At tonight’s Decatur City Commission meeting, our commissioners will have to make a determination in a “He Said, She Said” type of case, concerning two live oak trees taken down by Artisan Homes during construction of a new home at 324 Mead Road. You can read all the details – including a timeline generated by [...]
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Posted on 22 February '12 by Admin, under Georgia Events. No Comments.
ATLANTA (February 14, 2012) – Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) will host a Town Hall Meeting Series throughout the months of March and April to offer constituents with a brief update on the General Assembly’s business at the State Capitol.
“I encourage the constituents of the 56th Senate District and surrounding areas to participate in one of my upcoming Town Hall Meetings,” said Sen. Albers. “One of the greatest privileges of being a state senator is the opportunity to meet face to face with the constituents who elected me. These informal meetings provide an excellent opportunity for constituents to become actively engaged in the legislative process and ensure I am driving legislation that truly reflects the will of the people.”
Sen. Albers will host Town Hall Meetings in the following locations:
Saturday, February 25, 2012
WHAT: Sandy Springs Town Hall @ 10:30 a.m.
WHO: Sen. John Albers, Rep. Joe Wilkinson and Rep. Wendell Willard
WHERE: SandySpringCity Hall
7840 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs,GA30350
Sunday, March 11, 2012
WHAT: Mountain Park, GA Town Hall @ 1:00 p.m.
WHO: Sen. John Albers
WHERE: MountainParkCommunityBuilding
100 Lakeshore Drive
Mountain Park,GA30075
WHAT: Woodstock Town Hall @ 2:00 p.m.
WHO: Sen. John Albers and Sen. Chip Rogers
WHERE: Woodstock Library
7735 Main Street
Woodstock,GA30188
Saturday, March 24, 2012
WHAT: Roswell Town Hall @ 10:30 a.m.
WHO: Sen. John Albers and Rep. Jan Jones
WHERE: Roswell United Methodist Church
814 Mimosa Blvd.
Roswell, GA30075
Sunday, April 15, 2012
WHAT: Woodstock Town Hall @ 2:00 p.m.
WHO: Sen. John Albers and Sen. Chip Rogers
WHERE: Woodstock Library
7735 Main Street
Woodstock,GA30188
Saturday, April 21, 2012
WHAT: Johns Creek Town Hall @ 10:30 a.m.
WHO: Sen. John Albers, Rep.Lynn Riles and Rep. Mike Dudgeon
WHERE: Johns Creek New Town Community Club
3115 Old Alabama Road
JohnsCreek,GA30024
Posted on 17 February '12 by Admin, under Georgia Politics. No Comments.
ATLANTA (January 27, 2012) – Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) and Sen. Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R- Woodstock) will host a Town Hall meeting in Alpharetta on Saturday, January 28, to discuss legislative updates and priorities. Attendees will then have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session. All residents are invited to attend.
WHEN: Saturday, January 28, 2012
10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Alpharetta City Hall
2 S. Main Street
Alpharetta, GA 30099
Posted on 28 January '12 by Admin, under Georgia Politics. No Comments.
ATLANTA (March 18, 2011) – Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) will host a town hall meeting with Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) in Mountain Park on Saturday, March 26, where he will deliver a presentation of legislative updates. Attendees will then have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session. All residents of the 56th Senate District are invited to attend.
WHEN: Saturday, March 26, 2011
11:00 a.m. – noon
WHERE: Mountain Park City Hall
118 Lake Shore Drive
Mountain Park, GA 30075
Posted on 23 March '11 by Admin, under Georgia Politics. No Comments.
PACE will meet at noon on Thursday, Sept. 4 in the John Knox Room of First Presbyterian Church. The Church is located at 520 Washington Avenue in Savannah. Feel free to bring your lunch! At 12:30 We’ll move down the street to the corner of Washington and Waters avenues for a Crosswalk Action. What’s a Crosswalk Action? It’s a fun and friendly way to communicate pedestrian safety messages to walkers and drivers alike. Here’s a definition from America Walks:
A Crossing Action is an organized event in which a group of pedestrians repeatedly crosses a street in marked and/or unmarked crosswalks in a legal fashion, so as to communicate messages to drivers, pedestrians, media representatives and other observers. Members of the organized group carry signs with educational and advocacy messages. Crossing actions can involve as few as 10 or more than 40 people, but sufficient numbers are required to communicate the messages with strength and diversity.
