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Options fade to keep Sunshine Academy open
By CANDY [email protected]
NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Parents of a soon-to-shutter charter school are pinning their last hopes on becoming a Fulton County school next year, but Fulton officials note a critical deadline may have already passed, and tensions between parents at the school and its governing board are at an all-time high.
Last month, the Fulton Board of
Education voted to deny charter renew-als for Fulton Science Academy High School in Alpharetta and Fulton Sun-shine Academy Elementary in Roswell, effectively closing the sister schools on June 15, 2015.
The decision for denial centered pri-marily on problematic governing boards at the schools and lack of cooperation with the Fulton School System (FCSS), according to FCSS documents.
However, in an unprecedented
move, Fulton Superintendent Robert Avossa floated the idea of allowing the Sunshine Academy to remain open and become a Fulton School of Choice next year. The FCSS is looking to expand options for students system-wide, and Avossa is open to the idea of includ-ing the Sunshine Academy – provided certain criteria are met.
“We don’t want to create false hope that this school can be transformed successfully into a school choice op-tion,” Avossa said at the board table after the Nov. 20 vote. “But investigat-ing the idea further is the right thing to
do for [those] who have been its diligent supporters.”
The option was not extended to the high school. The one caveat to pursu-ing the idea is the governing board at Sunshine Academy must resign and be replaced by a parent-elected body. In addition, a plan had to be in place by the start of winter break so it could be presented to the school board in Janu-ary for February action.
Laura Stowell, charter schools direc-tor for FCSS, confirmed that talks be-
Governing board refuses parents’ calls to resign
See SUNSHINE, Page 6
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Along with the unveiling of the much ballyhooed central business district and city center plan, the city has been new marketing tagline and logo that will be a part of the unified efforts of the city and the business community.
“Be the Exception” is the city’s new tagline, and it is meant to tell others about the kind of people who move here or have businesses here. The three-color shield of ribbons are symbolic in nature and can be used as city identi-fiers, said Ed Barlow, direc-tor of Planning for North Star Destination Strategies, the Nashville-based com-
pany that was awarded the $82,000 contract to develop the city’s marketing brand.
“Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not around,” said Bar-low, “And your brand is what you do about it.”
North Star’s qualitative and quantitative research of the city was to study what residents thought about their city. It was begun after win-ning the bid from the city in 2013. Barlow said they were off-the-chart as a place to live compared to other cities. The researcher’s job is to
BE THE EXCEPTION »
City adopts New brandPart of new push for commercial growth
See COUNCIL, Page 10
This is the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Europe. Marti Elliott-Best, a North Fulton school teacher, remembers her father’s exploits as an OSS lieutenant hidden behind the lines. She tells the story of who drew his portrait while evading the Nazis. See Story Page 15.
Remembering the Battle of the Bulge
2 | December 25, 2014 | Johns Creek Herald | johnscreekherald.com PUBLIC SAFETY
Wallet turns up sans cashMILTON, Ga. – A Walmart employee is suspected of taking $120 from a shopper’s wallet Dec. 7.
The victim told police she dropped her wallet in the produce section of the Windward location. She did not realize it was missing until she got to the register. When she asked employees about the dropped wallet, she learned it had been turned in to lost and found by an employee. Cash in the amount of $120 was missing from the wallet when the victim recovered it.
The victim said she believes an employee took the money.
Prada purse pilferedJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Someone made off with a Prada purse and $200 in cash Dec. 3 after a car was broken into.
The victim told police she parked her car in her driveway overnight on Cromwell Court. On the front passenger floorboard, she put her Prada purse. When she returned to
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By signing up, residents can attach valuable information to their screen profile at the Alpharetta 911 center. When an emergency call comes in, the 911 dispatchers can receive additional information about the family such as the number of adults and children in the residence, pet information, dis-ability issues, current medications, allergies, special needs, vehicles and any other pertinent information.
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other poisonous plants within reach of children.•Don’t use a dull blade. It requires more pressure, which
increases the potential for injury.•Don’t post to social media that you are traveling or going
to be away from home.•Don’t let your Christmas tree dry out and become a fire
hazard. Pick a fresh tree and keep it hydrated.•Don’t throw gift wrap into the fireplace. Recycle it instead.
Additionally as a public service to the community, Al-pharetta Fire Services have created a holiday video starring the “Alpharetta Firefighter Elf.” While the video is humorous, it is a serious reminder of the dangers that exist in residents’ homes during the holiday season.
To view the video on YouTube, go to http://youtu.be/a45TRXJiCVc.
Holiday safety tips from Alpharetta
DUI arrests ► Muhammad F. Rabbani, 24, of
Raintree Drive, Roswell, was arrested Nov. 20 on Warsaw Road in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
► Mindaugas Sateika, 28, of North Fulton Industrial Boulevard, Alpharetta, was arrested Nov. 20 on Atlanta Street in Roswell for DUI, expired tag and failure to obey a traffic control device.
► Melvin Toledo, 39, of Marietta was arrested Nov. 20 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI, open container and failure to obey a traffic control device.
► James Henry Sargent, 73, of Hampton Bluff Way, Roswell, was arrested Nov. 21 on Marietta Highway in Roswell for DUI and reckless driving.
► Walter Hugh Woliver, 59, of Fenwood Trail, Roswell, was arrest-ed Nov. 21 on Marietta Highway in Roswell for DUI and reckless driving.
► Rhonda Rena Kirkpatrick, 54, of Pine Grove Road, Cumming, was arrested Nov. 22 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI and improper turn.
► Brian Clark Broadway, 51, of Clubfield Drive, Roswell, was arrested Nov. 23 on East Crossville Road in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
► Robert Lorence Rens, 29, of Crosshaven Drive, Roswell, was arrest-
ed Nov. 23 on Atlanta Street in Roswell for DUI, failure to maintain lane and failure to obey a traffic control device.
► Shawn Jesil Swinton, 28, of Broadleaf Lane, Johns Creek, was arrested Nov. 23 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI, open container, hit and run, failure to maintain lane, tire requirements and windshield violation.
► Ramona Jeanette Adams, 49, of Morris Road, Alpharetta, was arrested Nov. 23 on Alpharetta Highway in Roswell for DUI and failure to maintain lane.
► Michael Thomas Courie, 28, of Duluth was arrested Dec. 3 on Kimball Bridge Road in Roswell for DUI.
► Vicki Anne Clark, 59, of Stillhouse Lane, Milton, was arrested Dec. 2 on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta for DUI and following too closely.
► Catharine Ford Coplin, 23, of Tatum Drive, Alpharetta, was arrested Nov. 29 on North Main Street in Alpharetta for DUI and failure to yield when turning left.
Drug arrests ► Francis Paul Cassidy, 33, of Athens
was arrested Nov. 24 on Alpharetta Street in Roswell for possession of mar-ijuana and public intoxication.
► Malcolm Xavier Bedford, 23, of Woodstock was arrested Nov. 25 on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell for possession of marijuana, tag light vio-lation and suspended license.
► Brandon Carlos Sloan, 33, of Stone Mountain was arrested Nov. 25 on Old Roswell Road in Roswell for possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and theft by receiving stolen property.
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the car the following morning, she found the purse missing. Inside the purse was $200 cash. The other contents of the purse – credit cards – were found dumped on the ground nearby.
Handguns stolen MILTON, Ga. – A handgun went missing from a Milton residence between Nov. 22 and Dec. 7.
The victim told police he kept a 9 mm Kahr Arms hand-gun in his nightstand beside his bed. He checked on it Dec. 7 and found it, a magazine and bullets were missing.
He suspects that friends of his daughter’s took the weapon. He went out of town between Nov. 22 and Nov. 30. While he was away, he said his daughter had friends over.
In Johns Creek, another handgun was reported sto-len Dec. 3, this time from a vehicle.
The victim told police he parked his car in his driveway
overnight. When he returned to it Dec. 3 at 4 a.m., the glove box was pried open and the black .40 Glock handgun he kept in the box was gone.
Daughter suspected in car theftMILTON, Ga. – A victim ac-cused her daughter of stealing her credit card and selling her vehicle Dec. 11.
The victim said her adult daughter visited her home about 5 a.m. and left about 8:30 a.m. An hour later, the victim received a call from her credit card company advising someone just charged $500 at the Deerfield Parkway Wal-greens. The card was canceled.
The victim found her credit card missing from her wallet along with $120 cash. She also realized her car was missing.
The victim’s daughter alleg-edly has a history of theft from her parents.
At 1 p.m., the stolen car was located in Atlanta. Four men inside fled from police and escaped. The car was recov-ered.
Victoria Lynn Rogers, 35, of
Milton is wanted for theft, theft of a motor vehicle, credit card theft and unauthorized credit card usage.
Liquor thief caught MILTON, Ga. – An alleged thief was caught Dec. 12 after steal-ing liquor and hiding it in his sleeves.
The victim, of the liquor store on Ga. 9, told police he saw a young man wearing a blue jacket steal a bottle of liquor from the store and then flee to the Kroger store next door.
Police found the suspect, Bryce Darnell Caldwell, 37, in the store. They found on him two bottles of liquor hidden up his jacket sleeves. He denied the theft but could not explain why he had bottles hidden.
When the liquor store em-
ployee identified Caldwell as the suspect, Caldwell allegedly said to him, “you just signed your death certificate.”
It turns out only one of the bottles of liquor was stolen, valued at $22. The other was paid for by Caldwell.
Caldwell was arrested for shoplifting and terroristic threats.
Employee suspectedin $11K theft
MILTON, Ga. – An employee of a local business is suspected in stealing as much as $11,000 from the till over the past three years.
A manager said she began noticing money missing from the daily log in November. She asked the employee in charge, who said it must be a mistake
and she would fix it. Over the next few weeks,
more “mistakes” appeared during the employee’s shift. A search of previous financial records showed such “mis-takes” going back to 2011 and totaling as much as $11,000. In one instance, the employee was given a check to cash and someone had altered the check to a higher amount than was written. The employee is suspected of pocketing the dif-ference.
When confronted, the em-ployee allegedly admitted to the theft.
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Paul Troop Party: IndependentAge: 72 Occupation: Retired Journalist/PR Execu-tive
What special qualifi-cations and experi-ence do you bring to the table that make you the best candi-date?
My whole ca-reer since I arrived in Georgia 44 years ago as a business journalist has been about learning how our state’s economy works.
I chronicled our successes when Geor-gia led the nation in growth. And I’ve seen – sadly – how we’ve retreated from great-ness in recent years.
It’s this knowledge that positions me to present concrete proposals on how to turn this state around – how to attract high-paying jobs, how to unclog our highways, and, most important, how to return educa-tion as our highest priority.
Frankly, it is this knowledge that separates me from the other candidates.
What are the top two issues in this race and what are your ideas to solve them?
No question about it – education is prior-ity one. You only have to talk to parents. They’re still angry about the shortened school year and teacher furloughs. They remain upset with the limited cur-riculum and class-room overcrowding.
Now the governor and the Legislature want to cut the Qual-ity Basic Education formula, making
Kelly Leigh Stewart Party: Republican Age: 48 Occupation: Self Employed
What special qualifi-cations and experi-ence do you bring to the table that make you the best candi-date?
I was serving in my second term on the Johns Creek City Council and served as Mayor Pro Tem before resigning to run for the State House.
I have a track record of principled leadership, shoot-ing straight, tackling complex challenges, being a fiscal conser-vative, never raising taxes, and fighting wasteful spending and gutter politics like the senseless in-vestigation of the mayor.
I have worked in all three levels of the government. At the federal level, I worked in Washington D.C. for the U.S. House of Representatives for then Congressman Nathan Deal.
