Friday, May 18, 2012
The race for superior court judge has been full of twists and turns this week.
There's another shakeup in the race for Cherokee County Superior Court judge. Woodstock attorney Mark Shriver has a new challenger: Cherokee County Solicitor General David L. Cannon Jr. Thursday night, Cannon told a BridgeMill crowd that he was abandoning his bid for district attorney for a spot on the bench. “My phone basically blew up with calls from people, both in the legal profession and business community, asking me to consider running,” Cannon said in a news release. The race for superior court judge has been full of twists and turns this week. It started Monday morning when Judge Frank Mills' announced that he wasn't going to seek an eighth term. Cherokee County Juvenile Court Judge Tony Baker said on Tuesday that he saw the …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Juvenile Court M. Judge Anthony Baker has changed his mind about running for superior court.
Updated 12:04 p.m. on May 16 In a news release emailed on May 16, Judge M. Anthony Baker said he would not run for superior court judge. "After much consideration and debate, Judge Baker has decided he can continue to best serve the citizens and juveniles of Cherokee County by remaining in his current position as Juvenile Court Judge," the release said. Original story follows: Juvenile Court Judge M. Anthony “Tony” Baker of Canton announced on Tuesday his campaign for Cherokee County Superior Court judge. The man currently in that seat, Chief Judge Frank Mills, will not seek re-election after three decades on the bench. “I feel that this is the opportunity to run for the open seat created by Judge Mills’ retirement,” Baker said in a …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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, …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
North Fulton's Brandon Beach announced his plans to seek the Republican nomination for State Senate District 21 today.
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Thursday, May 10
Republican Brandon Beach of North Fulton wants Georgia Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers' seat. The announcement came nearly one week after Rogers (R-Woodstock) garnered endorsements from all Republican members of the North Fulton Delegation. Here's the full text of Beach's release: Brandon Beach announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for State Senate District 21 today. Beach comes to this race with real experience as an effective leader with a keen ability to represent the community's needs. As a leader and advocate in his community and Greater Atlanta he has worked diligently to bring sorely needed relief to residents. He advocated for more jobs in North Fulton and effectively got them, even in this recession. Beach'…
Monday, May 7, 2012
Mark Shriver will be running against Judge Frank Mills for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit court.
If elected, Woodstock attorney Mark Shriver claims he will save more than $2 million taxpayer dollars, reduce the court’s backlog, and modernize the office of Superior Court Judge, according to a press release announcing his candidacy. “Our courts must serve the interest of our citizens in a timely and responsible manner,” Shriver said. “After 30 years on the bench, Judge Mills is running a court that is backlogged and has a reputation for slowly dealing with cases at taxpayer expense. I will cut costs for the taxpayers as an efficient and hard-working Judge.” Shriver is running with three goals: For more information on elections, sign up for the free Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch newsletter, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Several news outlets report that Sean Jerguson (R-Woodstock) included a special on guns from his store in a campaign newsletter.
Extreme couponing just took on a whole new meaning. Voters who signed on for the Sean Jerguson campaign newsletter are reporting that they now get newsletters for Jerguson's gun store, Hi Caliber Firearms. Jerguson is the current District 22 representative and incumbent for the newly formed District 21, running against Scot Turner. Blog for Democracy, along with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, report that Jerguson used his campaign email list to send out a newsletter for specials on shotguns at his store. And for those who wish to cash in on the special, they get an extra 250 shotgun shells when they bring in the newsletter. The reported newsletter, attached to this story, has "Georgians for Jerguson" at the top that links to the Elect …
Monday, April 2, 2012
Here are the highlights for Woodstock-Towne Lake and nearby Patches for April 2.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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 …
We've got live updates of Georgia's presidential primary election coming from Cherokee County.
We will be bringing you results from the Cherokee County elections throughout the day and into the night. For results from the state level, check the Patch live blog that includes communities across the state bringing you updates from their local precincts as well as results from Georgia's presidential primary election. You can upload comments, photos or questions you may have here about the elections. Updated 9:35 p.m. With all 43 precincts reporting, Newt Gingrich wins Cherokee County with 50.49 percent of the votes. Mitt Romney trails behind the Georgia native taking in less than half of Gingrich's votes. Cherokee had 33,327 total voters cast their ballot in the Georgia presidential primary, 507 of which showed their support for …
Find your precinct as well as basic information for voting in the presidential primary today.
It's Super Tuesday, and Patch will be bringing you updates from local precincts as well as a statewide, Patch-level view of the presidential race in our live blog of the action at the polls. Today's focus will be on the four remaining GOP presidential candidates, but Democratic supporters will be able to vote for President Barack Obama, the party's only candidate. Early voting that ended Friday, brought out 7,376 out of the 136,000 registered active and inactive voters, said Cherokee Elections Supervisor Janet Munda said. This is approxiamately 2,000 more voters than the 2008 Presidential Preference Election. Here are a few fast facts to help you for Election Day. If you have any questions, ask in the comments section, and we will get them…
Kathleen McGillick
1:10 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Judge Baker is a great Judge and breaths life into the Juvenile Court. I think he would be a great addition to Superior Court but he does so much for Juvi court, it would be such a loss for them more ›