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Wednesday, October 3,2018
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 7A
Photos by Allie Dean Dawson County News
Brian Kemp poses for a photo Oct. 1 during the
first stop of his 27-county bus tour.
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Kemp
federal income tax cut.
Kemp also told the gath
ered supporters that he
plans to focus on deregula
tion and creating an envi
ronment in the state that
supports small business.
“I started my first com
pany with a pickup truck, a
shovel and a tool box,”
Kemp said. “My plan is to
create an environment in
our state where we have
less regulation, we have a
low cost of doing business
and low taxes.”
His plans for education
include raises for teachers,
less standardized testing
and more local control.
“I want to expand Pre-
K, I want to protect the
HOPE Scholarship,” he
said. “I want to have less
testing, less state man
dates, more local control
when it comes to educa
tion...giving our hardwork
ing teachers a pay raise,
lowering taxes and letting
them teach our children...
they know what to do in
their local community a lot
better than some bureau
crat in the state govern
ment or the federal gov
ernment does.”
Kemp has proposed a
permanent, annual teacher
pay raise of $5,000, which
would cost about $6 mil
lion a year. Kemp told the
Gainesville Times on Sept.
20 that he would also allo
cate funds for safety
improvements through the
establishment of a school
safety division within the
Georgia Department of
Education, as well as
address mental health by
funding at least one sup
port counselor in every
high school.
Kemp said he also has a
plan to stop and dismantle
street gangs.
“We have over 70,000
street gang members here
in the state of Georgia.
After talking with law
enforcement and prosecu
tors, I have come up with a
plan to go after and dis
mantle those individuals,
that is what we need to do
to build off the great things
that Gov. Nathan Deal and
Congressman (Doug)
Collins have done on crim
inal justice reform,” Kemp
said. “This is the next step,
we have got to keep our
families safe.”
Dawson County voted
overwhelmingly
Republican in November
2016, voting 85 percent
for President Donald
Trump with voter turnout
at 71 percent.
Voter turnout numbers
for past gubernatorial elec
tions have been much
lower.
Dawson County voter
turnout in 2010 for the
gubernatorial election
came in at 57 percent and
in 2014 even lower at
around 50 percent.
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“We are in a fight of our
lives right now,” Kemp
said. “For the people who
are saying we’ve got this
in the bag, we do not.
We’re in great shape,
we’re going to win, but we
can’t win if anybody stays
at home. Don’t let showing
up this morning be the last
thing you do for this cam
paign. Let it be the start.”
Other stops on the
‘Putting Georgians First
Tour’ on Monday included
Pickens, Fannin, Gilmer,
Murray and Whitfield
counties.
Throughout the week he
will also be stopping by
Floyd, Bartow, Haralson,
Douglas, Coweta,
Spalding, Sumter, Lee,
Mitchell, Cook, Tift,
Clinch, Coffee, Irwin,
Dodge, Houston, Peach,
Laurens, Washington,
Richmond and Hart
Counties.
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Brian Kemp and his wife Marty step off the bus in Dawson County Oct. 1 in
the first stop of a 27-county tour.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Notice is hereby given that three public hearings shall be held
by the Dawson County Board of Commissioners at the Dawson
County Government Center, 25 Justice Way, Assembly Room 2302,
Dawsonville, Georgia as follows:
• 6 p.m. Thursday, October 4,2018 - Public Comment on Proposed
FY 2019 Budget
• 4 p.m. Thursday, October 11,2018- Public Comment Hearing
required by Georgia law
• and 6 p.m. Thursday, October 18,2018 - Additional opportunity for
Public Comment.
The Proposed Budget will be presented by the Chairman of the
Board of Commissioners to the Board and the public at the Board’s
meeting of Thursday, September 27,2018. Once it has been
presented by the Chairman, the Proposed Budget will be available
for review by the public at the County Clerk’s office on the second
floor of the Government Center during normal business hours.
At the October 18,2018, meeting the Board will consider and may
adopt the FY 2019 Budget. The Public Comment Hearings on October
4 and October 18 are not required by law but are being held to give
citizens a greater opportunity to be heard prior to adoption of next
year’s budget.
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