At the state level, I served in the University System of Georgia and, at the local level, as a County Administra-tor.
I was appointed by Gov. Deal to serve on the Board of Directors for the Department of Juve-nile Justice and also serve as a School Board member.
I also served on the Board of Direc-tors for the Georgia Municipal Associa-tion.
Professionally, I served as a vice president of Hu-man Resources for a national company
Royce M. Reinecke Party: RepublicanAge: 62 Occupation: Engi-neer/Retired
What special qualifi-cations and experi-ence do you bring to the table that make you the best candi-date?
I served for a full year as a senior legis-lative aide to Repub-lican Congressman George Radanovich in the US House of Representatives in Washington DC and know the duties of a State House member. I have helped author legislation, testimony, issue summaries, correspondence, and participated exten-sively in legislative hearings.
I know not to pander to voters with unrealistic, irrelevant, and deceptive cam-paign promises. I am very active in our city government to be informed of issues important to the com-munity, to organize residents, and to speak against devel-opments, including on the AAC property and in Shakerag, harmful to our quality of life. Unlike other candi-dates who secretly supported the 400 ft radio tower until the last minute, and who negotiated for the city to advertise on ugly billboards, I worked against the 400 ft radio tower and the billboards.
I am running to offer the choice of rep-resentation based on facts, reasoning, and understanding. I be-lieve that District 50 deserves better than government based on misrepresentation, manipulation, self-interest, and secrecy.
Bradford Jay Raffensperger Party: Republican Email: brad@ bradforgeorgia.comAge: 59 Occupation: Licensed Professional Engineer
What special qualifi-cations and experi-ence do you bring to the table that make you the best candi-date?
My track record on the City Council clearly shows that I am the strongest fiscal conservative in this race.
I sponsored legislation for a fully funded property tax reduction of 1 mill. My fellow City Council Member Kelly Stewart opposed this tax cut.
Council Member Stewart was also the lead sponsor of the tax increase on home-owners this year: Ordinance 2014-07-25. She voted to raise taxes despite the fact that Johns Creek already has a $30 Mil-lion surplus.
The Finance Di-rector of the City of Johns Creek specifi-cally called Stewart’s proposal “a tax in-crease” and confirmed that it was a 3.59 percent tax hike.
I was the lone council member to vote against Stewart’s tax increase. I am a true fiscal conserva-tive and will not vote for a tax increase.
I was also the lead sponsor of the successful resolution demanding that Ful-ton County roll back their 17 percent tax hike. Council Member Stewart did not vote on the resolution be-cause she was absent.
I am a business owner employing over 90 employees. With
Christine A. Austin Party: Libertarian Age: 44 Occupation: Home-maker
What special qualifi-cations and experi-ence do you bring to the table that make you the best candi-date?
What I have are common sense, logic, a strict moral founda-tion and a transpar-ent agenda to rep-resent the people of Johns Creek by work-ing only to restore the power to the people.
I am the only one who will work to reduce the size and scope of the state government and to protect Georgians from onerous Federal over-reach.
I have a very strict and unwaver-ing moral code that will guide all of my decisions. I bring experience from my career in finance and from my personal life achievements. I have the demonstrated and practiced ability to discover and negotiate common goals among groups with very diverse viewpoints in order to find solutions that meet the needs of everyone.
I believe, as the only Libertarian un-der the Gold Dome, I will be able to facili-tate those conversa-tions to find workable solutions that meet our common objec-tives, but only for issues that fall within the Constitutional scope of delegated authority. Also, I will work to repeal laws and regulations that are not constitutional, which stifle social, economic and person-al growth by depriving us of our freedom.
AUSTIN RAFFENSPERGER TROOPREINECKE STEWART
Candidates state their case in State House raceJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Five Johns Creek residents are making their bid in the Jan.6 Special Election for House seat 50.
Candidates include a stay-at-home mom; an engineer; a retired public rela-tions/journalist; and two former City
Council members.Each candidate responded to a series
of questions for this article.
See AUSTIN, Page 27 See BRAD, Page 29 See ROYCE, Page 29 See KELLY, Page 14 See PAUL, Page 28
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tween the school system and the Sunshine Academy cannot take place with the current governing board because of the fractured relationship; but talks must be held with a legal entity.
“The reason we can’t go in and just work with parents is that there has to be a legal entity in place who can dis-cuss in good faith the leases, contracts and all the intimate details of [continued] opera-tion,” explained Stowell. “The legal entity is the governing board.”
As of mid-December, the Sunshine Academy governing board has refused all calls to step down and be replaced with a parent-elected group, despite pleas and a petition from parents.
In a letter from parent Priscilla Cody on Dec. 5, she noted “parents, teachers and students are suffering” because of [the governing board’s] actions.
“As [a parent] of two stu-dents at FSA, and taxpaying residents of Fulton County, we demand your resigna-tions immediately,” she wrote. “We would like the chance at keeping our school open, and turning it into a Fulton County School of Choice, and that can only happen when
you all step down.”Although three members
of the board did step down during a Dec. 8 meeting, they were promptly replaced through appointment by the remaining four board mem-bers.
Cody said Chairman Metin Oguzmert did not allow public comment from parents who attended the meeting.
A spokesman for the Sunshine Academy con-firmed there are no plans for any of the current board to step down, and downplayed how this impacts Fulton’s decisions on the school’s future.
“If the school district is interested in opening a ‘school of choice’ in North Fulton, no action by this governing board is necessary. Fulton County Schools has all the authority it needs to sign a lease, hire staff and begin the process of opening a new school,” said Greg Eubanks.
Fulton Schools officials maintain the system is not driving this process, but rather extending the opportu-nity to Sunshine Academy if it chooses to do so.
“This is not something we are doing – it was brought to us by the parents,” said Stow-ell. “[This current governing board] has never explored this with us.”
She noted the govern-ing board did offer to resign
prior to the school board vote on renewing the charter in November, but backed out of that plan just prior to the vote. In addition, the school’s principal cancelled a planned meeting between Stowell and parents in early December to discuss the pathway to remaining open as a Fulton School of Choice.
These are the kinds of actions that make it impos-sible to work with the current board on the future of the school, Stowell noted.
“We need to have a govern-ing board in place that repre-sents the parents, and reflects the parents’ desires [before] we can explore whether [the school choice option] is some-thing [Fulton Schools] can do,” said Stowell.
ATLANTA – Voters assigned to the JC09-Taylor Road Middle School polling place will have to vote in the Jan. 6 Special Election for House District 50 next door at Chattahoochee High School.
Due to unforeseen circum-stances, the Fulton County De-partment of Registration and Elections will be required to change one 1 polling location for the 2014 Special Election to fill the vacancy for State House District 50 in North Fulton County. All affected voters will be notified of the change in location by first-class mail. Concerned residents are urged to check on-line to find out if the change would affect their poll on Election Day.
“Unfortunately, we will not be able to use one school as polling locations for the up-coming run-off election,” states Richard Barron, Director of the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections. “The school will be undergoing renovations making it unus-able for polling.”
The polling location change is posted on the department’s website, www.fultonelections.com.
“It is my hope that resi-dents will take a moment to verify if they are affected by the changes prior to election day,” said Mr. Barron.
Citizens must have been registered to vote by Monday, Dec. 8, to participate in the Jan. 6, 2015, special election. Voter registration forms can be obtained at the county regis-trar’s office or from the Secre-tary of State’s website: www.sos.ga.gov/elections.
Voters with questions about the elections or their voter sta-tus are encouraged to contact the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections at 404-730-7020.
Fulton announces 1 Jan. 6 polling place change
Polling location changeExisting Polling Place: JC09-Taylor Road Middle School, 5150 Taylor Road, AlpharettaNew Polling Location: JC09-Chattahoochee High School, 5320 Taylor Road, AlpharettaApprox. Distance Change: .5 miles
Continued from Page 1Sunshine: We would like
the chance at keeping our school open, and turning it into a Fulton County School of Choice...”PRISCILLA CODYParent
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Kelly Stewart
Straight Talk On The CandidatesFor State House
The Facts Are Clear.Vote Kelly Stewart for State House on January 6th.
Experience
Johns Creek Leadership
Ethics
Taxes
The Straight Talk Republican
Proven business executive;City Councilwoman and Mayor Pro Tem; Served Gov. Deal in Congress and on the
Board for the Department of Juvenile Justice.
The only Member of the City Council to oppose the investigation that wasted
$130,000 in tax dollars.
Never issued an ethics violation.
Always paid her taxes on time.
Paid for by Georgians For Kelly
City Councilman; Multiple failed businesses that still owe taxes and judgments. (Official State Documents)
Embarrassed Johns Creek by leading an investigation into the Mayor that cost taxpayers
$130,000 and led to nothing.
Cited and fined for violation of Georgiaethics laws. (http://media.ethics.ga.gov)
Dozens of tax liens in multiple states.(Official Court Documents)
Brad RaffenspergerFulton County Politician
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An old friend from the Mi-ami Herald emailed me a story about a Washington Post (and former Miami Herald) photo-journalist who has died while covering the Ebola outbreak in Liberia.
His name was Michel du Cille, and the story was written by another ex-Miami Herald reporter, author and one of du Cille’s contemporaries, Joel Achenbach.
As I read what Achenbach wrote, I lost focus on my sur-roundings and fell face first into this story.
I began to suspect that the story provided an answer to something that I have been try-ing to get my arms around for quite a while.
That is, we – you and I – are on the verge of losing something vital because of all the changes in our traditional news reporting organizations and the environment in which it functions.
The news mission, the resources dedicated to report-ing the news, the standards upon which our news report-ing has been based and, sadly, the demand for the news as we have known it, has changed. From this writer’s perspective, the demand for news is under siege and in great peril.
I have always said that without the traditional news infrastructure, we would not have had the Watergate inves-tigation. Nixon would not have resigned from office, and who knows what else would have (or have not) occurred with the butterfly effect.
But the more I read the sto-ry about du Cille, I began to re-alize that his story is one about a canary in a coal mine. This canary not only plays a major role in the lives of the miners – it warns them of danger and in some cases keeps them alive – but it is also a beautiful animal with radiant colors, flight and song. Not everything about the canary is a life-and-death issue; the canary is also about beauty and small things of life.
The state of journalism to-day is not too dissimilar to that of the canary in the mine. To a degree, both have fallen out of favor and have been replaced with alternatives.
We’re not going to see many more Michel du Cilles, because in part, the organizations that support people and efforts such as his are no longer will-ing to pay for it. In some cases, they can’t pay for it. There is diminishing demand for what du Cille did.
There is less trust, less empathy, less connection. And we are and will be so much diminished by this loss. Yes, we’re still in the same mine, but the canary is not going to be there to protect or entertain
us much longer unless some-thing changes.
Michel du Cille won three Pulitzers for his photojournal-ism and died while reporting on Ebola in Liberia. He went where there was conflict, war, pain and human suffering and recorded that for us. We weren’t there but he was, and he brought what he saw to us because we needed to see it.
His Pulitzers were for his reporting on a natural disaster, crack houses in Miami and the plight of veterans at Walter Reed Hospital. But he also shot countless stories on small things and average people too. When questioned why he constantly risked his life in the Sudan, Afghanistan, Liberia and all the other war-torn zones around the world, his response was simply, “That is what I do.”
That is what he did, and we all are the better for it.
What I have never been able to write or describe is what we lose when we lose people like du Cille or the organizations that support people like him. The story that Achenbach wrote success-fully conveys what I could not. Please take the time to read it. It’s important. And if it chang-es your opinion of the “news” just a millimeter, that will be a great way to honor a man who deserves great honor – Michel du Cille.
