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Questions Raised After Georgia State Advisory Panel Stops Citizen Recording Meeting
Questions were raised this week after an individual was asked to stop video recording a Georgia State Advisory Panel for Special Education meeting at the Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Spring. When it was discovered that the person was making a recording of the meeting panel members requested that the recording be [...]
Forgotten Road
By Ross Miller and Dan Bobo Silver Creek resident Trent Vincent has a really nice piece of property in southern Floyd County. Trent inherited the property from his father—former Floyd County Commissioner Sam Vincent—upon his death. Unlike other commissioners have allegedly done in the past, Sam didn’t use his political influence to increase the value [...]
Speed Trap Allegation Leads To Investigation
From time to time Rome Newswire receives letters from our readers concerning being ticketed in specific locations around the region. Allegations of certain jurisdictions being “Speed Traps” to raise money for the local government are usually raised in these communications. During this investigative report we have been able to determine that one jurisdiction has [...]
Speed Trap Allegation Leads To Investigation
From time to time Rome Newswire receives letters from our readers concerning being ticketed in specific locations around the region. Allegations of certain jurisdictions being “Speed Traps” to raise money for the local government are usually raised in these communications. During this investigative report we have been able to determine that one jurisdiction has written [...]
Floyd County Environmental Health Struggles Under Further Budget Cuts
Rome Newswire was recently made aware of some concerning statements regarding restaurant health inspections made at the Floyd County Board of Health meeting for March 12, 2009 in the Environmental Health Report by Mike Pitts, County Environmental Health Manager. The minutes for the meeting state, “Conducting one annual food service inspection per facility continues to tax [...]
