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Voters approve education tax, select Cumming City Council member FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County voters continued an education sales tax and selected members to the Cumming City Council Nov. 4. The Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax is a 1-cent tax for capital improvements such as new schools, expanding and improv-
ing facilities, purchasing buses and technology and ensuring safe, modern learning environments. It cannot be used for salaries or daily operating expenses. More than 62 percent of voters voted in support of the tax. The tax reduces the school dis-
trict’s reliance on local taxpayers, shifting the tax burden onto nonresidents shopping, dining or doing business in the county, the school district said. Voters have supported the tax each time it has appeared on the ballot. Cumming voters saw one contested city race on ballots.
Mayor Troy Brumbalow and Post 1 Councilman Chad Crane were unchallenged. Incumbent Councilman Jason L. Evans won about 73 percent of the vote, beating challenger George Notel II. — Jon Wilcox
Furrowed browsing Forsyth County tractor show digs up agriculture’s history By JON WILCOX | jon@appenmedia.com
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Alan Sutton and his grandson Asher Sutton ride a Farmall Super A during the Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Expo at the Cumming Fairgrounds Nov. 8.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Jessi Melton’s daughters couldn’t get enough of the tractor show. After attending the first day, Nashtyn and Hattie Belle begged their mother to leave school early so they could return for a second visit. “We came last night, and they couldn't wait to come back today,” Melton said. Melton, her two daughters and thousands of others attended the Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Expo at the Cumming Fairgrounds Nov. 7 and 8. Perfect fall weather helped attract a steady stream of visitors the final day of the showcase where people mingled, rode on the machines and learned what made them once so integral to Forsyth County’s historically agricultural economy.
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