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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024
BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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DEMOCRATS AT MT. LAUREL FESTIVAL
The Banks County Democrats recently joined the Habersham County Democrats at the Mt. Laurel Festival. Mary Ellen Myers
is shown selling tickets for a quilt the Banks County Democrats are raffling. The group will be drawing for the winner of the
quilt at the July 4 picnic at the Homer Pavilion. Visit the website www.BanksDems.org or Facebook page BanksCountyGADe-
mocrats for more information.
Sen. Hatchett
appointed to
affordable childcare
study committee
Sen. Bo Hatchett (R-Comelia) has been appointed to
serve on the Senate Study Committee on Access to Af
fordable Child Care. The committee, established by Senate
Resolution 471 will address the pressing issue of child care
affordability and accessibility in Georgia.
“It’s an honor to be appointed to serve on the Senate
Study Committee on Access to Affordable Child Care,”
said Sen. Hatchett. “I want to extend my heartfelt thanks
to Lt. Governor Brut Jones for this opportunity. Ensuring
that all families in Georgia have access to affordable and
quality child care is a critical issue that impacts our state’s
economic health and the future of our children. I look for
ward to working with my colleagues on this committee
to develop actionable recommendations that will make a
meaningful difference in the lives of Georgia’s families.”
The Senate Study Committee on Access to Affordable
Child Care will convene to examine current child care
costs, accessibility barriers and potential policy solutions.
The committee will engage with experts, stakeholders and
community members to gather insights and develop strat
egies to improve child care affordability across Georgia.
Sen. Bo Hatchett serves as a Governor’s Administration
Floor Leader. He represents the 50th Senate District which
includes Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens
and Towns County and portions of Hall, Jackson and White
counties. He can be reached by phone at 404-651-7745 or
by email at bo.hatchett@senate.ga.gov.
Ossoff pledges to keep pressuring postal service over mail processing delays
By Dave Williams
Capitol Beat
News Service
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is
vowing to put “maximum
pressure” on Postmaster
General Louis DeJoy to im
prove service at the regional
mail processing center in
Palmetto.
“This is not on postal
workers,” Ossoff, D-Ga.,
said Thursday after tour
ing the facility and meeting
with local postal service of
ficials. “This is a question
of management, competent
management.”
Ossoff first raised the is
sue of delays in mail pro
cessing at the Palmetto
center dining a Senate com
mittee hearing held in mid-
April.
At the time, he cited sta
tistics showing that only
36 percent of the first-class
mail processed at the facil
ity was being delivered on
time.
DeJoy told the committee
the delays were the result
of problems encountered
during the rollout last win
ter of a restructuring plan
aimed at making the post
al service economically
self-sufficient.
The plan was first imple
mented at the processing
center in Palmetto and at a
second center in Richmond,
Va.
The Atlanta-area consol
idation involved moving
nearly 10,000 employees
from 10 locations to the
new Palmetto distribution
center.
“This transition for our
region was not well thought
out, not well planned, and
not competently executed,”
Ossoff said.
The restructuring plan
is on hold for now. DeJoy
announced two weeks ago
that the postal service would
pause the plan at least until
next year to give the agency
a chance to figure out what
went wrong and how to fix
it.
Days later, he unveiled
specific solutions for the
Palmetto center, including
bringing in more than 100
personnel from other cen
ters and revising transporta
tion schedules between the
Palmetto facility and other
local mail processing cen
ters.
“Since the first week of
March, our service perfor
mance scores in the region
have shown consistent im
provement,” according to
a statement issued by the
postal service Thursday.
“While we are not entire
ly satisfied with the current
levels, this positive trend
indicates that the challenges
we faced in March are being
actively addressed.”
While on-time delivery
has improved to about 60
percent, Ossoff he will keep
monitoring the postal situa
tion.
“I will continue to apply
maximum pressure so that
seniors in Georgia are not
going without prescriptions,
so that small businesses in
Georgia are not unable to
receive supplies or get prod
ucts to market, so that voters
in Georgia are not unable to
cast their ballots timely by
mail,” he said.
Coco licensed into ministry; named associate pastor
Tyler Coco of Maysville
was licensed into the gos
pel ministry, Sunday, May
19. by Cave Springs Baptist
Church where he has been
called as associate pastor.
Tyler is a graduate of Jef
ferson High School, class of
2017. He is currently pursu
ing a bachlor of arts in min
istry at Clear Creek Baptist
Bible College, Pineville,
Ky.
Tyler served as kids
church Intern at Southside
Church, Athens in 2023.
In 2021, he served as part-
time youth pastor at Rock
Springs Baptist Church,
Lula. He has also been in
volved in various volunteer
and missions work.
Tyler is the son of Ken
and Tina Coco of Maysville.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Please take notice that the Town of Homer Planning Commission
will hold a public meeting at Town Hall on Thursday May 23,
2024, at 6:00PM to receive public comments on the application
of Courtney Holtzclaw and agent, Trev Crumley for a
proposed amendment_to the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of
Homer to zone property located at 1452 Historic Homer Hwy,
Homer, Georgia from Residential (R-l) to Institutional (INS).
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at
the Homer Town Hall 943 Historic Homer Hwy.
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Who’s drinking
in your home?
The public meeting of the Town Council will be on June 11,
2024, 6:00 P.M. The Town Council will consider adoption of
the zoning request at the regular meeting immediately following
the public hearing.
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