Saturday, August 18, 2012
An open house will be held this Monday.
The Cherokee County Senior Center, which has added 2,000 square feet of additional space, will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. According to an email from the Cherokee County Volunteer Aging Council, the renovations include expanded kitchen space for Meals on Wheels, an improved entrance with hand rails, a new covered area for pickups/dropoffs, new restrooms, new game rooms, a craft room, conference room and a renovated garden. All of the upgrades were paid for with SPLOST dollars as well as grants and other donations. The open house was originally scheduled for July 30, but got pushed back due to unfinished work. Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free newsletter, like us on…
Monday, August 13, 2012
The winner will sit on the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners.
Early voting for the Aug. 21 runoff between Post 2 Commissioner Jim Hubbard and former Cherokee County Fire Chief Ray Gunnin begins today. From noon to 5 p.m. today, cast your ballot at the Cherokee County Elections and Voter Registration Office, 400 E. Main St., Canton. While early voting will continue through Friday at the same location, the hours will change starting on Tuesday. Polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Gunnin received 21 more votes than Woodstock attorney Channing Ruskell during the July 31 primary, enough to keep his campaign alive for the runoff with Hubbard. Ruskell last week requested a recount. The results did not change. Gunnin and Hubbard will go head-to-head at 7 p.m. tonight during a …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Kyla Cromer and Channing Ruskell requested the recounts of the Post 1 school board and Post 2 county commission races.
The recounts of the Post 1 school board and Post 2 county commission races are done, and the results stand. Kelly Marlow, former Cherokee County Fire Chief Ray Gunnin and Commissioner Jim Hubbard remained at the top of the pack of their respective races. Kyla Cromer, who lost the Cherokee County Board of Education contest against Marlow by 24 votes, and Channing Ruskell, who finished last in his three-way race with Hubbard and Gunnin, requested the recounts. Gunnin received 21 more votes than Ruskell, enough to keep his campaign alive for a runoff with Hubbard. See the chart for the results and return to Patch later for a video report. Related content Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
As votes are tallied, count on Patch to provide minute-by-minute updates of the primary races in Cherokee County.
10 p.m.: We apologize for the lack of updates. There was breaking news. With all 42 precincts reporting, this is how Cherokee voted: Open the fifth PDF attached to this minute-by-minute update for the complete report. 8:46 p.m.: By the numbers (with 10 precincts reporting) Open the fourth PDF attached to this minute-by-minute update for the complete report. 8:44 p.m.: Commissioner Karen Bosch just walked into Sixes Tavern. In her soon-to-be former seat, Brian Poole is in the lead over Chris Hampton. 8:30 p.m.: By the numbers (with seven precincts reporting) Open the third PDF attached to this minute-by-minute update for the complete report. 8:17 p.m.: New numbers. Open the second PDF attached to this minute-by-minute update for the …
TSPLOST and the chance to help shape the Cherokee County Board of Education compelled these residents to vote in today's general primary.
A controversial transportation referendum and a number of competitive local races drove early voters to the polls in high numbers. And based on interivews with some residents, that's what drove voters to precincts across Cherokee today for the general primary. Defeating TSPLOST brought 77-year-old Harrison Williams to the polls at Grace Church in Canton. "That's a tax that I will have to pay and never see," he said. "If anybody 65 and over is voting for it, they might never see it." Over at Canton's Sixes Elementary, 50-year-old Renea McGill voted against the controversial transportation sales tax. "We've just been taxed enough," said McGill, who voted with her 21-year-old daughter. "I don't think that's necessary." Watch what Williams, …
Find out where you can vote, when you can vote, what you need to bring and who you can call if you notice voting irregularities.
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
That number is "much higher than the 2008 general primary," the director of elections and voter registration said.
A controversial transportation referendum and a number of competitive local races drove more early voters to the polls this year than four years ago, Cherokee's director of elections and voter registration said Friday. When the early voting period that began July 9 closed Friday night, 12,073 of the county's 139,039 registered voters had cast ballots in person. "Much higher than the 2008 general primary," elections supervisor Janet Munda said. How high? In 2008, a total of 2,177 people voted early. Another 883 requested mail-in ballots. "There are many contested races at the local level and the TSPLOST seems to have gained a lot of interest amongst the voters," Munda said. Most residents—nearly 4,900—voted at the Cherokee County Elections …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The special fire district would eliminate homestead exemption tax break for seniors and disabled.
Canton Mayor Gene Hobgood this moring vetoed a plan passed by the city council on July 19 that would set up a special fire district tax which would include a 3.12 mill tax to improve the city's fire services. "After careful consideration I feel that I have no choice but to veto the Canton Fire District Ordinance," Hobgood said. The Canton City Council, by a vote of 5-1, created the special district that would help the city meet some of its long-term fire service needs and possibly shift some of that burden to elderly residents who have enjoyed a decade of voter-approved tax exemptions. Hobgood said he will call a special meeting of the council next week to consider alternatives to the district and provide council members with the …
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Charles Bullock, Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia, sees small chance of the initiative passing.
Georgia Republicans' aversion to any kind of tax, and concern about riling the Tea Party, are helping to consolidate opposition to the state's one-percent sales tax referendum for transportation, UGA professor Charles Bullock said in an analysis of a recent Patch survey. Patch's unscientific survey of about 60 state Republican activists, candidates and office holders showed overwhelming opposition to the TSPLOST referendum. Bullock, a longtime observer of Georgia politics, says that while the Tea Party didn't put up as many primary challengers to sitting Republican legislators as it had hoped, anti-tax pressure within the party remains high. "So although tons of money is being spent to encourage voting for the T-SPLOST and the support of …
Friday, June 8, 2012
The Cherokee County School District said the project will keep the public informed of its "stewardship of fiscal resources."
The Cherokee County School District announces a new initiative, the Open Government Project, that will enhance its continuous efforts to provide public information to the community. The Open Government Project web page is at http://portal.cherokee.k12.ga.us/departments/pr/OGP/default.aspx and a link also is available from the front page of the School District’s website at www.cherokee.k12.ga.us. The School District is committed to transparency of its operations and its budget. Accordingly, the goal of the Project is to provide employees and the broader community with clear understanding of the School District’s mission – teaching and learning – and its stewardship of fiscal resources. The Project for its debut includes numerous open …
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Dean Sheridan
9:34 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
@Steely Dan : Agreed. You see though, the basic changes of "trust but verify" with machines could have all-ready been done. It's to late developing the same scenario you described after a election is questionable. Again, I'm not being accusatory here of our elected officials nor the board - I am of the process they have; by the nature of it, this issue will not go away. I hear more about it from … more ›