Friday, May 11, 2012
Cobb DOT estimates the section between Mill Run Drive and Surrey Trill to reopen around 2 p.m. Friday after damage to power poles.
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Friday, May 11
The Cobb Department of Transportation has closed a section of Lower Roswell Road east of Johnson Ferry Road all Friday morning to replace utility poles damaged in an early-morning accident. An update from the county issued at 11:45 a.m. Friday said the section of Lower Roswell bewteen Mill Run Drive and Surrey Trail is expected to be reopened around 2 p.m. Friday's accident took place in an area of Lower Roswell Road that is in the midst of a year-long improvement plan and that has resulted in occasional traffic delays. For updates visit the Cobb government Facebook page, the Cobb DOT road status update page or text "follow cobbcountygovt" to 40404. East Cobb Patch also will update this information when it becomes available.
In this letter to the editor, Cathy Finck of the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce responds to Kroger's 60-day suspension.
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Friday, May 11
The recently reported illegal sale of alcohol to minors is a recurring issue at some Cobb County Kroger locations. It is important for Cobb Commissioners to take these illegal sales seriously and issue sanctions that are effective at deterring future violations. It remains to be seen whether a 60-day suspension of Kroger's alcohol license at its Powder Springs Road store will result in sustained compliance. Government and business practices proven to help prevent underage alcohol sales do exist and need to be utilized. Law enforcement use of compliance checks and government use of effective administrative sanctions have proven helpful. Business use of effective alcohol policies, hiring, training and management practices can also help. …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
East Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell's meeting turned into a heated discussion about the proposed 1-cent sales tax featuring Chairman Tim Lee.
East Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell’s town hall meeting turned into an impromptu anti-TSPLOST rally during the question-and-answer session Wednesday evening. The July 31 referendum on the 10-year, 1 percent regional sales tax wasn’t the only thing on the minds of the more than 100 people who crowded into the community room at at the Mountain View Regional Library. But it was the issue Northeast and East Cobb residents returned to repeatedly, peppering Birrell and Cobb Board of Commissioners Chairman Tim Lee with questions about costs, sustainability, what happens after 10 years and the wisdom of pouring billions of dollars into mass transit. Lee noted that Cobb County is expected to receive 98 percent of the money it pays into the …
Supporters of the 10-year, regional sales tax met in Alpharetta to raise funds to educate voters on the proposal.
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Thursday, May 10
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Metro Atlanta Chamber President Sam Williams were two supporters of the transportation sales tax referendum who made their way to Alpharetta earlier this week to lobby for its passage. The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce hosted a fundraiser at its offices to answer questions about the transportation referendum, which will go before voters on July 31. They also were ready to collect checks on behalf of the Citizens for Transportation Mobility to continue what they call an education process. Andy Macke, who heads the local chamber's push to get the transporation referendum passed, touted the predicted four-to-one return on investment the estimated $8 billion collected over 10 years will bring. He reminded …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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.
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Wednesday, May 9
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…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Due to the sale of alcohol to a minor, the commissioners voted to suspend the beer and wine license at the Kroger on Powder Springs Road for 60 days. They also asked for confirmation of various kinds of training for the Kroger employees.
The commissioners get underway at 9 a.m.
The board will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second floor board room at 100 Cherokee Street, Marietta.
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Tuesday, May 8
The agenda for Tuesday night’s Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting is pretty routine, but several items are of interest to specific Patches. The board has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the second floor meeting room at 100 Cherokee St., Marietta. For more specifics see the full agenda on this page.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Improvements will affect traffic east of Johnson Ferry Road this week.
Traffic will be affected along Lower Roswell Road from Monday through Friday this week in the following locations as part of continuing improvements east of Johnson Ferry Road: For more on road closures and construction projects around the metro Atlanta area visit the GDOT status update page.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
MAVEN and the proposed transportation sales tax are getting no love from TLC.
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Saturday, May 5
The Transportation Leadership Coalition has launched a grassroots campaign in opposition to the proposed regional transportation sales tax. Approximately 75 people representing several organizations, along with elected officials who oppose the 1 percent transportation sales tax, gathered recently at Adventure Outdoors in Marietta to discuss the July 31 referendum. “We put out the invitation to various grassroots organizers to meet under one roof and learn more about this tax. We were very pleased with the response from across the state as far south as Valdosta,” Jack Staver, the chairman of the Roswell-based TLC, said in a news release. The meeting produced a coordinated effort through the new TLC to oppose the sales tax that supporters …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Doug Stoner spoke to the Smyrna Business Association Thursday and not everyone was sold on the Transportation Investment Act.
While speaking to the Smyrna Business Association on Thursday, state Sen. Doug Stoner explained that metro Atlanta voters won’t be the only ones closely monitoring the poll results for the Transportation Investment Act on July 31. “There are some folks outside of this state who are hoping this fails,” he said. “As one gentleman I work with in Dallas told me he said, ‘Personally I hope y’all are successful. But from a professional standpoint as the chairman I hope you fail because we’re going to eat your lunch.’” On July 31 voters decide whether to approve a one-cent special-purpose local option sales tax that would be collected over 10 years and used to fund a list of about 150 transportation improvement projects throughout the 10-county …
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