Follow this link to get to Achenbach’s story in the Washington Post: http://wapo.st/1Gu5oxH, or just Google “Achenbach Michel du Cille.”
Canary in a mine. This is what we do.
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Yes, we’re still in the same mine, but the canary is not going to be there to protect or entertain us much longer unless something changes.
Santa knows a child shall lead usIf anyone had told me six
weeks ago that I would be Santa Claus at the Roswell Christmas Tree Lighting, I probably would have laughed. The reservations for my work as Santa Claus in the New York area were made for my mother and I, the contracts signed, the plane tickets in hand and the airport limou-sine booked.
But all that was scrapped when the morning of our departure, my 92-year-old mother broke one of her hips. Of course, I opted to stay in Roswell.
My plans were chang-ing as rapidly as the weather forecast, and I kept repeating Maria Von Trapp’s famous line in “The Sound of Music” –“When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.”
One of those windows was to be the Roswell Christmas Tree Lighting, held on the square – same place where my daddy owned and operated the Roswell Discount Store. It’s the same space where they re-opened the popular upscale restaurant The Public House on Roswell Square. Across the street is the old gazebo where I used to sit and do my homework, and play after school, waiting for my parents to close their store and take me home.
I paused going up the steps of the gazebo and looked across at the row of old stores. I could still see in my mind Joe Mansell, Guy Tol-bert, J.C. Smith, Doral David and my dad sitting out front. Some were in rocking chairs, some in straight back chairs leaned against the wall and some perched precariously on Coca-Cola crates turned on their ends.
Occasionally they napped, but most times they talked – about any and everything. Eavesdrop for an hour or two and you would have no need for a newspaper. (And, they say women are the gossips.)
This Saturday evening though, I could see there was already a line of chil-dren. Soon a steady stream of youngsters were reciting to me their Christmas wish-lists, which included virtually every toy advertised on televi-sion stations in the past few weeks.
Bright eyes and excited voices – can so many years have passed since I was in their places imagining what the next Christmas morning would be like?
One of the volunteers whispered in my ear, “Santa, hurry up we have a long line.”
I smiled and kept talking
to every child. I vowed long ago – actually when I started being Santa Claus – I was NEVER going to rush a child to say what they wanted or needed to say.
Some are shy, others are nervous and some have trou-ble expressing what is in their little hearts. Unfortunately, we tend to outgrow the inno-cent honesty of childhood, but luckily I can remember it.
Next up was a couple of “tween” girls, one blonde with sparkly eyes and the other dark-haired with an almost distant look in her dark eyes. The little blonde was not the least bit hesitant. She was a “Frozen” fan and had her heart set on a doll from that movie. Sure, she wanted other things, but “Frozen” ruled.
Then, I asked the other little girl, the one with the dark hair, what she wanted for Christmas. Her smile van-ished and she looked down at the plank floor of the gazebo. She said something, but it was so soft I could not hear her; so I asked her to repeat it.
She said with tears in her eyes, “I want my Mama and Daddy back.”
I ask the blonde “tween” to please excuse us while I spoke with her friend. I found out that they were friends, and that she was brought to the tree-lighting by neighbors. She started to cry, and tears filled my eyes.
I could not help it, and I guess I did not want to help it. This young girl needed to see that someone really cared. We talked for around 10 min-utes about her life and her parents.
I explained to her that Santa is not granted the power by God to make all wishes come true, but I would definitely pray that her wish would be granted. She nodded. I was so touched by her simple, heartfelt wish that I sud-
denly asked her to come back. You see, I understand not
only wanting your parents back, but anyone else you had loved and lost for what-ever reason. We all want to recapture the feelings of love, safety and home that we, as innocent children, too often take for granted.
I wanted to reassure her that I had heard her wish and would do everything in my power to make her wish come true – if not this Christmas, sometime in the near future. I told her that I wanted the same thing too.
Secretly, I wished my mother could be home for Christmas, rather than in physical rehabilitation. I wished that simple wish more than anything I had ever wished for before. She nodded again, thanked me and left the gazebo smiling.
Her image stayed in my mind as real as when it hap-pened. It made me remember my own daddy and how much Christmas had meant to him and how he had passed on that special feeling to his children, grandchildren and virtually everyone he knew.
I miss him and would love to have him back for one more Christmas – and in my memo-ries and dreams, I will.
That little girl taught me a very important lesson: Who is around the tree on Christmas morning will always be much more important than “what” is under the tree. Not all gifts come wrapped in bright paper with bows.
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The Feb. 17 deadline applies to students and parents seeking a hard-ship transfer to a school outside their assigned home school for medical reasons, curriculum differences and/or child care situations. School sys-tem employees’ children who want to submit or renew a hardship transfer request have the same deadline.
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The company spent a lot time conducting two commu-nity surveys and other brand research that included stake-holder perception study and competitive analysis with other cities in metro Atlanta.
“Johns Creek scored high as a place to live, a place to visit and a place to do busi-ness,” he said.
The strategy then is to capture the qualities that make this such a great city – its schools, its residential com-munities, a responsive govern-ment – and reflect those quali-ties in its marketing of itself.
“What we have found is Johns Creek is the emerging city in greater Atlanta,” Barlow said.
Next is “creating a vo-cabulary” for the city to tell its story. This is the creative bit that Barlow said expresses the advantages of Johns Creek.
“It is much more than just the logo and the tagline,” he said. “The tagline ‘Be the Ex-ception’ is open-ended, it’s an invitation to pursue one’s own goals, whatever they may be.”
That goal may be to launch a successful business, tap into
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“The brand narrative must be persistent and persuasive. And it needs to come alive,” Barlow said.
Like New York’s “I (HEART) New York” the campaign needs to convey a consistent message and image. Las Vegas has built the image it wants with the “Stays in Vegas” catchphrase. It is not only safe to be naugh-ty in Vegas, people expect it.
Likewise, the message and the logo convey only begin with the city. The business commu-nity, the Realtors, the educa-tion community must all be a part of the same message, “Be the exception.”
That is why the branding has been a joint effort among the city, Johns Creek Advan-tage, Johns Creek Convention & Visitors Bureau and Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce,
said the city’s Senior Commu-nications Manager Rosemary Taylor.
“Representatives from all four of these entities have been involved with the process since the beginning” Taylor said. “The goal of the branding initiative is to have a unified, competitive identity for the community that enhances many efforts – most important-ly economic development.”
City Manager Warren Hutmacher said the logo is a “conversation starter.”
“It’s simple, it’s bold and has some symbolism. You hand out a business card and someone says, what’s that? Then you are starting a conversation about the city,” Hutmacher said. “Ribbons are given out to high achievers, right? This is a city of high achievers.”
But the brand has to speak
the truth. If it doesn’t reflect reality in some way, it won’t work, he said.
“We say we do things first class and we do it right. That can mean our quality of life, our entrepreneurship, the city’s business-friendly rela-tionships. It’s about everyone rowing in the same direction.”
After a Dec. 4 presentation by North Star to the Chamber of Commerce, Johns Creek Advantage and the Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau, they adopted a narra-tive, a tagline and ultimately the logo.
Johns Creek Advantage Board Chairman Neil Stevens, CEO and President of Key-Worth Bank, it is decisive for the city and the business com-munity to be in lockstep on the message Johns Creek presents to the outside world.
“We want to be consistent across the board in what we say about Johns Creek. Wher-ever people go, you want them to hear the same things about the city. We focus on that and stay consistent in what we say,” Stevens said.
Johns Creek Chamber President John Bemont says the branding also has an effect on residents already here.
“It gives people a sense of community. It draws the city together. It also gives people the sense that we are moving forward,” Bemont said. “It is good for the citizens to have
a positive image about what we’re doing here. We are still a young city.”
Johns Creek Advantage CEO Courtney Bernardi echoed the need for a unified message to people who are in-terested in relocating in Johns Creek whether it is business or a homebuyer.
“A unified presence should be the first thing that people see. We want people to rec-ognize that Johns Creek has a brand and that we’re here and ready for business,” she said. “People need to recognize it. And that is from a global perspective. So it is on our website and on our literature. We want it to be the first thing they see.”
Whatever the entry port into the city, whether it is on a flagpole, on a chamber busi-ness card, in their hotel room or anything else connected with the city that the message be the same,” Bernardi said. “Then people let in sink in and see the solidarity behind that brand.”
Bernardi said she likes the tagline “Be the exception” be-cause it does describe the city.
“Johns Creek is unique. It’s a great place to be. It is not the status quo. And you want to be somewhere that is exceptional and a great place to be. And that is exactly what we’re saying,” she said. “This is an exceptional place to life and work.”
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Council: We want to be consistent across the board in what we say about
Johns Creek. Wherever people go, you want them to hear the same things about the city.’NEIL STEVENSChairman, Johns Creek Advantage
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ROSWELL, Ga. – Music fans of legend Fleetwood Mac had a treat Dec. 16 when Mick Fleet-wood appeared at Ann Jackson Gallery on Canton Street.
Fleetwood stepped out from behind the drums to pursue his other true passion – being behind the camera’s lens. With a photo exhibit titled “Reflec-tions,” Fleetwood showed off about 30 photographs and art he has made over the years.
Fans of his music and his art had a chance to gather in Roswell to take in both his photography, art and the man himself.
“This is a huge deal,” said Scott Jacobs, who is the drum-mer in a Fleetwood Mac cover band, “White Wing Dove.” “I would love to meet [Fleetwood] and talk drums for five hours,” he laughed.
“Since I was 14, I was a Stevie [Nicks] fan,” said Jacobs’ band member Barbara Joy as she awaited Fleetwood to ap-pear at the gallery.
Fleetwood did appear and spoke about his art and moti-
vations behind the pieces.“I’ve always been into pho-
tography,” Fleetwood told the crowd.
He said he started tak-ing photos while touring, and only recently – in the last 10 years – has been showing them publically.
“As music has thus far defined my career …this collec-tion of my work titled ‘Reflec-tions,’ defines my thoughts through my art,” Fleetwood said. “I am quite proud of this presentation. The collection is a body of over thirty works, both original photographs as well as hand-enhanced original photographs that are startling in their complexity and in their
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Valerie Jackson, owner of Ann Jackson Gallery, said the event was a “huge success.”
“It was a huge hit,” she said. “Most people think these things only happen in urban cities. I’m happy we were able to bring this to Roswell.”
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Johns Creek Police Depart-ment wants everyone to have the happiest holidays pos-sible. And help guarantee the best holiday ever, Sgt. Debbie Kalish, head of the JCPD Com-munity Services Unit has even enlisted the help of The Grinch of Dr. Seuss fame.
Kalish and the department have produced four public vid-eo service announcements that have been posted on the Johns Creek Facebook page. Each of the 3-minute videos are some common-sense precautions to take during the holiday season (and year round too).
Each one uses The Grinch
to show how easy it is for people to ruin their holidays if they are careless.
Kalish said they are in-tended as a colorful reminder to be safe.
“My goal is to use a cre-ative way to get people to think about what they leave in their car and lock their doors to secure their items. Because the bad guys like to go shopping too,” said Kalish. “And it is your stuff they’re shopping for.
The first video was a reminder to always lock car doors. Kalish noted the most common crime in Johns Creek is entering cars. Locking cars is the first step in deterring theft. During the holidays, it is convenient to leave packages in the car. But even a locked car with packages visible in the back seat is vulnerable. It takes about three seconds to break the window, pop the lock and scoop up what’s inside.
With the proliferation of online shopping, thieves are on the lookout for packages left at the front door. So what do a lot of people do? Have them deliv-ered to a side entrance or the back door. Thieves know this too, and they are looking, often dressed as a deliveryman. Have packages delivered where you will be.
