[Tuesday evening Mableton District 4 Councilwoman Patricia Auch and District 6 Councilwoman Debora Herndon held a Town Hall for their districts at the Cobb County Public Safety Training Academy.
The Courier was unable to send a reporter, but Barry Krebs was kind enough to let us publish his notes from the event, reprinted in full below]
There was a pretty good turnout with around 150 attendees including VIP’s such as Commissioner (Monique) Sheffield, Police Major (M.D.) Hurst (Commander of Cobb Precinct 2), Chief (Stuart) VanHoozer, District Attorney (Flynn) Brody, City of Powder Springs (Public Service Director) Bill Tanks and City of Austell Councilwoman Sandra Leverette.
Also present were an assortment of local civic organizations including the Mableton Improvement Coalition, South Cobb Arts Alliance, River Line Historic Area, We Thrive On Riverside,
Our Giving Garden, the local Girl Scouts Troop Leader, GA Native Plant
Society and South Cobb Lions Club.
The presentation began with a brief introduction. Commissioner Sheffield spoke a few words of praise for the new City of Mableton elected officials. She expressed her appreciation for them for already stepping in to make our community better. The slide show started with the basics including the city’s transition timetable. (Councilwoman) Patty (Auch) took us through the new website where citizens can access documents and minutes of prior city council meetings
located in the City Clerk portion of the site.
Councilwoman Debora (Herndon) took us through the revenue and expenses part of the presentation. Councilwoman Auch followed Debora by holding true to a campaign promise that she had made to donate one half of her first year’s salary to local civic organizations.
As she handed the checks out, she gave a thorough introduction to each of the five nonprofits along with a summary of their accomplishments in our community. It was very nicely presented. Every attendee…
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