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Membership of elections panel draws scrutiny By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
Carrying on the legacy
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Milton High School senior Scarlett Czarnecki reads a tribute for Kathryn LaBorie, a flight attendant on Flight 175, the plane that crashed into the World Trade Center’s south tower. Czarnecki’s was one of six tributes presented for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack in a ceremony held at Milton High School Sept. 9 Read more, Page 6.
Milton City Council considers 2023 budget
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MILTON, Ga. — Formed to wrest control of local elections from Fulton County and ensure integrity at the ballot box, Milton’s Municipal Election Feasibility Committee has itself come under scrutiny. Residents have raised questions about possible ulterior motives and political leanings among the panel’s six members. The panel was intended to represent three groups: the City Council, city staff and Milton residents. But, in remarks to the committee a number of residents have recently raised concerns with the panel makeup. At the committee’s Aug. 22 meeting, several residents came forward during public comment alleging partisanship among panel members. Milton City Councilman and committee member Rick Mohrig countered that Milton’s municipal elections are a nonpartisan issue. The committee consists of two Mil-
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