The holidays are a time of lots of celebrations and parties. No one sets out to drink too much and drive impaired. But it is a real buzz-kill when you are pulled over.
“We did these public safety
announcements as a way to remind people to take these precautions. Over 50 percent our thefts from motor vehicles involves unlocked doors. But it really depends on the type of thief that’s out there,” Kalish said. “If it’s a professional, he’ll do what he needs to do to get in and he won’t care.
“He’ll break your window and everything will be gone in seconds, and you’ll never know it. If the thief wants to get in, then he will do it.”
Kalish said she wanted to think of something that would be fun and yet stick in people’s
minds. That’s when she hit upon the Grinch idea.
“Yeah, don’t let The Grinch steal your Christmas,” she said.
Kalish wrote the scripts for the videos but there was some serendipity in putting all the pieces together.
It just so happens that Johns Creek resident Jane Lanning, who is a member of the Johns Creek Citizen Patrol, is also a TV producer/director in her day job. The Citizen Pa-trol is under the supervision of the JCPD Community Services Unit and agreed to help Kalish with her project.
Lanning then recruited another Johns Creek resident Dan Landreth who has his own production company. He vid-eoed and edited the PSAs.
Both volunteered hours and hours of their time and their talents to make the videos hap-pen, said Kalish.
“We owe Jane and Dan a lot. They put a huge amount of their personal time into this. They made it happen,” Kalish said.
And of course the star of the videos is Capt. Chris Byers, who volunteered to play the role of The Grinch. He is hilari-ously stealthy as he stalks his prey in each of the four videos.
“Everybody had a lot of fun doing this. But we’re hoping these messages make people stop and think,” Byers said. “We want folks to escape becoming a victim, and following these little remind-ers will go a long way in doing that.”
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“During discussion, Council Member Raffensperger spoke in support of a decrease in the Millage Rate, respond-ing to Finance Director Vavra’s comments that adopting the current rate is considered an increase and said he cannot support a “tax increase.”
VOTE BRAD RAFFENSPERGER FOR STATE HOUSE ON JANUARY 6.Never a Tax Increase. Never.
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By HATCHER [email protected]
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -A Fulton Coun-ty high school showed evidence Friday that lacrosse remains the fastest grow-ing high school sport in Georgia, as seven seniors signed letters-of-intent to continue their careers in college.
The signing ceremony took place Friday morning at Johns Creek High School in Johns Creek.
Six players will play Division 2 la-crosse and one will play Division 1.
Attackman McKay Sheahan will play Division 1 lacrosse at Fairfield Univer-sity in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Midfielder Sam Shusted signed with Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
Midfielder Colin Fitzpatrick and LSM Grey Overton will head south to play for the University of Tampa.
Two players will stay in Georgia as goalie Mason King and attacker Bruce Silk will play for Division 2 Young Harris.
Defender C.J. Mucker committed
to Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina.
The Gladiators led by Head Coach Barney Marchand and Assistant Coach
Jimmy Harkin qualified the state 6-A quarterfinals in the spring.
The Gladiators, led by Marchand, Harkin and new Assistant Coach Mike
Ryan, will return most of their var-sity players and expect to be a strong contender in 6-A for the 2015 spring season.
before starting my own small
business. I have a Master’s degree
from Georgia Tech, a Bach-elor’s degree from Brenau University, and an Associate’s degree from Gainesville State
College.
What are the top two issues in this race and what are your ideas to solve them?
If you’ll allow me, I believe there are three:
Traffic. We must focus on ways to reduce traffic grid-lock as this affects our quality of life and stifles economic growth.
There are two meaning-ful ways to start to reduce gridlock.
One, take the fourth penny of the sales tax from motor fuel sales and dedicate it sole-ly to transportation programs instead of putting it in the general fund in non-transpor-tation programs. The second way is to prioritize transporta-tion dollars to reduce gridlock rather than pave roads in other parts of the state the lead to nowhere.
Stop Fulton.
Start Milton. Property taxes are out
of control because Fulton County refuses to implement fiscally conservative budgeting principles. I
am eager to tackle this challenge, take on this dys-functional mess, and stop the assault on taxpayers.
The only way to pro-vide meaningful tax relief to homeowners is to stop Fulton County, keep Johns Creek tax dollars in Johns Creek and create Milton County.
Tax Reform that Lowers Taxes. Meaningful tax reform that lowers taxes and spurs economic growth must be included in top priorities.
I will work to cut or elimi-nate the state income tax and replace it with a fairer and simpler system where every-one pays.
Tax reform will result in economic growth and give us
a competitive advantage over neighboring states.
If elected, what will be the first thing you want to do when the General Assembly opens?
As your representa-tive, I will immediately get to work on legislation that would prevent Fulton County from levying and collecting any property taxes which would result in shut-ting down Arthur Ferdi-nand’s office and ending the assault on Johns Creek taxpayers and work to create Milton County.
In addition, I will join with other conservatives in the General Assembly in passing meaningful tax reform that would cut or eliminate income taxes to keep more money in your pocket and spur economic growth.
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7 JC High School seniors sign LAX scholarshipsGladiators’ Wrecking CrewColin Fitzpatrick: University of TampaColin has played lacrosse for five years, completing his one and only year at JCHS. He won All-County during his sophomore year at Greenbrier High School in Evans, GA, was team captain for 2 years, and won MVP during his junior year. Mason King: Young Harris CollegeMason has played lacrosse for eight years, four of them at JCHS. Other accomplishments include MVP in the Decatur Lacrosse Tournament, playing on LB3 2015 Elite Team, Three-year Varsity Lacrosse Player, Top Statistical Performing Goalie at 2014 Inside Lacrosse Recruiting Invitational.Chikcizo Mucker: Limestone CollegeChikcizo has played lacrosse for five year, including one year at JCHS. Other accomplishments include JV De-fender of the Year, 2x Brine National Classic for Georgia, Brine National Classic All-Star, LB3 2015 National Elite Team, Ohio State All-Star, TOP 205 Delaware Participant; and the Class of 2015 “Player to Watch”Jamie Grey Overton: University of Tampa
Grey has played lacrosse for six years, including all four years at JCHS. Other accomplishments include 2014 All State Honorable Mention; 2014 First Team All-Region, and being an Honor Roll student from Fall 2013-present.Joseph McKay Sheahan: Fairfield UniversityJoseph has played lacrosse for eight years, including all four years at JCHS. Other accomplishments include 2nd Team All-State, 2013 Season MVP Offense, 2nd Team All-State 2014 Season, 1st Team All-Region 2014, Four-year varsity starter, and Summer Lacrosse participant with LB3.Sam Shusted: Rollins CollegeSam has played lacrosse for five years, including all four years at JCHS. Other accomplishments include Captain during both junior and senior years, Most Improved, junior year, and Scholar Athlete junior year.Bruce Silk: Young Harris CollegeBruce has played lacrosse since 5th grade and for the past five years with LB3 Club Lacrosse. He has also played Varsity Lacrosse for JCHS for three years where he was the top goal scorer for the 2013-2014 season. Bruce was also selected for the 2014 Brine National All-American Team.
Bodes ill for other Ga. AAAAAA teams
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By HATCHER [email protected]
JJOHNS CREEK, Ga. – When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, like many young men, 22-year-old William Gray Miller left his new bride to join the army.
His exploits would rival any of the World War II movies Hol-lywood releases today. He was a special agent for the U.S. De-partment of Labor in 1942, but by 1943, he was an investiga-tor for the Office of the Provost Marshal General.
He would also become an agent in William “Wild Bill” Donovan’s Office of Strategic Services, better known as the OSS and the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. His daughter, Marti Elliott-Best, and the family only pieced together bits and pieces of his wartime activities after the war.
Like many veterans, he talked little about his experi-ences in Europe. But he and Elliott-Best had planned to re-turn to Europe together to visit a special place where he spent possibly his most dangerous days in the war.
It never took place, howev-er. Miller began to feel the de-bilitating effects of Alzheimer’s
disease so they were unable to go before he died.
Today, Elliott-Best is a retired North Fulton school teacher. She spent 27 years at North Springs High School and three years at Northview High School, where she was a department chair.
She said over the years, the children had pieced together bits and pieces of her father’s story. And by far, the work he did at the end of the war and being trapped behind enemy lines in the Battle of the Bulge were some of the most improb-able.
“He did quite a number of things in the war. But his ma-jor job in the war had been to interrogate German officers for the OSS,” Elliott-Best said.
“My father and his partner were caught out in the open when the Germans overran most of Belgium. They were in the town of St. Vith, which is near Bastogne. The Germans were all around, and they knocked on the door of this convent,” said Elliott-Best.
“The Mother Superior Sister Marguerithis took them in and hid them in this little basement under the altar.”
There, they were hidden until the siege was broken. They had been living on potato
peeling soup and black bread and were glad to get it.
When they emerged from hiding, the mother superior did a sketch of
Miller. But she would not sign it. If they were captured and the signature was recognized, there could have been reprisals against the convent. Appar-ently, the mother superior had not told the other nuns that the men were there.
“Had my father been cap-tured, he likely would have been executed anyway. He was working with the Free French forces,” said Elliott-Best.
Miller was the son of a policeman. Perhaps that was why he was identified early as someone who could do the special kind of investigations required. When Miller got to London, he was given a cloth-ing allowance of $275 to buy civilian clothes and a London bobby’s uniform. That was at a time when a month’s pay for a private was $50.
It was believed that Ger-man agents were left behind in England after war was declared in 1939. It was Miller’s job to find them. Always working in civilian clothes or those of a policeman, he reported only to 1-star generals and above.
In 1943, he had a real cloak-and-dagger assignment. Miller and another agent were sent into occupied Morocco and Tangiers to capture and bring back a German and an Italian “wanted for interroga-tion.” Alone, they took custody of the two men and brought them back to England. The two captives reportedly gave infor-mation that materially helped the invasion of North Africa.
Miller repeated the feat, bringing another foreign agent out of occupied Italy.
He was part of a 10-man team that landed in Normandy on D-Day Plus-2. These were specially trained agents who, with interpreters, were as-signed to Gen. George Patton’s 3rd Army.
“My dad thought the world of Gen. Patton,” Elliott-Best said.
It was Patton’s men who broke the siege at Bastogne and freed Miller and his part-ner as well. Of course, the lifting of the siege was only half the battle. Miller accompanied the allies as they fought their way into Germany.
Miller had one more hair-raising adventure left. Patton was ordered to stop his advance 110 kilometers outside of Berlin. Eisenhower had decided to spare American lives and let the Russians take the German capital.
But word had come that an important German scientist had made it known he would
prefer to surrender to the Allies. Miller and his partner were tabbed for the mission, which included faking the death of the scientist.
That meant they had to slip through German and Rus-sian lines, secure the scientist inside besieged Berlin, cover their tracks and return with their man.
“Dad said the man got cold feet when they showed up. But dad just knocked him out and carried him away on his shoul-ders,” Elliott-Best said.
Presumably, the scientist was more cooperative once they were on their way.
“I never did learn his name. But dad said he saw a photo of the NASA scientists with the new astronauts and recognized his guy as one of them,” she said.
Miller was just an ordinary Joe who answered the call, a part of that Greatest Genera-tion.
This June, Elliott-Best and her friend Judy Carter toured Europe and revisited places her father had been. But the highpoint of the trip was a return to St. Vith, where she met the mayor who in turn introduced her to the current mother superior of the now rebuilt convent and nursing home.
There, Elliott-Best thanked the sisters for saving her fa-ther’s life.
“That was closure for Dad,” she said.
