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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS.
Midweek Edition-December 14-15, 2022 FORSYTHNEWS.COM forsythcountynews Q @ForsythNews f@) @ForsythNews $1.00
Lawmakers discuss goals for 2023
By Kelly Whitmire
kwhitmire@forsythnews.com
With a few weeks to go
before the Georgia General
Assembly’s next legislative ses
sion begins, members of
Georgia’s legislative delegation
answered questions from the
public.
On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the
Forsyth County Chamber of
Commerce hosted their annual
pre-legislative breakfast at
Lanier Technical College, where
several lawmakers representing
Forsyth County and surrounding
areas discussed likely legislation
for the session and answered
questions from moderator Derek
Brooks, the chamber’s chair for
2022, and those in attendance.
Along with submitting ques
tions to the legislators, attendees
also took part in a multiple-
choice survey asking about what
issue they hope the legislature
will address, with education/
workforce development receiv
ing 51% of responses, conges
tion/transportation with 31%,
reducing taxes with 12% and
securing elections with 7%.
Here is a look at what the leg
islators had to say in the meet
ing in advance of the beginning
of the session on Jan. 9.
Incoming state House District
28 state Rep. Brent Cox was one
of several speakers to praise
schools like Lanier Technical
College for preparing the state’s
workforce for future careers.
See Breakfast 16A
On Tuesday,
Dec. 13, the
Forsyth
County
Chamber of
Commerce
hosted their
annual pre-leg
islative break
fast at Lanier
Technical
College.
Kelly Whitmire
Forsyth County News
Man charged
with taking son
without custody
By Kelly Whitmire
kwh itm i re@f o rsyth n e ws. c o m
A Forsyth County man was arrested in Alabama
after taking his son across state lines without custody,
according to the Cumming Police Department.
According to information from the
Forsyth County Jail, Richard Alan
Williams, 41, was arrested on
Saturday, Dec. 10 in connection with
the case.
Cumming Police were notified on
Nov. 22 that Williams had not returned
the child to his mother, in accordance
with their custody agreement.
The mother told police she feared the
child had been taken to Florida since that is where
Williams’s family lives. Williams first took the child to
Florida then was arrested in Greenville, Ala. He was
charged with felony interstate interference with custo
dy of a child.
Attempts by police to contact Williams at his home
were not successful, and local police contacted other
agencies to secure information leading to his arrest.
Williams
County and city
continue talks
over park, sales tax
By Ashlyn Yule
ayule@forsythnews.com
Following a discussion
by city of Cumming offi
cials, Forsyth County
Commissioners voted to
set how local taxes are
split and acquire a new
park on Lake Lanier.
At a special called
meeting on Friday, Dec.
9, commissioners dis
cussed a local option sales
tax, or LOST, for 2023
through 2032.
Previously, city of
Cumming councilmem-
bers sent terms of the
agreement to the county,
including fund distribu
tion numbers, parameters
of annexation requests
and a possible de-annexa-
tion of Mary Alice Park.
The terms were approved
by a 4-1 vote with
Councilwoman Linda
Ledbetter opposed.
Under the terms of the
See LOST13A
Fire dept, filling stockings
Photos by Ashlyn Yule Forsyth County News
The Forsyth County Fire Department's Aerial's House toy and coat drive has been held
each year since 2002, marking this year its twentieth year.
Toy drive marks 20 years of providing
children in need with Christmas gifts
By Ashlyn Yule
ayule@forsythnews.com
For the 20th year in a row,
Forsyth County residents stepped
up for those in need, highlighting
the community’s giving heart
and great generosity.
The Forsyth County Fire
Department’s Aerial’s House toy
and coat drive started on Nov. 9
and ran through Dec. 9, and indi
viduals, families and companies
across the county donated to
those in need.
On Thursday, Dec. 8,
Hargrove Engineers &
Constructors donated approxi
mately 100 new, unopened toys
to the drive, delivering them to
See Toys14A
Members of the company Hargrove Engineers &
Constructors donated around 100 new, unopened toys to
children in need around Forsyth County onThursday, Dec. 8.
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