Politics & Government
News Nearby: Residents Want Council Recall, Recycling Employees Cited
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Council Overrides Mayor's Veto, Resident Wants 5 Members Recalled
After passionate pleas from seniors, heated exchanges from the council dais, and repeated jeers and interruptions from the crowd, the voted Thursday night to override the of a that critics fear will erase a decade of voter-approved senior tax exemptions.
Immediately after the 5-1 vote, which establishes a special district to help the city meet some of its long-term fire service needs and shifts some of that burden to Canton's elderly, frustrated residents cleared the room and senior John Rust started to organize a recall of the five council members who "ignored the expressed wishes of every person that was in the meeting."
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Blaze Recycling, ABC Recycling Employees Cited for Receiving Regulated Metals
During a three-month investigation headed up by Senior Detective Russell Henson, numerous undercover Marietta Police officers attempted to sell regulated metals to , ABC Recycling and .
Three employees of Blaze Recycling and one employee of ABC Recycling failed to properly document transactions of regulated materials by not obtaining customer and vehicle information as required by law.
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Millage Increase Put on Proposed Paulding County Budget
Paulding County residents may see a millage increase after all when the county’s votes later this month on the maintenance and operation budget for fiscal year 2013.
Commissioners at their July 10 board meeting from the . But at a work session Thursday morning that focused on the budget, commissioners approved a slate of recommendations that included an increase.
Barring any changes made before the budget is adopted, the millage rate under the FY2013 budget would be the maximum rollback rate of 8.364 mills.
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Commercial Filmed at Local Wal-Mart
A commercial shot last week at the Cartersville Wal-Mart is set to run on TV stations in metro Atlanta through today.
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