Daughter makes trip to retrace father’s battleMarti Elliott-Best returns to conventIn Belgium that sheltered U.S. soldier
When William Gray Miller arrived in London in 1942, he was assigned to do undercover work ferreting out German agents. He worked with the British and sometimes dressed as a London “Bobby.”
This sketch of Miller was done by the mother superior who hid him and another soldier in a St. Vith, Belgium, convent for three days. His daugh-ter said she did not sign the sketch because had Miller been caught and her name recognized there might have been reprisals visited on the convent.
Gray Miller, driving, and his partner had an army jeep assigned to him. “Helen Mae” is his wife’s name.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – As Al-pharetta crosses the threshold of its new City Center this month, downtown businesses are debating a proposal calling for metered parking spaces.
Citing a lack of sufficient parking in the revitalized downtown, Eric Bosman of Kimley-Horn and Associates floated the idea of paid park-ing in a report to the City Council earlier this month. The report called for as many as 60 metered parking spaces in key locations on the left side of Main Street and along Milton Avenue.
Bosman said surveys show two parking spaces available per 1,000 people on the west side of Main, less than half what is usually committed to retail areas.
The City Council has not acted on the proposal but it is weighing comments from resi-dents and businesses.
“One of the comments that was made during the course of that report was that at the moment, it does not appear as though we have quite enough parking for the businesses that we anticipate coming,” said City Councilman Michael Cross, who serves as liaison for economic development.
Managed parking makes it much easier for customers and patrons to park in metered spots, for one thing because
it dissuades retail employees from occupying those spaces all day, Cross said.
Metered spots also turn over fairly quickly, allow-ing more customer access to downtown shops.
On the other hand, the city already has quite a lot of free parking off Main Street plus a 450-space parking garage that is almost completed. An effort is under way to see whether business owners could encour-age employees to use off-site parking.
The city is making what information it has available to the local business owners to get their feedback on the idea, Cross said.
Business owners seem to be weighing the concept them-selves, with no clear resolu-tion.
“I love the flavor that we have built on Milton Avenue. It’s old. It’s vintage. It’s artsy – and these meters takes away from that look,” said Alex Korner, owner and operator of Leather n Pearle on Milton Avenue.
“It’s nice as a customer to be able to pull in and jump out of the car, come in and shop – then browse down the street,” she said.
On the other hand, Korner said Milton Avenue has service industries as well as bou-tiques. Some of the employees do take up valuable parking space along the key retail district.
“I really would like to wait and see,” Korner said. “After the parking deck is built across the street and we business owners implore our employ-ees to park over there and elsewhere, then let’s see how that may lighten up the load on these streets.”
The city in the past had posted some ar-eas for two-hour park-ing, but it was seldom enforced, Korner said. She would rather the city should first con-sider enforcing time limits for prime retail parking spaces rather than introducing metered slots.
Larry Attig, owner of Na-ture’s Veranda Container Gar-dens, said he still needs to see more information on the pros and cons of metered parking before he settles on a solution he could support.
“I do know we have a real parking problem on that west side of town,” he said. “Before we do anything, I think let’s see what’s going to happen with the parking deck.”
Ultimately, something will have to be done, he said.
“I’m not sure about the parking meters,” he said. “One of the things it would solve is merchants having their employees park somewhere besides in front of their busi-nesses.”
During his years on the Downtown Alpharetta Trade Association, Attig said he campaigned to encourage mer-chants to have their employees leave prime parking spaces for
customers.“In the past,
the downtown hasn’t really been that vibrant, and it hasn’t been that big of a problem. But now, as we see the City Center come on, we’re going to see a lot more activity and a lot more retail,” he said.
The city is in the process of developing a comprehensive land use plan for downtown. Part of that plan will include an analysis of current and future needs for retail parking, said City Councilman Mike Ken-nedy, liaison to community development.
The first draft is scheduled to be presented at the Jan. 5 City Council meeting.
In any event, Kennedy said, the metered parking, if imple-mented, would only be a test as the city works to solve the parking issue.
“Downtown is growing so rapidly, we can’t park custom-ers fast enough,” Kennedy said.
Alpharetta businesses mull metered parking downtownMerchants want to gauge effectof new city parking deck first
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Metered parking would force parking turn-over.
As many as 60 parking spaces in downtown Alpharetta may become metered parking.
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Do you have a lot of daily and weekly activities you need to get done to run your small business? What about your personal “to do” list? Are there tasks that are slipping through the cracks because you don’t have time to do them? If you’re running a small business, you probably have more to do than time to do it. If it’s important, put it on your calendar.
When running a small business, time is money. Most small business owners would agree that they are more suc-cessful when they are manag-ing their time more diligently. They would also say that the only way to do this is to focus on the important things, and eliminate the distractions from things that aren’t important.
One way to focus on im- portant things is to put them
on your calendar. Everyone uses a calendar for appoint-ments, meetings or personal activities. Oftentimes, however, tasks that need time to get done stay on a “to do” list and never make it to their calendar. Subsequently, they don’t get completed on time.
Entering tasks as events on your calendar, and allocating the appropriate time to com-
plete the task, will help you to get focused on what’s impor-tant.
Whether it’s completing a proposal, doing analysis of your finances or allocating time for follow-up calls, having these on your calendar will increase the likelihood that they get done. Put it on your calendar if it’s important, and leave it off if it’s not.
If it’s important, put it on your calendarDICKJONESFounder & PresidentJones Simply Sales
“If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em.”That’s Chad Davis’s motto.
Chad is the general manager of Johns Creek Regus. Regus is a global company with $2 billion in yearly gross sales and 2,000 of-fices worldwide. Regus offers flex-ible, non-traditional and virtual office space for rent.
The “eat ’em” part refers to Regus’s growth over the last two years. Just in the Atlanta mar-ket, Regus has almost doubled in size from 27 locations to 42. Part of their growth spurt has been from eating up competitors, Office Suites Plus and Corporate Office Centers. Their success is evidenced by an 80 percent occu-pancy in the Atlanta market.
Chad’s response to the ques-tion of why they are growing so fast is simple. Low start-up costs, short-term leases and easy staff-ing has pushed entrepreneurs from corporate settings to the shared office space market.
The main advantage, low start-up costs, are priced in several ways at Regus. An entrepreneur can start as low as $499 per month for a physical office, or $199 per month for virtual space. Of course, larger companies can even take a full suite or floor, as well.
Regus’s success hinges on the entrepreneur and the belief that the “American entrepreneur” is alive and well. Companies like Re-gus provide a regional and global platform for the start-up business,
a way to give that “big company” impression at less costs.
Like many entrepreneurs, a lot of my meetings take place at Starbucks. But Chad detests that notion.
He says for $19 per month, you can use the lounge area of any of their 42 Atlanta locations, and get free coffee and Wi-Fi. And for $29 per month, you can have unlimited access to all 750 Regus lounges in the U.S.
If you’re looking for a little twist on the Regus model, then you can try Roam. Roam is an in-novative, alternative shared work-space. Peyton Day, Roam’s CEO, is heading up the opening of two new locations, both of which open in early 2015. One is in Cobb Gal-leria, and the other is a Buckhead location, in Tower Place.
Roam’s Alpharetta location was its pilot spot that opened several years back. The Dunwoody location opened in March 2013. While Roam still delivers on the dedicated office space, most of its offerings are shared space. You can rent by the hour or day, no
strings attached, unhindered and unbothered.
The start of the Roam concept began when five IBM’ers were sent home to work from the house. Soon, like most entrepreneurs eventually discover, the dogs barking and all the distractions of home put them on the search for a new model.
Peyton, in responding to the growth in this marketplace, deliv-ers a similar answer.
“People want flexibility and don’t want to be stuck with a long lease with personal guarantees,” Peyton said.
He says that Roam’s coffee bar and collaborative workspace is what makes it a unique concept.
Roam’s plan is to grow its At-lanta footprint and then take the concept to the Southeast. Its call-ing card is 50 MB up and down Internet.
Membership in one Roam location also gets you into all the others.
Never tried Roam before? Peyton says come in for a free day pass just to try it out. And, their community tables at each location are open to the general public for free. Just come in and enjoy the atmosphere.
It appears, as small business continues to be the main genera-tor of economic growth and job creation, shared office space will be an alternative office model that will become more and more main-stream.
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Owner Alex Baghshahi, second from left, of Al-pharetta, with staff from Persian Rug Paradise.
Persian Rug Paradisewins ‘Best of Atlanta’ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta’s Alex Baghshahi and his company Persian Rug Paradise have been selected for the 2014 Best of Atlanta Award in the carpet and rug dealers category by the Atlanta Award Program.
Each year, the Atlanta Award Program identi-fies companies for exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.
Winners are determined based on the informa-tion gathered both internally by the Atlanta Award Program and data provided by third parties.
Local plastic surgeons win award for surgical innovationCUMMING, Ga. — Plastic surgeons Dr. Hunter Moyer and Dr. Bahair Ghazi recently won the Plastic Surgery Foundation Shark-Tank Award in Chi-cago for best new surgical innovation of 2014.
Moyer and Ghazi are founders of a new start-up company, AcCellerate Skin Rejuvenation System, in Forsyth County, which uses the patient’s own stem cells to improve healing after a chemical peel or laser resur-facing procedure.
For more information, visit www.accellerateskin-care.com or call 404-713-9504.
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Abraham joins HarryNorman Forsyth officeCUMMING, Ga. — Harry Norman, Realtors wel-comed Caroline Abraham as a sales associate in the Forsyth County/Lake Lanier office.
Abraham has lived in the Forsyth/Cumming area for 25 years. New to real estate, she received her training from Barney Fletcher Schools. She graduated from the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega with a bachelor’s of business adminis-tration degree in marketing.
For more information, visit [email protected].
Jennifer Hodge receives the Good Neighbor Award and a check for No Longer Bound.
Century 21 receives top honorsfrom the Board of Realtors CUMMING, Ga. — Several Century 21 Results Realty Services affiliates received honors at the 400 North Board of Realtors annual holiday luncheon and toy drive at the Lanier Tech Conference Center Dec. 5. Luis Rocafort, president-elect to the 2015 board of directors, was named Realtor of the Year.
Jennifer Hodge received the Good Neighbor Award for founding Realty4Rehab in 2014 to pro-vide assistance to individuals and families suffering from addiction. She also received a check for $100 to No Longer Bound — one of the facilities she has worked with over the past year.
Realtor Mark DiJohn will serve on the 2015 board as well. He was named Realtor of the Year in 2013.
For more information, visit www.C21getsresults.com.
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Nothing Bundt Cakes ‘fresh from the oven’ in Cumming
CUMMING, Ga. — Nothing Bundt Cakes has opened in the Collection at Forsyth at 410 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 104 in Cumming. The bakery will celebrate grand opening festivities, including a day to benefit Children’s Healthcare of Forsyth and Cake-A-Palooza, a fun family event.
“Our Bundt cakes are so moist and delicious, you can’t help but fall in love with them,” said Jig Patel, local bakery owner. “Although our community is growing by leaps and bounds, it has that small town charm. I am so excited to bring Nothing Bundt Cakes to Cumming.”
“Our franchisees are an integral part of connect-ing to the community through the love of the Bundt cake,” said Dena Tripp, cofounder of Nothing Bundt Cakes.
For more information, visit www.nothingbundt-cakes.com.
