News Rewind: Gingrey on Economy, Gay Marriage
The representative of Georgia’s 11th district discussed the economy, gay marriage, Obamacare and this year’s presidential race Monday night.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Gingrey: I'll 'Stand Strong for Christian, Conservative, Moral Values'
The representative of Georgia’s 11th district discussed the economy, gay marriage, Obamacare and this year’s presidential race Monday night.
On the heels of President Barack Obama's stated support of gay marriage, Congressman Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, addressed the issue during a town-hall meeting Monday night at Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw. “I don’t like the secularism that’s occurring in this country one bit and I think it is incumbent upon those of us [that] stand strong, to stand very strong, in regard to that and say ‘look, Billy and I believe that marriage is a sacrament,’” Gingrey said. “I’m not ashamed to say that, and I won’t be ashamed to say that, and I hope our nominee on my side of the aisle will not back away from saying that and stand strongly.” Gingrey, who is up for reelection this fall, said he will continue to “stand strong for Christian, …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Cobb Plaintiffs: Trim Birrell's District
The lawyer who brought the redistricting suit wants to lop off a piece of East Cobb, while the county commissioners ask to slice off part of the Kennesaw area.
All of the plaintiffs in the Cobb County redistricting case “are satisfied with virtually all aspects of the court’s initial redistricting plan with one exception.” It’s just not the same exception. The five county commissioners, in a joint filing Tuesday, asked U.S. District Judge Steve Jones to tweak the border between Helen Goreham’s District 1 and JoAnn Birrell’s District 3. As discussed during Monday’s hearing in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, they want Jones to move his proposed dividing line east so it runs northwest along Interstate 75 until Chastain Road. The border would run west along Chastain Road and McCollum Parkway to Cobb Parkway, then would follow Jones’ existing line north to the Cherokee County border. That change would…
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Bartlett to Face Harrison Wrath Today
The Cobb County school board member will hold a meeting at the high school at 6:30 p.m. to explain why she opposes the ninth-grade center.
Cobb County Board of Education member Alison Bartlett will face her new constituents in the Harrison High community today and explain her opposition to the proposed ninth-grade center at the school. Bartlett will hold a town-hall meeting in the high school’s theater at 6:30 p.m., the Harrison PTSA confirmed in an email blast Friday afternoon. “We hope to have a good turnout to show Ms. Bartlett the level of concern in the community over this issue,” the PTSA’s co-presidents, Dana Douglas and Janie Dollar, said in the email. The meeting comes four days before the school board is scheduled to revote on a $14.5 million Harrison construction project that would include the ninth-grade academy. The Harrison PTSA and school leadership have …
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Sunday Sales Revote Set for July 31
If Cobb voters again say yes, Sunday sales will start in unincorporated areas Aug. 12.
A Paulding County judge has made it official: All of Cobb County will vote again on Sunday package sales of alcohol July 31. Superior Court Judge Arthur Fudger signed a consent order Monday between the county and plaintiffs who challenged the March 6 referendum in which residents of unincorporated voted to allow Sunday sales, The Marietta Daily Journal reported. The order was filed with the Cobb County Superior Court clerk's office Tuesday. Former state Rep. Roger Hines of Acworth made the challenge, arguing that the county was wrong to exclude residents of Cobb's six cities from the countywide vote. Fudger received the case because Cobb's Superior Court judges recused themselves. The county Board of Elections and Registration decided …
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Cobb Accepts Sunday Sales Revote
The elections board's decision means a July 31 referendum is likely, and sales could start Aug. 12.
Cobb County is back on the Sunday wagon, at least until mid-August. The county Board of Elections and Registration decided during a special meeting Friday morning not to fight a voter challenge to the referendum that approved Sunday package sales of alcohol in unincorporated parts of Cobb. That means Sunday sales will not start June 3 as now scheduled. It also means all citizens in Cobb County will likely have the chance to vote on Sunday sales again July 31, even though almost 70 percent of county voters already said yes March 6. The problem is that residents of Cobb’s six cities were excluded from the countywide referendum despite paying taxes, electing officials and receiving services from the county and voting on other countywide …
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sunday Alcohol Sales: Cheers!
