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JULY 16, 2023 • VOLUME 29 NUMBER 7
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Interim president/CEO for Carroll
Tomorrow/chamber Brian Dill
accepts role fulltime filling void left
by Karen Handel’s abrupt departure
Dill will continue his job duties as vice president of
external affairs of Healthliant and Tanner Health System
Also, Rhynne Owenby returns as Senior Vice President of
Operations after leaving during Handel’s 18 months on the job
from press release
Brian Dill, who has served as interim president and CEO of
Carroll Tomorrow and the Carroll County Chamber of
Commerce, accepted the job in June in a full-time capacity. The
chamber of also welcomed back Rhyne Owenby, who returned
as Senior Vice President of Operations. Through the Carroll
County Chamber of Commerce, Dill and Owenby responsi-
bilites include leading local efforts to grow businesses and indus-
See DILL / OWENBY page 16
Five District Commissioners let chairman
know of their dissatisfaction at being left
in the dark concerning high percentage
raises to some employees by voting to
delay adoption of her proposed budget
Bloc of five district commissioners blocked adoption of chairman’s FY2023-24
Budget with a 5-1 vote at Tuesday, June 6th regular commission meeting
Chairman Michelle Morgan taken to task at June 13th Special Called Meeting
Commissioner Clint Chance: “When we have information before us, we want it
to be accurate” Commissioner Ernie Reynolds: “Chairman, I hand it to you -
you’re good at flipping the conversation, very good at it”
Budget adopted with stipulation that Morgan keeps board informed going forward
story by Janice Daniel and Sue Horn
The Carroll County Board of
Commissioners ended up voting to adopt
Shown above is Duane Hack, long time president of the West
Georgia Chapter of Georgia Right to Life (WGRTL). Hack was the
guest speaker at the Guardians of Liberty meeting, Tuesday, June 27,
2023. These are open, public, informal gatherings.
Pro-life group president shares statistics
and thoughts at recent Guardians of
Liberty meeting: “We’ve become so
technically involved that we’ve become
Biblically stupid and spiritually weak”
In 2019, America’s total black population at 13.4% had 38.4% of
total number of abortions performed: for every 1000 live births,
black women had 386 abortions while white women had 117
story and photo by Sue Horn
“The most unsafe place in America is inside the womb of a
mother,” said Duane Hack, long time president of the West Georgia
Right to Life (WGRTL), one of the 28 chapters of Georgia Right to
Life (GRTL).
Hack was the invited guest speaker at the most recent Guardians of
Liberty gatherings, held Tuesday, June 27, 2023. This informal group
meets monthly at Uncorked on Main, downtown Villa Rica. All gath
erings are open to the public, have speakers of local interest, and hold
discussions with each presentation. He spoke on WGRTL’s mission
and functions, shared abortion statistics and Biblical passages, and
encouraged all to be in contact with their legislators concerning their
views: “One phone call is equal to one hundred votes.”
Hack’s presentation began with recapping the history of the 1973’s
Roe versus Wade and Doe versus Bolton Supreme Court cases that,
togther, decriminalized abortion nationwide in the United States.
Hack reminded attendeees that these two same-day court decisions,
Roe and Doe, together determined that “a woman’s right to privacy
extended to the fetus she was carrying” therefore having an abortion -
her privacy - was protected.
See ABORTION/PRO-LIFE page 11
the chairman’s proposed FY2023-2024
Budget with a 4-3 vote at a Special Called
Meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2023, but not
without making it clear first of their dis
satisfaction of Chairman Michelle
Morgan’s high percentage raises to some
employees. In the end, Morgan voted
against her own budget as the motion had
See VOTING BLOC page 4
Tax/tag office moving to
temporary new location
while new administration
building is constructed
The Tax Commissioners Office will
be CLOSED ON MONDAY, JULY
24, 2023, for transition and will
RE-OPEN TUESDAY, JULY 25,
2023, AT 8AM at the 997 Newnan
Road, Carrollton location
County school board
adopts S179M budget
from press release
The Carroll County Board of
Education voted to approve a $179 mil
lion Fiscal Year 2034-2024 general fund
budget at its June 22, 2023 meeting. The
budget includes employee raises, addi
tional teaching positions, bus purchases,
See $179M BUDGET page 14
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