougal, “What seemed so simple became so complicated:
by Janice Daniel and Sue Horn Evans
The City of Villa Rica mayor and city
council met for a regular meeting 6:00
p.m. Tuesday, September 13, 2022. All
councilmembers and mayor were pre
sent, as well as City Manager Tom
Barber and City Attorney David
Mecklin.
Negotiations to arrive at an
Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) to
create an Eastside Tax Allocation
District (TAD) between the city and the
Carroll County Board of Commission
ers failed as Villa Rica City Council
voted to reject the county’s last pro
posal. Numerous proposals had gone
back and forth over the past year
See FAILED TAD page 7
City of Mt. Zion: growing, improving, and working
on attracting ‘Mom and Pop’ owned businesses
story and photo by Wayne J. Reynolds
The City of Mt. Zion - a roughly ten square
mile small Carroll County municipality - has
2167 residents, according to the 2020 U.S.
Census, increasing by 471 since the last census
ten years ago. The city has one retail business
located within the city’s limits. There are no
traffic lights. City officials have been working
on improvements in water supply, while home-
See MAYOR RANDY SIMS page 6
Chamber of commerce
supports Carrollton
Revelopment Powers
Nov. 8th Referendum
from press release
The Carroll County Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors voted
unanimously to actively support the refer
endum on the November 8th General
Election Ballot to authorize the City of
Carrollton to exercise redevelopment
tools under the Redevelopment Powers
Law, including the creation of Tax
Allocation Districts (known as TADs).
James “Jay” Gill, chamber’s immediate
past chairman, said, “This referendum
See CHAMBER SUPPORTS page 13
UWG not requiring ACT
or SAT test scores from
prospective freshmen
University extends “test-optional” policy
submitted by Julie Lineback/UWG
Following guidance from the
University System of Georgia, the
University of West Georgia will continue
to waive ACT and SAT test score require
ments for qualifying prospective lirst-
See TESTS OPTIONAL page 14
New bivalent covid-19
boosters shots offered
from press release
Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH)
began offering the new bivalent covid-19
booster in September, as shipments arrived in
the state. District 4 Pubhc Health’s county
health departments, which includes Carroll
County, are expected to receive the new boost
ers. Hospitahzations and deaths from covid
continue to decrease in the state.
See COVID BOOSTER SHOT page 25
Lawsuit alleging
discriminatory election
practices is decided
in favor of Georgia
Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger defeats Stacey
Abrams’ “stolen election” claims in court
from press release
The lawsuit alleging discriminatory and sup
pressive election practices in Georgia has been
decided in lavor of Georgia Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger and the State Elections
Board on all counts, according to a 288-page
order entered by U.S District Court Steve Jones.
See RAFFENSPERGER WINS page 26
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