Community Corner
East Cobb Week in Review, June 26-July 2
In case you missed them, the top headlines from another busy week.
1. -- The Cobb Citizens Oversight Committee issued its preliminary findings of its review of the county's financial picture, including a call to end furloughs.
2. -- At commissioner Joann Birrell's town hall meeting, Cobb officials expressed concerns over long-term furloughs; commission chairman Tim Lee reiterated an earlier point that the millage rate may be increased to end furloughs.
3. -- The East Cobb school board member said he was eager to get beyond the "contentious" atmosphere of the past school year.
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4. -- State attorney general Sam Olens pledged to defend portions of HB 87 that were held up by a judge; protests continued in Cobb and elsewhere as the rest of the law went into effect Friday.
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