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The True Citizen, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 — Page 3A
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Drive-thru flu clinic this Saturday
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
As the Christmas season is
also flu season, the G. Lamar
Murray Public Health Center
(formerly the Burke County
Health Department) is offering
a simple way for folks to get
their flu shots.
This Saturday, Dec. 5, the
department will hold a drive-
thru clinic from 9-11 a.m. at the
office, located at 114 Dogwood
Drive in Waynesboro.
Vehicle occupants wishing to
get their flu shot are asked to
wear clothing that makes their
upper arms easily accessible, to
bring a photo ID and insurance
card and to also wear a face
mask. Participants should visit
ECPHD.com/drive-thm-flu to
print out a consent form, which
they will bring with them, to
help make the process faster.
According to health officials,
the shot is free with most types
of insurance, and there is a lim
ited number of free vaccines
available. People will receive
service on a first come, first
served basis.
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Capitol Beat weekly digest
DAVE WILLIAMS
BEAU EVANS
Capitol Beat News Service
Here were some of the go
ings-on at the Georgia Capitol
last week:
Georgia lawmakers seek
special session for voter ID
changes before Senate run
offs
Four Republican state sena
tors are calling for the General
Assembly to hold a special ses
sion ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff
elections for U.S. Senate to
consider changes to Georgia’s
voter ID laws.
Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger has repeatedly
said state and local officials
have found no evidence of
widespread fraud in the Nov. 3
general election. Raffensperger
has, however, advocated for
tightening the state’s voter ID
laws.
If a special session is con
vened, Georgia lawmakers
should consider creating a
notary or photo ID require
ment for voting by mail and
hold committee hearings on
‘any evidence of voter fraud,”
the senators who called for the
session said Nov. 24.
“We have structural issues
with the implementation and
proper execution of our ballot
counting procedures,” read
a joint statement from Sens.
Greg Dolezal of Cumming,
William Ligon of Bmnswick,
Brandon Beach of Alpharetta
and Burt Jones of Jackson.
A statewide hand recount
following last month’s elec
tion confirmed President-elect
Joe Biden’s win over President
Donald Trump in Georgia by
12,670 votes out of a record
setting 5 million ballots cast.
But Biden’s margin of victory
was nearly 2,000 votes fewer
than in the original machine
count.
Many Georgia Republican
leaders have pointed to roughly
5,000 ballots that went un
counted in the initial election
results but were discovered
during the hand recount as
proof of problems with the
election system. Those ballots
trimmed Biden’s lead over
Trump by 1,900 votes.
State cannabis commission
looking for growers, manu
facturers
The state panel in charge of
Georgia’s medical marijuana
program is opening the search
for businesses interested in
growing the leaf crop and
converting it into cannabis oil.
The Georgia Access to Medi-
cal Cannabis Commission
voted Nov. 23 to release a
Request for Proposals (RFP)
that will lead to the granting
of two “Class 1” licenses and
four “Class 2” licenses to grow
marijuana indoors and manu
facture the oil derived from
the plants.
Starting the licensing pro
cess is a major step forward
for a program that has been
slow to get off the ground since
the General Assembly passed
legislation in April of last year
legalizing the cultivation of
marijuana in Georgia, conver
sion of the leaf into cannabis
oil and the sale of the drug to
eligible patients.
Although the law took ef
fect in July 2019, the seven
members of the commission
given the task of overseeing
the program weren’t appointed
until last November.
Under the medical cannabis
legislation, businesses granted
Class 1 licenses will be able
to grow marijuana in up to
100,000 square feet of space.
Class 2 licensees wifi be lim
ited to no more than 50,000
square feet.
Patients eligible to receive
cannabis oil with a doctor’s
prescription include those
suffering from a wide range
of diseases, including seizure
disorders and Parkinson’s.
Georgia Power, Sierra
Club, wage court battle over
coal ash cleanup costs
The Sierra Club is asking a
Fulton County Superior Court
judge to prohibit Georgia Pow
er from passing on $525 mil
lion in coal ash cleanup costs
to its customers.
But lawyers for the Georgia
Public Service Commission
(PSC) and Georgia Power say
the Atlanta-based utility justi
fied both its cleanup plan and
the costs of that work during
hearings before the PSC last
year.
Robert Jackson, a lawyer
representing the Sierra Club,
asked Judge Shukura Mil-
lender Nov. 23 to declare the
pollution of groundwater by
Georgia Power’s ash ponds
“unlawful,” or at least “unrea
sonable and imprudent.” Such
a ruling would disqualify the
company from recovering the
costs of the cleanup from rate
payers, he said.
Georgia Power is working
on a multi-year plan to close
all 29 of its coal ash ponds
at 11 power plants to meet
federal regulations for han
dling coal ash, which contains
toxic chemicals that can pollute
drinking water supplies.
The PSC signed off on Geor
gia Power’s coal ash cleanup
proposals. The commission
then followed up on that vote
late last year by incorporating
the costs of the cleanup in a
Georgia Power rate increase..
Jackson argued that the
PSC decided to allow Georgia
Power to pass on those costs
to customers without any evi
dence that they were incurred
lawfully or reasonably.
But Tom Reilly, representing
Georgia Power, said neither the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency nor the Georgia Envi
ronmental Protection Division
have accused Georgia Power
of breaking the law, and there
are no pending enforcement
actions related to coal ash.
Home Depot settles data
breach case with Georgia, 45
other states
Atlanta-based The Home
Depot has agreed to pay a
$17.5 million settlement with
46 states including Georgia
over a 2014 data breach
The settlement, announced
Nov. 24, resolves a multistate
investigation of a data breach
involving the payment card
information of about 40 mil
lion Home Depot customers
nationwide. Georgia’s share of
the agreement wifi total more
than $356,000.
The breach occurred when
hackers gained access to The
Home Depot’s network and
deployed malware on the re
tailer’s self-checkout point-of-
sale system. The malware let
the hackers obtain the payment
card information of customers
who used self-checkout lanes
at The Home Depot stores
across the country between
April 10 and Sept. 13 of 2014.
The Home Depot has taken
steps to correct the situation.
In addition to the $ 17.5 million
Community
Yard Sale
Saturday, Dec. 5.
8 a.m.-1 p.m.
1069 Grimm Ave. and
Franklin Place
Millen, GA
settlement payment, the com
pany has agreed to strengthen
its information security pro
gram to better protect the
personal information of con
sumers.
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CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY
Opening back up on November 27th
from 9 a,m, - 7 p.m,
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Fresh Cut Fraser Firs
(Snow Flocking is available)
Fresh Made Wreaths
Hayride and Firepit on Friday and Saturday Nights
Hours: Monday-Thursday 2PM until dark
Friday 2-7 PM; Saturday 9AM-7PM
Sunday 1 PM until dark
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