MOYER
Business: Hoops N SandOpened: November, 2014Owner: Samuel HinesWhat: The facility is an 8,800-square-foot warehouse space that has been converted to house an indoor bas-ketball/volleyball and sand volleyball court. As a former basketball player and longtime coach, this facility rep-resents a dream come true for Hines, who has a passion for coaching youth athletes. The addition of the indoor sand volleyball court was inspired by Hines’ daughter who loves volleyball.Where: 1710 Redi Road, Suite 100, CummingHours: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days
a weekCall: 678-481-1749Email: [email protected]: www.hoopsnsand.com
Basketball, volleyball rec facility opens in Cumming
Business: Robert’s Landmark Trans-mission and Drivetrain Service CenterNew partnership: September 2014Owners: Tim and Valorie Browning/Robert SobotkaWhat: We have always wanted to own and operate our own business that would allow us to work on cars, a pas-sion we have had all our lives. We are very blessed to be in partnership with Robert Sobotka and a great group of technicians whose reputation for hon-est workmanship has made this busi-ness a success for over 26 years.Where: 10435 Alpharetta St., RoswellHours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to noon on
SaturdayCall: 770-993-0455Email: [email protected]: www.landmarktransmission.com
New partners in Roswell auto service center
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Upcoming Nothing Bundt Cakes grand opening celebrations:Friday, Jan. 1611 a.m. – Ribbon cutting with the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce. Children’s Healthcare at Forsyth Benefit Day
Saturday, Jan. 1710 a.m. – Free “Bundtlets” for a year – First 50 guests with purchase on this day will win free Bundtlets for a year (one per month for 12 months). Noon to 2 p.m. – Cake-A-Palooza – Bring the kids and enjoy a sampling of NBC’s most popular cake flavors, plus enter to win free Bundt cakes for a year.
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Johns Creek Herald | December 25, 2014 | 19CALENDARSubmit your event online at johnscreekherald.com
EVENTS:
ADVENTURE TO SANTAWhat: An interactive movie and photo op with Santa. Where: North Point Mall, Center Court Lower Level, 1000 North Point Cir., AlpharettaWhen: Wednesday, Dec. 24Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.Cost: Photo package prices varyOnline: northpointmall.com/adventure-to-santaInfo: Online reservations are required.
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTYWhat: A New Year’s Eve party at Park Place with games starting at 8 p.m.Where: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Rd., Johns CreekWhen: Wednesday, Dec. 31Hours: Celebration begins at 8 p.m.Cost: FreeContact: 678-512-3430Info: Everyone is invited to bring an appetizer to share. Make reservations by contacting Park Place.
CREATURE FEATUREWhat: A Chattahoochee Nature Center Naturalist shows a native resident animal Where: Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC), 9135 Willeo Rd., RoswellWhen: Saturday, Dec. 27 and Sunday, Dec. 28Hours: Show begins at 2 p.m.Cost: Admission to CNC costs $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and $6 for childrenOnline: chattnaturecenter.org
HOLIDAY OPEN HEARTH COOKING DEMONSTRATIONSWhat: Clarissa Clifton, a living history interpreter and open hearth cooking expert will demonstrate making traditional southern food in the cook
house hearth.Where: Archibald Smith Plantation (Cook House), 935 Alpharetta St., RoswellWhen: Saturday, Dec. 27Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Cost: FreeContact: 770-641-3978
ROOMS OF CHRISTMAS PAST AND MOREWhat: The Roswell Garden Club gives tours of nine rooms at the Smith Plantation decorated with unique Christmas trees and past themes as well as new future themes.Where: Smith Plantation, 935 Alpharetta St., RoswellWhen: Daily Friday, Dec. 26 through Sunday, January 4Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-3 p.m. SundayCost: $8 for adult tickets, $7 for seniors and $6 for childrenOnline: roswellgov.com
MUSIC:
THIN ICE NEW YEAR’S PARTYWhat: A New Year’s Eve party hosted by Loco’s Grill & Pub with a music performance by the band, Thin Ice.Where: Loco’s Grill & Pub, 11770 Haynes Bridge Rd. #701, AlpharettaWhen: Wednesday, Dec. 31Hours: 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Cost: Free admissionOnline: Visit Thin Ice on their Facebook page for more information
RACES & BENEFITS:ANNUAL FLASHLIGHT 5KWhat: A 5K run on New Year’s Eve benefitting Family Promise of Gwinnett County.
Where: 1st United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville, 395 West Crogan St., LawrencevilleWhen: Wednesday, Dec. 31Hours: Registraion begins at 4 p.m. and the 5K race begins at 6 p.m.Cost: $35 per personOnline: fumclv.org
THEATER:
ONE SLIGHT HITCHWhat: A theatre play about a wedding plan gone wrong by the Georgia Ensemble Theatre.Where: Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest Rd., RoswellWhen: Thursday, Jan. 8 through Sunday, Jan. 25Hours: Showtimes varyCost: Ticket costs range from $22 to $35 Online: get.org
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‘MY FAVORITE THINGS’ AT BULLOCH HALLSelf-guided tours through Bulloch Hall along with music and singing of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s song, “My Favorite Things.” Bulloch Hall, 180 Bulloch Ave., Roswell. Fri., Dec. 26 – Tue., Dec. 30. Visit bullochhall.org for more info.
PEOPLE ON CANTON ART GALLERYAn art exhibit from local artist Jane Haessler titled “People on Canton Street” at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. Friday, Dec. 26 through Tuesday, Dec. 30. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Call 770-594-6232 for more info
MEET WITH SANTA AT AVALONMeet with Santa on Christmas Eve for cookies, storytelling and a special breakfast plus more at Avalon, 2200 Avalon Blvd., Alpharetta. Wednesday, Dec. 24Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission. Visit experienceavalon.com for more info.
‘CHRISTMAS IN MINIATURE’AT BARRINGTON HALLA public display of miniature houses decorated for the Christmas holidays presented by Barrington Hall and the Atlanta Miniature Society, 535 Barrington Dr., Roswell. Fri., Dec. 26 – Tue., Dec. 30. Mon. – Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. $8 for adult tickets, $7 for seniors, $6 for children. Visit southerntrilogy.com for more info.
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What is a cataract and what is cataract surgery?
Cataracts are the most common cause of vision loss in people over 40 and today cataracts affect more than 22 million Americans age 40 and older. At some point in our life, we will all develop a cataract.
The natural lens of the eye yellows and becomes cloudy with age as a result of bio-logical changes of the proteins inside the lens. The function of the human lens is to focus incoming light onto the back of the eye. As your lens ages, light from the outside worlds becomes more and more dis-torted as it enters your eye. Difficulty reading, needing more light to read, experienc-ing glare and haloes at night and, even poor sleep patterns can be explained by cataract formation.
The treatment for cataracts involves an almost painless, 10 minute surgery to remove the “clouded lens” or “cata-ract” and replace it with a man made intraocular lens im-plant. It is the most common surgical procedure in the US and around the world and is considered to be an extremely successful and safe procedure with a success rate approach-ing 99.5%.What is lasercataract surgery?
With traditional cata-ract surgery, all the steps of the surgery are customar-ily performed “manually” by the surgeon using handheld tools. Laser cataract surgery- the next evolution of cataract surgery with the Ziemer Z6 laser generally offers a greater amount of precision, predict-ability and safety to these steps leading to potentially improve visual outcomes and more precise targets. With the Ziemer Z6 Laser System, your surgeon has the potential to offer you unmatched accuracy and a more predictable and customized cataract proce-dure.
Based on your medical his-tory and pre-operative evalua-tion, you and your surgeon will discuss the options available for your desired visual result. Together you can discuss a treatment plan which may in-clude using the LDV Z6 to cre-ate the laser incisions in the cornea along with an advanced lens implant that may allow for improved near, intermediate or distance vision. This tailored treatment may reduce your need for glasses or contact lenses after surgery. How is laser cataract surgery different from traditional cataract surgery?
In traditional cataract sur-gery, incisions in the cornea are made using handheld
instruments including blades to access the cataract. Your surgeon will then use a surgi-cal device to manually create a circular opening in the lens capsule of the eye that holds the cataract. The Ziemer Z6 laser can be used to make the corneal incisions precise and the opening in the lens capsule as circular as possible, in the right location, and sized to fit the replacement lens.
Your surgeon can also use the laser to break up and soften the hard cataract. Softening the lens with the laser enables your surgeon to then remove the cataract more gently and with significantly less ultrasound energy than is used in traditional manual cataract surgery. What are the benefits of laser cataract surgery?•A highly customized treat-
ment •A treatment with little or no
discomfort•A potentially more precise
and predictable treatment •By and large, a gentler and
easier cataract removal•Generally, a more rapid
visual recovery due to re-duced inflammation
•The opportunity to receive tailored treatment with advanced technology multi-focal lenses, which may reduce the need for glasses or contact lenses after surgery
Am I a suitable candidate for laser cataract surgery?
Your surgeon and you will decide whether you are a suit-able candidate based on your eye anatomy, type of cataract and type of lens implant that you desire. Most patients are candidates for having some of the steps of cataract surgery performed with the Ziemer Z6 laser.How long has the procedure been performed?
Thousands of cataract procedures have been success-fully performed using fem-tosecond laser systems, and femtosecond lasers have been used in eye procedures for de-cades. The most familiar use of femtosecond laser technology is LASIK. Femtosecond lasers represent an advanced stan-dard in precision laser cata-ract surgery and the Ziemer Z6 platform was FDA cleared in 2013. What should I expect on the day of surgery?
Your day in surgery should be no different than a routine cataract case. The Ziemer Z6 laser is positioned next to the surgeon and is utilized seamlessly during the cataract surgery process. You will be given mild IV sedation that will likely keep you pleasantly unaware of the goings on in
surgery. Not only is it poten-tially painless, there are no needles or stitches as part of the procedure.What should I expect after surgery?
After surgery, you can generally expect your vision to be improved within 24 hours. Generally, patients experience no pain after surgery. Slight scratchiness of the eye is common and they prescribed eye drops will help with any of these symptoms. Many patients return to work or nor-mal activities the next day and
even drive themselves to their post-op day one appointment!
How long does the procedure take?
You can expect to be at our center for about 2 hours, and you will be in the pro-cedure room for only 20-25 minutes.
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NORTH FULTON, Ga. – The 2014 high school football sea-son in North Fulton was one of the most successful ever for area teams, with one school reaching the state semifinals, four others winning at least one state playoff game and two teams qualifying for the play-offs for the first time.
Several of this season’s top local teams will graduate many of their best players, but there will also be some standouts returning, with both Blessed Trinity and Roswell positioned for another playoff run in 2015.
Here’s a brief look back at the 2014 season for North Fulton’s 13 high school football teams, with a look ahead at what’s in store for 2015.
Public SchoolsALPHARETTA
The Raiders have been the dominant team in 6-AAAAAA, losing just one region game the last four seasons. The team
won its state play-off opener each of the last two years, but lost by a
lopsided margin in the second round each time. They finished 2014 with a 10-2 record.
The Raiders will lose their quarterback and all their other starters at the skill posi-tions on offense, but return three starting linemen along with several returnees in the secondary, including standout cornerback Dejon Rowe, and a few linemen. Alpharetta has had a steady stream of quality quarterbacks and receivers in recent seasons, and will need to keep that river flowing to remain on top in the region in 2015.
CAMBRIDGE In just its third season of
varsity football, the Bears went 7-3, nearly made the state playoffs and just missed what would have been a huge upset over region champion Kell, which finished 11-1. The Bears
return 14 starters, but sev-eral of the graduating seniors will be
difficult to replace, beginning with standout quarterback Brian Moore, his top two receivers and defensive leader Josh Kania.
Fortunately for the Bears, Moore’s younger brother Cam-eron is a promising potential replacement at quarterback. He will be aided by several returning starters at the skill positions, along with almost all the offensive line and most of the defense. Despite the key losses, the Bears should suffer little or no drop off next season and could again contend for a state playoff berth.
