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Ex-employee’s attorney calls out Roswell By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — A former employee in the Roswell Finance Department is seeking damages over her “wrongful termination.” In a July letter, an attorney representing former Roswell Procurement Analyst Edith Compean alleges that the city violated
Compean’s First Amendment rights of free speech and her rights under the Georgia Whistleblower Act, which prohibits retaliation against employees who report official wrongdoing. Compean’s attorney Larry Pankey also cites more than $500,000 in damages. Compean had been the purchasing agent overseeing the bid for Seer World, a consulting
firm placed at the helm of the city’s economic development strategy in April. The five-year contract with Seer is valued at up to $2 million a year. Appen Media reported on the city’s bidding process for economic development consulting services at the time the contract was
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Alpharetta seeks partners to make city more sittable By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
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Alpharetta’s Recreation, Parks & Culture Department is on a mission to add more seating in downtown.
after grabbing a bite to eat, an idea hit them. “The benches are really good, but ALPHARETTA, Ga. — City officials if you are trying to get the idea that are proud of their downtown’s this is a fun place — park benches walkability. All the same, they’re don’t yell that,” he said. giving visitors more opportunities to Why not instead install some take a load off their feet. chairs, they thought. After all, with The city has dispersed almost the right seating, the downtown 40 Adirondack chairs around water fountain might even feel downtown’s Town Green and other like a beach. They decided to act, areas, said Morgan Rodgers, director purchasing and placing the seats in of Alpharetta’s Recreation, Parks & key locations. Culture Department. Officials are “And the rest, as they say, is seeking a sponsor to help them bump history,” Rodgers said. that number to at least around 50. Alpharetta officials see their “It has really made Town Green a downtown as “the heartbeat of their fun place to be,” Rodgers said. city,” said Janet Rodgers, president The idea for a sittable Alpharetta and CEO of Awesome Alpharetta, came to Rodgers when he and his the city’s tourism bureau. Having wife Janet were out enjoying the a unique option for people to rest downtown about a year and a half See SIT, Page 23 ago. While resting on a park bench
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