The state Democratic Party credits its efforts to increase voter participation by just 5% in key areas with the election of Kelly Kautz, Snellville’s first Democratic mayor in 12 years. Kautz returns to liberal control the seat that was wrested away from 32-year Democrat incumbent Emmett Clower by now-State Representative Brett Harrell in 1999.
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Democrats Claim Credit for Kautz Win in Snellville
Posted by BobG on November 11th, 2011
Snellville Councilmember Threatens Marietta City Council, Misrepresents Resume
Posted by BobG on October 18th, 2011
Why was Michael Sabbagh in Marietta last Wednesday, identifying himself as a Snellville Councilmember to the Marietta City Council, and threatening to bring the wrath of Al Jazeera News down on them for their rejection of his friend’s construction project?
Posted in Gwinnett Stuff, Politics & Government 
Tags: al jazeera, Lee Jaraysi, michael sabbagh, snellville 
No Comments »Evermore Turns Over a New Leaf… That It Found In the Compost Heap
Posted by BobG on August 16th, 2011
When most of the board resigned and former Gwinnett Commission Chairman Wayne Hill was tapped to serve as interim director, many hoped that the Evermore CID had turned a corner. It would have been reasonable for one to conclude that, perhaps, the embattled Hwy. 78 community improvement district could finally rise above the muck and [...]
Gwinnett Commissioners to Set 2011 Millage Rate Tonight
Posted by BobG on August 8th, 2011
Tonight (Monday, August 8), the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will set the 2011 property tax rate in a specially-called meeting at 6:00 pm. The Commissioners have advertised their intent to adopt the same rate as in the last two years, 13.25 mills. (For an explanation of the millage rate, go here.) In March, I [...]