CENTENNIAL The
Knights finished 5-5 and made a run at the playoffs,
defeating one of the region’s playoff teams. Centennial struggled defensively for much of the season, and will have
to replace most of its starting lineup on that side of the ball.
Offensively, Centennial should be one of the area’s most dangerous teams next season with the return of quar-terback Casen Conway, leading rusher Luther Martinez and versatile Caden Herring, who could produce big numbers as a senior. The Knights also return most of their offensive line, and will need a strong showing on offense to match or exceed the team’s 2014 show-ing.
CHATTAHOOCHEE The
Cougars suffered through a second straight losing
season (3-7) after winning 32 games from 2010-12 including a 15-0 season and a state title in 2010. Chattahoochee gradu-ates most of its top defensive players, losing multiple start-ers in the line, at linebacker and in the secondary.
The Cougars’ hopes for 2015 lie in the return of almost all their main skill position players on offense. Chase Owens showed promise as a
sophomore after taking over at quarterback, and will be joined by leading rusher Blake Hundley and Isaac Kinsey, the area’s top returning receiver. Andrew Thomas, who started at receiver as a freshman, is also back, but the Cougars will again be looking for offensive linemen.
JOHNS CREEK After
winning 17 games in 2011 and ’12, just the second
and third seasons of varsity football for the Gladiators, the team went 1-19 the last two years and will have a new coach in 2015. The team’s tal-ent level dropped precipitously after the 2012 season, but a number of the top players from this year’s team were under-classmen.
The Gladiators will gradu-ate a relatively small number of senior starters, including team MVP Gio Douyon. Johns Creek should be respectable on defense next season, with Bo Majkowksi, Kyle McGregor and Myles Meyers among the returning starters. However,
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to follow for many local teams the Gladiators lose the most productive players from an offense that struggled in 2014 with the exception of a game or two.
MILTON The
Eagles enjoyed their best season ever, going 11-2 and
reaching the AAAAAA semifi-nals, losing to eventual state champion Colquitt 42-35. Mil-ton graduates all but a handful of its starters, but the Eagles were in a similar situation two years ago and went 8-3 the fol-lowing season.
Milton returns just a few regulars on offense and de-fense, with kicker Ethan Suda among the team’s top return-ees, along with linebacker Ryan Wilson and cornerback A.J. Beach. The junior varsity team went 6-1, the freshman team was undefeated and the overall program has improved to the extent that the Eagles have a strong base to build from despite the heavy gradua-tion losses.
NORTHVIEW The
Titans had a winning record (7-4) and reached the state
playoffs for the first time this season. They were led by an outstanding defense that loses a number of senior starters but returns three top play-ers off that unit, one of whom missed most of the season due to injury.
The Titans graduate their quarterback, No. 1 rusher and top lineman, but return their leading receiver (Ricci Nuck-les) and one of the area’s best two-way players (S/RB Josh Moran). Northview appears set at quarterback despite the loss of three-year starter D.J. Pear-son, and with most of the line and several skill position play-ers back, should be strong of-fensively after an inconsistent 2014. Moran, Connor Owens and Joseph Macrina will be the defensive leaders, but there are a number of big shoes to fill.
ROSWELL The
Hornets bounced back after three straight losing sea-
sons, going 8-4 with a playoff victory and a last-second win over region champion Milton.
Roswell loses its quarterback, top receiver, two key offensive lineman and two standouts in the secondary, but will not be lacking for returning talent.
After rushing for over 1,900 yards as a sophomore, Sheldon Evans has two seasons left, and will be joined by lineman Cameron Whiteman and sev-eral other backs and receiv-ers. Defensively, the Hornets return a number of their top players including linebackers Tre Lamar and Tyrone Hopper and safety Marcelino Ball.
Private SchoolsBLESSED TRINITY
The Ti-tans went 13-1 and finished third in the state in AAA,
losing in the semifinals after reaching the quarterfinals the previous year. Other than LB/TE Pat Jasinski, the team’s top player, graduation losses will be relatively light; but Jasin-ski will be tough to replace on defense.
The Titans should be even better offensively in 2015, returning its quarterback (Conor Davis), tailback (Milton Shelton), leading receiver (Mat-thew Higgins) and three quality offensive linemen. A sizeable number of defensive regulars also return, giving BT a realis-tic shot at again contending for a state title.
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN The
Paladins went 4-6 this season including wins over
playoff qualifiers Mount Pisgah and St. Francis, but also suf-fered several narrow losses. With the majority of starters returning on both offense and defense, next season is prom-ising for FCS, although the Paladins will have to replace their quarterback.
The Paladins return their top running backs (Andrew Minkert and Tyler Matthesen), leading receiver (Jake William-son) and almost all the offen-sive line, led by Reed Kroeber. Linebackers Jack Hardin and Clay Buchweitz are among the defensive returnees, with Hardin also serving as backup quarterback this season.
KING’S RIDGE The Tigers suffered through
a difficult season, going win-less until senior Penny Hart enjoyed a sensational game in a season-ending 56-40
win over Strong Rock Christian. King’s Ridge was competi-
tive in most of its losses, but with a few exceptions had problems stopping opposing offenses.
Hart graduates along with several other key offensive performers, but the Tigers re-turn most of what was a young offensive line, along with a number of underclassmen who saw plenty of playing time on defense.
MOUNT PISGAHAfter going 20-5 the last
two seasons with three play-off victories, the Patriots lose seven seniors who played vital roles in the team’s recent
success. QB Aaron Win-chester and DL Shingi Chigwere,
who missed most of the 2014 season due to injury, will be tough to replace, as will five other defensive starters, sev-eral of whom were also major offensive contributors.
The team appears to a have a young but talented replace-ment for Winchester. Fresh-man Jacob Cendoya will be protected by an offensive line that returns all five starters and aided by several regulars at the skill positions. Lineman Max Miller and linebacker J.R. Cendoya top the list of return-ing defensive starters, with the Patriots having to fill some holes at linebacker and in the secondary if they are going to
again make a playoff run.
ST. FRANCIS The
Knights went 7-3 with two narrow defeats in their first
season playing a region sched-ule and qualified for the state playoffs, but were a predomi-nantly senior team and will suffer heavy graduation losses throughout both the offense and defense.
The Knights return their quarterback (Matt Davis), one of their top rushers (Avery Showell) and a key defensive starter (Jordan Ferguson). The trio are part of a sophomore class that will have to carry much of the load next year with a relatively small number of returning seniors for 2015.
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Top Titans receiver Ricci Nuckles (8) will be back for Northview in 2015.
Chattahooche will try to capture their first winning season in three years in 2015 behind running back Issac Kinsey.
Blessed Trinity went 13-1 and finished third in the state during the 2014 season. Matthew Higgins (6), who will return in 2015, was the Titans leading reciever.
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FY 2015 BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
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The City of Alpharetta is accepting bids for FY 2015 BRIDGE MAINTENANCE including, but not limited to, cleaning and sealing deck joints, constructing and extending concrete encasements, cleaning and painting piles, repairing concrete spalling, installing sway bracing, and related work. The location of the work is at multiple bridges within the City of Alpharetta, Georgia.
All construction shall conform to the State of Georgia Standard Specifi cations for the Construction of Transportation Systems, 2013 Edition. Only contractors that have been pre-qualifi ed with the Georgia Department of Transportation to perform this class of work shall be allowed to submit bids. Please submit your Georgia Department of Transportation qualifi cation specifi cation letter with the package.
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For information, please contact Debora Westbrook at the City of Alpharetta Finance Department at 678-297-6052 or via email at [email protected].
CITY OF JOHNS CREEKARTS AND CULTURE BOARD 2015 MEETING CALENDAR
THE JOHNS CREEK ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD WILL HOLD THEIR 2015 PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES. MEETINGS ARE HELD AT JOHNS CREEK CITY HALL, 12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300, JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097. ALL MEETINGS BEGIN AT 6:00PM AND ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT 678-512-3212 SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
JOAN JONES, CITY CLERK
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CITY OF JOHNS CREEKCONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
2015 MEETING CALENDAR
THE JOHNS CREEK CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU WILL HOLD THEIR 2015 PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES. MEETINGS ARE HELD AT JOHNS CREEK CITY HALL, 12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300, JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097. ALL MEETINGS BEGIN AT 9:00AM AND ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT 678-512-3212 SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
JOAN JONES, CITY CLERK
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PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF JOHNS CREEK MAYOR AND COUNCIL 2015 MEETING CALENDAR
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JOHNS CREEK HAVE APPROVED THE FOLLOWING 2015 MEETING CALENDAR. WORK SESSIONS BEGIN AT 5:00PM AND ARE HELD IN THE TAYLOR FARMS CONFERENCE ROOM AND ARE FOLLOWED BY A 7:00PM COUNCIL MEETINGS HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS; BOTH ROOMS ARE LOCATED AT JOHNS CREEK CITY HALL, 12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300, JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097. ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT 678-512-3212 SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. JOAN JONES, CITY CLERK
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FEBRUARY 09, 2015 AUGUST 10, 2015FEBRUARY 23, 2015 AUGUST 24, 2015 AUGUST 31, 2015 WORK SESSION ONLY – IF NEEDEDMARCH 16, 2015MARCH 30, 2015 SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 SEPTEMBER 28, 2015APRIL 13, 2015 APRIL 27, 2015 OCTOBER 12, 2015 OCTOBER 26, 2015MAY 11, 2015 NOVEMBER 16, 2015 NOVEMBER 30, 2015JUNE 01, 2015 JUNE 15, 2015 DECEMBER 14, 2015
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The City of Alpharetta is accepting bids for RUCKER ROAD AT BROADWELL ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS including, but not limited to, maintenance of traffi c, asphalt pavement, curb & gutter, signalization, striping and signage, erosion and sediment control, cleanup and restoration. The location of the work is at the intersection of Rucker Road and Broadwell Road --- within the City of Alpharetta, Georgia.
All construction shall conform to the State of Georgia Standard Specifi cations for the Construction of Transportation Systems, 2013 Edition. Only contractors that have been pre-qualifi ed with the Georgia Department of Transportation to perform this class of work shall be allowed to submit bids. Please submit your Georgia Department of Transportation qualifi cation specifi cation letter with the package.
The Plans and Project Manual will be available online Thursday, December 11, 2014, under the tab “Bids Online” on our website, www.alpharetta.ga.us. Georgia Standard Specifi cations for the Construction of Transportation Systems, 2013 Edition, are available from the Georgia Department of Transportation website, http://www.dot.ga.gov/doingbusiness/thesource/Pages/home.aspx.
The bid opening will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the City of Alpharetta Department of Public Works, 1790 Hembree Road, Alpharetta, Georgia 30009. All bids must be delivered to the front desk at this address before the opening date and time.
For information, please contact Debora Westbrook at the City of Alpharetta Finance Department at 678-297-6052 or via email at [email protected].
PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF JOHNS CREEK
PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS 2015 MEETING CALENDAR
THE JOHNS CREEK PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE JOHNS CREEK BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS WILL HOLD THEIR 2015 PUBLIC HEARING MEETINGS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES. BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS HOLD THEIR MEETINGS AT JOHNS CREEK CITY HALL, 12000 FINDLEY ROAD, SUITE 300, JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA 30097. ALL MEETINGS BEGIN AT 7:00PM AND ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT 678-512-3212 SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. JOAN JONES, CITY CLERK
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The best solutions will come through intense debate and I will be in a position to foster that debate.
My goal is to return self-governance to the people of Georgia. I am in this race because I feel an obligation to give the people of Johns Creek an option to vote for some-one who will truly represent the needs of the people and
not sell out to special inter-est groups or become a career politician.