Please come out and join us for the meeting, the Crosswalk Action. Or both!
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Posted on 8 March '11 by Admin, under Georgia Events. No Comments.
According to the latest reports on Hanna, we are not going to be affected enough for Chatham County to do the Special Needs evacuation today or issue a voluntary evacuation for low-lying areas. So, it looks like all will be safe enough for our PACE meeting and Crosswalk Action to go on as scheduled.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at 12pm at the First Presbyterian Church, John Knox Room, 520 Washington Ave. Please feel free to bring your lunch. The crosswalk action will follow the meeting and will take place at the intersection of Washington Ave. and Waters Ave.
Posted on 4 March '11 by Admin, under Georgia Events. No Comments.
ATLANTA (January 24, 2011) – Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) will host a town hall meeting in Sandy Springs on Saturday, Jan. 29, where he will deliver a presentation of legislative updates. Attendees will then have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session. All residents of the 56th Senate District are invited to attend.
WHEN: Saturday, January 29, 2011
11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Sandy Springs City Hall
7840 Roswell Road
Building 500
Sandy Springs, GA 30350
Posted on 24 January '11 by Admin, under Georgia Politics. No Comments.
Steve Brown started the meeting by nominating Robert Horgan for Chairman. Allen McCarty seconded the motion. Then Robert Horgan nominated Herb Frady for Chairman and Lee Hearn seconded the motion. The vote was 3 – 2 in favor of Frady.
Next Horgan was nominated for Vice Chair. Both Brown and McCarty voted for the motion.
Quite truthfully, I was so shocked I couldn’t tell you who made the motion to nominate Horgan for Vice. I want to say that either McCarty or Brown made the motion. It’s a good thing I filmed the meeting so I can view what I missed while I was mentally shaking my head in wonder.
There were a number of things discussed in the meeting, I won’t bore you with all the details. I’ll be breaking the meeting down via video into the various votes, you can pop over to YouTube and watch those that interest you.
There’s one I’d suggest you watch, even though it’s rather long. They discussed the East Fayetteville Bypass. The East Fayetteville Bypass was the top priority of previous Boards and was underway when Maxwell and Smith joined the Board four years ago. They stopped the road and shifted their emphasis to the final phases of the West Fayetteville Bypass, phases that weren’t scheduled to be considered for years to come.
Due to the movement of funds from the East Bypass to the West, combined with the Board giving an unscheduled 7 plus million to Fayetteville, there now isn’t enough money to do the East Bypass. At least that’s the way it seemed. They could stop the West Bypass, I think, maybe, and possibly complete a phase or two of the East Bypass. I’ll have to take a look at the tape and look into it a bit more to determine whether that last sentence is correct. If you’re opposed to the West Bypass, or you live along the East Bypass route, or you get stuck in traffic that the West Bypass won’t fix, you may want to look at the video. Or you can pop over to the Fayette Front Page. I’m going to post the documentation on the site for anyone interested.
Back to the rest of the meeting:
Two motions by the new guys (aside from the ones I’ve already noted) might be of interest to some or all of you. I think both would have been excellent ideas.
Brown and McCarty tried to get term limits for Commissioners, asking for a limit of two consecutive terms. They exempted Frady, of course. He’s been on the Board for 18 years (and finally managed to get elected as Chairman). The proposal died with Horgan, Frady and Hearn voting in opposition.
The trio also voted against the Brown McCarty proposal to require that anything being voted on during a meeting be visible to the public 24 hours in advance. I listened to Horgan, Frady and Hearn’s stated reasons for opposing that one and quite frankly it sounded pre-rehearsed and like a lot of baloney. Frady said the meetings were going to be different, new era of Frady-ness. I suppose things will be different whether he likes it or not. There is nothing that we won’t hear about given Brown’s propensity for sharing mightily!
Technically, aside from the vote for Chairman and Vice Chairman, there weren’t any ‘real’ votes. During the first meeting of the month they use the time to discuss items, gather information and then decide by consensus if things should be voted on in subsequent meetings. The last two items I mentioned died and won’t be on any upcoming agendas. Maybe in two years. (From the rumor mill, in case you haven’t heard – supposedly Maxwell plans to run again. Ditto on Smith. They both ran at-large last time, they’ll have to run in their districts during the next election cycle if the rumors are true.)
