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Dahlonega resident and local attorney Stroud Stacy tried to address the City Council during Public Comments of the March 7 meeting. Stacy tried to address what he called the unconstitutional ordinance they were planning to adopt for removing a sitting member of the council. Continue reading »
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by Emily Lewy
It appears that the Dahlonega City Council jumped the gun in making charges against a fellow council member without first getting all the facts. More than six weeks after a public statement alleging improprieties, they still have not charged him with any specific act of wrong doing. What they have done is create an atmosphere of intimidation and they have made disparaging remarks in public against their fellow member.
By allowing Councilman Ariemma to be tried and convicted in the newspaper, council members have done what they accuse him of doing. An ordinary man, and especially a guilty man, could be expected to consider a request for his resignation a threat when it immediately followed a public accusation. Such a tactic might work on some ordinary elected official, but Johnny Ariemma is not ordinary. He is as principled and straight an arrow as anybody you will ever find. Those fellows should have known that he would not be bullied; but then, they are not used to a man like Johnny. Continue reading »
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by Emily Lewy
The Lumpkin County Parks and Recreation Department and The Georgia Mountains YMCA will hold two public hearings at Park & Rec, 365 Riley Road, Dahlonega to receive comments on the YMCA proposed management of the County Park & Rec programs and operations.
Public Hearing times are: Monday, November 15 at 7:00 PM and Thursday, November 18 at 9:00 AM. Continue reading »
By Emily Lewy
Lumpkin County is losing out on all taxes from package sales of distilled spirits paid by our residents to other counties. In this economy, when any tax increase faces great opposition, it is unconscionable that Lumpkin County does not benefit from tax that is already being paid by our residents.
“Package sales of distilled spirits” is controlled by GA Code Section 3-4-41. A petition signed by 35% of the registered voters is the only way to have a referendum of the voters to approve package sales. Continue reading »
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