What are the top two is-sues in this race and what are your ideas to solve them?
The two top issues in this race are growth of government and government overreach.
The problems with traffic, taxes, and Milton County are all a direct result of interference from a government that has sim-ply grown too big and the unin-tended consequences of policies
that lack long term vision. My plan is to eliminate the
interference and to shrink the size and scope of state govern-ment. I believe in people and their ability to make decisions for themselves. I believe in restoring freedom to Georgians so that we can once again invoke the self-determination that our Founding Fathers fought to preserve.
If elected, what will be the first thing you want to do when the General Assem-bly opens?
I would begin by requesting a reading of the U.S. and state constitutions to remind every-one of the documents that they are sworn to uphold.
In order to bring transpar-ency to the process, I would in-troduce legislation that would require all bills to be finalized with all riders attached and made available for public com-ment a minimum of 48 hours before the vote.
It is unconscionable that our representatives are voting on bills they have never had the opportunity to read. The first order of business is to cor-rect procedural issues that are contributing to the passage of bad legislation.
Then I will work to repeal unconstitutional laws and regulations which stifle social, economic and personal growth by depriving us of our freedom.
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Austin:
CITY OF JOHNS CREEK
ITB NUMBER #15-034
ALVIN ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT
The City of Johns Creek is accepting sealed Invitations to Bid (ITB) from qualifi ed construction fi rms for the Alvin Rd. Sidewalk Project. Sealed ITB’s will be received no later than 10:00 A.M. on February 3, 2015 in the City of Johns Creek Purchasing Offi ce, 12000 Findley Rd., Suite-400, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097. ITB’s received after the above time or in any other location other than the Purchasing Offi ce will not be accepted. Deadline for questions is January 22, 2015 at 5:00PM.
ITB packages and plans are available on the City of Johns Creek website (www.johnscreekga.gov). Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Offi ce at (678) 512-3233. ITB’s shall be presented in a sealed opaque envelope with the ITB number and name clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. The name of the company or fi rm submitting an ITB response should also be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope. THREE (3) ORIGINALS AND ONE (1) COPY OF THE ITB ON CD MUST BE SUBMITTED. ITB’s will not be accepted verbally or by fax or email. All offerors must comply with all general and special requirements of the ITB information and instructions enclosed herein.
The City of Johns Creek reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities and informalities, and to make award in the best interest of the City of Johns Creek.
Warren Hutmacher Mike BodkerCity Manager Mayor
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decreases in funding permanent. I find this unconscionable. You just don’t do that to children.
Worse, the other major party can-didates admit they must follow the governor in doing this.
If the major party candidates brag how the governor and Legislature just increased school spending by 6 per-cent, you’d better check it out.
Over the past four years enrollment increased from 1.656 million to 1.744 million-- up 5 percent. So we’re barely staying even – and that’s after years of cuts.
This issue is also of concern to peo-ple who don’t have children in schools. Good schools mean higher home val-ues. That’s important to remember.
My first job, then, is to marshal the parents in Johns Creek and through-out the state to demand a return to full funding for education.
The second most pressing issue? That’s a toss-up between job creation and transportation. Transportation has been much in the news lately. So I’ll focus on jobs.
Here in Johns Creek we need job development commensurate with the educations and work experiences of our residents. So my proposal centers
on our historic role in high-tech devel-opment.
We need to reignite Technology Park Atlanta, its facilities both here in Johns Creek and in Peachtree Corners.
Buildings need to be brought up to state-of-the art. This can be ac-complished through a state-sponsored program of low-interest loans for reno-vation.
Now comes the exciting part. We induce Georgia Tech to of-
fer evening graduate and continuing education courses on site. Imagine how attractive that will be for technol-ogy companies looking to expand or relocate.
First class facilities and the re-sources of a world-renowned univer-sity. That’s worth pursuing.
If elected, what will be the first thing you want to do when the Gen-eral Assembly opens?
Have no doubt-- my election will send shock waves throughout the Capitol. The powers that be will have to confront the reality that voters will not passively sit by while they make deeper and deeper cuts in education spending.
My first job, then, is to seize this initiative and rally parents, teachers, and school boards to descend on the Capitol and demand, “Put the money back!”
This is the only we’ll get Georgia moving again toward quality education.
CITY OF ALPHARETTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The following items will be heard at a public hearing held by the Planning Commission on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza (new City Hall), Alpharetta, Georgia.
Items forwarded by the Planning Commission will be considered by the City Council on Monday January 26, 2015 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Alpharetta City Hall Council Chambers, 2 Park Plaza (new City Hall), Alpharetta, Georgia.
a. UDC Changes – Climate Controlled StorageConsideration of a change to the Unifi ed Development Code in order to add the defi nition for climate controlled storage and add permitted zoning designations for the use.b. CLUP-14-08/Z-14-12/V-14-27 Twelve on CantonConsideration of a request to rezone 5.5 acres on the west side of Canton Street from R-15 to R-10 for the purpose of developing a twelve lot subdivision with minimum lot sizes of 10,000 sf. A change to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from “Low Density Residential” to “Medium Density Residential” is also requested as well as a variance to reduce the minimum lot width and building setbacks. A variance to allow the maximum building coverage from 25% to 50% and allowable impervious area from 50% to 75% is also requested. The property is located at 310 and 324 Canton Street and legally described as being located in Land Lot 1197 2nd District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.c. Z-14-10/V-14-25 Mull EstateConsideration of rezoning 1.3 acres from R-12(For-Sale Residential) to O-P (Professional Offi ce). A variance to the 50’ undisturbed buffer adjacent residential is also requested. The property is located at 2385 Old Milton Parkway and legally described as being located in Land Lot 748, 1st District, 2nd Section, Fulton County, Georgia.d. PH-14-03 North Point Parkway LCI Design Standards (City Council Only)Consideration of design standards for North Point Parkway from Rock Mill Road to the East and Mansell Road to the West.
Note: Georgia law requires that all parties who have made campaign contributions to the Mayor or to a Council Member in excess of two hundred fi fty dollars ($250) within the past two (2) years must complete a campaign contribution report with the Community Development Department. The complete text of the Georgia law and a disclosure form are available in the offi ce of the City Clerk, 2 South Main Street.
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Peggy Bailey, 61, of Gainesville, passed away December 10, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Muriel Baker, 85, of Sandy Springs, passed away November 23, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Marian S. Bengel, 88, of Duluth, passed away December 3, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Patricia Biggs, 89 of Johns Creek, passed away December 14, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Rene Bouthillier, 94 of Alpharetta, pa ssed away December 9, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Avalon Cordell, 79, of Roswell, passed away December 11, 2014. Arrangements by Byars Funeral Home.
Sherry Lynn Craft Childers, 56, of Gainesville, passed away December 11, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Charles Cousar, 81 of Decatur, passed away December 10, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Stanley Darnell, 72, of Forsyth County, passed away December 13, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Josephine Davis, 95 of Alpharetta, passed away December 11, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Paula Davis, 62, of Johns Creek, passed away December 1, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
William Gipson, 77 of Decatur, passed away December 10, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Ruth Glover, 84, of Cleveland, passed away November 23, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
John Douglas Gore, 78, of Cumming, passed away December 10, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Lavera Hagan, 88, of Duluth, passed away December 6, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Leah Kohl, 92, of Gainesville, passed away December 1, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
George Lee, 67 of Buford, passed away December 13, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Annette Maides, 64, of Sugar Hill, passed away November 25, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Patricia Malin, 92 of Alpharetta, passed away December 9, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Donna Kay McNeil, 57, of Cumming, passed away December 13, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
Mary L. Mullinax, of Cumming, passed away December 10, 2014. Arrangement by Ingram Funeral Home.
Ralph Paradise 89, of Roswell, passed away December 7, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Paul Poe, 85 of Alpharetta, passed away December 10, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Doris Radford, 87 of Norcross, passed away November 30, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Ethel Sarphie, 76, of Alpharetta, passed away December 9, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Anne Soboleski, 83, of Atlanta, passed away December 6, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Ruby Mae Sorrows, 91, of Cumming passed away December 15, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
George Stroh, 70, of Woodstock, passed away December 12, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Shirley Gump Thompson, 80, of Cumming, passed away December 14, 2014. Arrangements by Ingram Funeral Home.
David Whatley, 65, of Sky Valley, passed away November 28, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
Franklin Winton, 100, of Roswell, passed away December 6, 2014. Arrangements by SouthCare Cremation & Funeral Society.
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an MBA from Georgia State, I understand budgeting and how to meet a payroll and I know how to cut a budget when times get tough.
I have a Civil Engineering degree and am a Registered Professional Engineer in over 30 states. This practical ex-perience would be invaluable with transportation solutions.
I will be the taxpayer’s champion to fight against tax
hikes.
What are the top two issues in this race and what are your ideas to solve them?
In this race, I have been the leader on the issue of eliminat-ing the state income tax and replacing with the Georgia FairTax.
Eliminating the income tax will result in thousands of new jobs.
This will be a huge incen-tive to companies that are relocating south. Many neigh-boring states have already done so.
The FairTax means that those who are currently in the underground economy, as well as illegal immigrants, will finally start paying their fair share.
These groups currently contribute nothing to pay for government– yet are major recipients of benefits. This is unfair to taxpayers.
I will support a wavier for senior citizens so that they do not have to pay any additional consumption tax.
And I will only support revenue-neutral tax reform – never a tax increase.
Second, I believe homeown-ers deserve property tax relief. I will work to simultaneously cut property taxes in Fulton County as well as create a new, independent Milton County.
I will sponsor property tax relief by doubling the home-stead exemption for homeown-ers.
My proposal would result in thousands of dollars of annual property tax relief for home-owners, and would have no financial impact whatsoever on our schools.
If elected, what will be the
first thing you want to do when the General Assembly opens?
I will to help legislators understand that major chang-es must take place in Fulton County and Atlanta, or else the entire Metro region will suffer even more.
As a civil engineer with significant experience in traffic relief, I believe I am the most qualified candidate to help Johns Creek drivers with new traffic relief efforts.
It’s time to eliminate the income tax and move to a FairTax.
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Brad:
What are the top two issues in this race and what are your ideas to solve them?
The primary issue in this race is education, which is at the top of the Governor’s and the Legislative agenda. It consumes 54% of all state spending, and is vital to why people live in Johns Creek. We
cannot successfully address any other issue until we know we are funding education ap-propriately and cost-effectively.
Reformulating the QBE funding formula will signifi-cantly affect state funding to our schools.
In the funding formula, we need to incentivize the 179 public school systems in Geor-gia to “right-size” themselves so that they are large enough to provide and use resources cost-effectively, but not so
large that they lose touch with the interests of the community.
The second issue, which is quickly emerging due to falling gasoline prices, is adequate transportation funding. The drop in gasoline prices from $3.50 to $2.50 reduces motor fuel tax revenues by $286 mil-lion.
I will ensure that increased general sales taxes and income taxes due to falling gas prices are applied to transportation, but the Republican legislature
is also considering raising the motor fuel tax and/or passing a penny general sales tax to significantly increase transpor-tation improvements.
If elected, what will be the first thing you want to do when the General Assembly opens?
A primary duty of a State House member is to ensure effective communications between the voters, and the legislative leaders and Gover-
nor. I will quickly use meet-ings, newsletters, and the media, to inform voters of the issues and choices before the State legislature, and seek their input.
I will gain the attention and respect of legislative leaders by accurately representing Dis-trict 50 voters’ views.
I am not running out of self-interest to vote my own opinions and be invisible to voters until the next elec-tion.
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