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Covering hip-hop Milton artist’s creations mark genre’s 50 years By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — DL Warfield might be known as “coach” to many in the area, but to others he’s the cover art designer of OutKast’s acclaimed “ATLiens” and “Aquemini” studio albums and dozens more from other well-known hip-hop artists. Warfield, a Milton resident and human hip-hop encyclopedia, has a stylish confidence. When out and about, he sports one of his 15 wide-brimmed hats and patterned eye glasses, standing out in the crowd much like his iconic artwork. “My trademark as a creative person is thinking differently at the drop of a dime,” Warfield said. He aims to disrupt stereotypes, epitomized in his decision to pull inspiration from Spaghetti Westerns for T.I. and the Hustle Gang’s 2017 compilation album “We Want Smoke.” Long before he became a youth football
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City updates cost for its November municipal election By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — To save money and ensure greater election integrity, the City of Milton decided last December to divorce Fulton County and run its own municipal election this fall. Milton and the City of Palmetto are the only cities in Fulton County that will be taking on the task. Since the Milton City Council decision, cost estimates provided by city staff have fluctuated but have remained far lower than what Fulton County would have charged this year. The latest estimate, shown in Milton’s fiscal year 2024 budget draft, is a cost of $102,280. Fulton County officials told Appen Media it would have charged Milton $217,565 to run its November 2023 municipal election. If the city required a December runoff election, the county would have charged another $96,586. The county rate no longer uses a flat fee per registered voter formula to set its price, like it did in previous years. In 2021, Fulton County charged Milton $84,671 for its municipal elections and another $70,368 to conduct a runoff election in late November.
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