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JUNE 16, 2024 • VOLUME 30 NUMBER 6
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Congressional District 3 Candidate Mike Dugan (R)
engages straightforward, candidly with Carroll
County voters at GOP Republican Party meeting
Opponent Brian Jack misses meeting, purchased rounds of apology pizza
Congressional District 3 Candidate Mike Dugan (Republican) spoke openly and candidly
to the packed room at the June 1st Carroll County GOP meeting held at La Trattoria
restuarant, downtown Carrollton. Dugan’s opponent is Brian Jack who arrived after the
meeting ended, then treated all to some pizza.
One attendee who self-identified as transgender asked Dugan as to why he was “afraid” of
transgender people? Dugan quickly responded, “I don’t fear you. My religion... I love you..
. I just don’t have to agree with you.” Another question was how to get Congress to focus on
problems instead of “making noise”? Dugan said, “It’s easy to identify a problem, but it’s
hard work to get stuff done.” Runoff is Tuesday, June 18th. Photo by Sue Horn
MAGA Black of Georgia
visits Carroll County GOP
Gordon Rolle (right) of MAGA Black
(Make Black Americans Republican) of
Georgia spoke at the June 1st Carroll
County GOP meeting. Rolle said MAGA
Black is in five “battleground” states:
Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Georgia. Rolle, a USAF
veteran, stated MAGA Black does not
endorse candidates, and that “our ideals
are family, God, and free speech”. Rolle
is shown with Carroll County GOP
Chairman Rick Tillman.
Sewage spill from nursing home finally
under some control with a quick fix;
cleaner solution requires working pipe
connection to City of Carrollton
Georgia EPD closed the nursing home's onsite wastewater plant on 2011
and directed it to connect to the City of Carrollton for sewage service
Environmental Company hired by nursing home says there is no
connection; City of Carrollton says there is; in the hands of attorneys now
story by Sue Horn mini-sewage treatment process and into the
Although StarNews does not have video large sewage pond located behind the facil-
to confirm, the longtime, large, sewage ity. The degree of cleanliness of the proc-
spill at the Carrollton Nursing and essed waste was not known at press time as
Rehabilition facility has been claimed to be the results weren’t back yet of a sample
rerouted and is now being run through a See SEWAGE SPILL page 29
Frustration mounts in Villa Rica as
citizens grow weary of not being
heard by council members: recall
process being pursued by voters
Recall applicatios picked up, signs ordered, signature gathering process being organized
100 signatures from residents in council member’s ward is first step in recall
story by Sue Horn the process to officially recall Villa Rica
In late May, official recall paperwork City Council Member Anna McCoy, Ward
guidelines was requested from the Carroll 4. One hundred signatures from Ward 4 are
County Board of Elections by a City of required for the application process to
Villa Rica resident. On condition of ano- begin. The Application Process is listed as
nymity, three residents each shared sepa- Step 1 in the 8-page document from the
rately with StarNews their plans to begin See RECALL PROCESS page 29
Commissioner Reynolds does not hold back
in his criticism of the county’s budgeting
process under Chairman Michelle Morgan
story by Janice Daniel Commissioner Reynolds remarked that
Carroll County Commissioner District 5 this is the last county budget he will be
Ernie Reynolds spoke out clearly and involved with as he is not running for re-
directly at the May 30, 2024, commission election. He said he viewed this as his “last
work session detailing what he saw as chance” to bring forward and reiterate
numerous and ongoing deficiencies in the problems he sees with county’s budgeting
county’s budgeting process. gee REYNOLDS page 29
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