It was a strange, strange meeting. It’s clear that we’re going to see a lot of 3-2 votes during the next two years. It’s also clear that we are going to be thrown a few curves. Another thing I have noticed in recent meetings is the high attendance by the public. For years I’ve been to meetings and in most you could fit all non-staff in the front row with empty chairs. It’s been nice to see so many taking an interest in the meetings and I hope it continues.
I talked with Brown and McCarty after the meeting, asking both what in the world they were thinking nominating the only guy on the Board who was slapped with an ethics violation and had a drug arrest and conviction — during his term as Commissioner no less. I thought about what I’d share from our conversation – both gave me permission to quote them. I just have to tell you though that I ultimately decided it’s best that they share their rationale themselves. I just think I’d muddy the water more.
I am still shaking my head about the meeting. I completely disagree with McCarty and Brown’s rationale and with their vote to support Horgan as Vice Chairman. Neither of them made the motion because they believed Horgan would be the best guy for the job.
I bet Robert Horgan is also shaking his head wondering how he ended up as Vice Chair. I think most of those who voted for McCarty and Brown are wondering, too.
Posted on 14 January '11 by Admin, under Uncategorized. No Comments.
The Greater Rome Existing Industries Association (GREIA) of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting this week at the Coosa Country Club where they announced board of directors members and the importance of logistics in Rome and Floyd County.
Page Siplon, executive director of the Center of Innovation for Logistics, Georgia Department of Economic Development, discussed the role of imports and exports from the Northwest Georgia region and the economic impact of logistics in industry. Siplon continued to share the economic impact of truck activity in Rome and Floyd County, which is responsible for .2 billion in import truck activity and .3 billion in export truck activity.
“Rome and Floyd County are critical parts of the Georgia economic system,” said Siplon. “Georgia recognizes logistics as a strategic industry, and uniquely one who’s multiple secrets effects every business, every day.”
GREIA also announced the creation of a business council, “Ex-Im Logistics Council”, that seeks to bring local business leaders together to improve logistics in our business community.
“Like other councils, the purpose of this group is to exchange information among members,” said council chair Alan Horne, Suzuki Manufacturing of America. “It is intended as a forum for sharing experience.”
During the meeting, many local manufacturers were recognized and congratulated for their expansion and job creation in Rome and Floyd County. These companies are Southeastern Mills, Bekaert Corporation, Syntec Industries, and Pirelli Tire North America.
GREIA also announced its 2011 Board of Directors. Tom Watters, Syntec Industries, was reelected Chairman of the Board with Diane Lewis, The Lewis Chemical Company, as President, and Gary Downey, Bekaert Corporation as Vice President.
Newcomers this year to the GREIA Board of Directors include, Cathy Kerce, JEM MFG, LLC, Alan Guyatt, F & P Georgia, Gary Downey, Bekaert Corporation, Johnny Johnson, Rome Die Casting, LLC, and Tracy Hawkin with Plant Hammond, Georgia Power Company. Other executive members to the board include Andrew Saville, Coosa Steel, Mark White, The Fairbanks Company, Guido Broder, Suhner Manufacturing, Inc., and Gary Majestic, Commercial Fluid Power.
The Greater Rome Exisiting Industries Association seeks to promote harmonious relations among the manufacturers of Rome and Floyd County and to foster and promote those activities among the manufacturers to create a profitable and productive business environment.
A program of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, GREIA holds many events throughout the year for its members including valuable seminars such as the Lean 6 Sigma seminar and the OSHA seminar. Manufacturers serve various committees throughout the Chamber including the Education and Workforce Committee, Governmental Affairs Committee and the Transportation Committee.
Posted on 14 November '10 by Admin, under Georgia News. No Comments.
Just a note: Don’t forget tonight’s K-3 redistricting meeting at Westchester, which starts with an information session at 6pm and a public hearing at 7pm.
There’s obviously been a lot of talk about this issue over the last few weeks and CSD has been good enough to provide additional data and maps at the request of [...]
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Posted on 8 November '09 by Admin, under Georgia Events. No Comments.