In today's election, Cobb County residents voted in favor of Sunday alcohol sales by a landslide.
No shocker here. Unincorporated Cobb County has given its nod to Sunday sales of alcohol. The county follows various cities and other jurisdictions throughout the state that have done so. The state legislature passed a law last year that allowed cities and counties the right to make their own call on the issue. Other cities in Cobb that had the issue up for a vote were Marietta, Austell and Powder Springs. See results below and click on each city for details. Other cities—Kennesaw, Acworth, Smyrna (click one for details)—passed the measure in November 2011. Those in favor of Sunday alcohol sales pointed to the fact that with all of the other surrounding areas now having Sunday sales, it was only fair. 40.77% "I think it's important for …
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Franz
3:13 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Way to go! There must be separation of church and state. The churches should not be making laws. Not to mention it does not make sense that you can drink in restaurants and bars, yet you cannot buy at the store and drink safely at HOME. more ›
Super Tuesday Blog: Gingrich Wins Georgia; Romney Takes 6 States; Santorum 3
The live blog is closed, but you can replay and read all the comments. What are your thoughts on the GOP primaries? Add your comments below the article.
Newt Gingrich cruised to winning Georgia's Republican presidential primary Tuesday, his one bright spot on a night he finished only as high as third in other Super Tuesday voting. Georgia was among 10 states selecting delegates Tuesday. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won in Virginia, Vermont, Massachusetts, Idaho and Alaska. CNN and other networks projected a Romney victory in a tight race in Ohio. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum won in Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Dakota. With 99 percent of Georgia's precincts reporting, Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker, was leading with 47.2 percent of the vote, followed by Romney at 25.9 percent, Santorum at 19.6 percent and Texas Congressman Ron Paul at 6.6 percent. Romney and …
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Kennesaw Voters Hit the Polls
Today is Super Tuesday, and here's what voters need to know before heading out to the polls.
Updated Tuesday at 7 p.m. Kennesaw residents have been trickling in at the polls since 7 a.m. "It's been just spotty all day long," said Sardis Baptist Church poll manager Mike Fredenburg. As of 5 p.m., 239 out of 1700-plus registered voters at the precinct had voted, Fredenburg said. "Ten or 15 will come in, then an hour will go by and 10 or 15 more will come in," he said. Gail Straub, poll manager at Ben Robertson Community Center, said about 130 people of "not quite 1500" registered voters at the precinct had voted as of 5 p.m. Straub, who worked the same precinct four years ago, said that while turnout seemed less than in 2004, she attributed the difference to early voting. Kennesaw resident Greg Potthast, 27, voted at the center …
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Gaetana Pipia
8:37 am on Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Has anyone headed to the polls yet? Who has your vote? more ›
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Gingrich: 'Let's Go Back to 1998'
Gingrich said that if elected President, he would draw on methods he used as House Speaker in the late-1990s to lead the country.
Hopeful Republican presidential nominee Newt Gingrich told his former constituents at Thursday’s Cobb Chamber of Commerce breakfast that if elected, he’d attempt to turn back the clock to his days as former House Speaker. “First let’s go back to 1998,” he said. “We need to control spending, reform government and balance the federal budget for a generation. This isn’t a theory. It’s what we did. So we know it’s doable. We in this room have been there. This was in our lifetime. Cobb County can take some credit for it because, candidly, if you hadn’t elected me it wouldn’t have happened. Clearly we were all in this together.” Gingrich served as Georgia’s Sixth Congressional Representative for 20 years, four of those as Speaker of the House. …
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Anonymous
7:47 am on Saturday, May 5, 2012
Deplorable!! Cannot believe that these people are playing politics with Harrison's education!! Thanks for the story Patch! Vote these idiots out and get people in who are concerned with education and not political favors!! more ›