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‘You can prevent this’ Residents ask city to ban bow hunting By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Speaking before the Sandy Springs City Council on Nov. 1, a handful of residents shared fears that someone may be injured or killed if the city does not take action on bow hunting in the city. Residents said that each year, hunters come to wooded suburbs like Sandy Springs to hunt deer in areas with relaxed or no regulations on bowhunting, often shooting deer on private property in residential areas without permission or oversight. This practice, whether on private land or not, puts lives at risk, residents said, and should be stopped as soon as possible. “I am not against hunting. I am against hunting in residential neighborhoods,” said Sandy Springs
resident Amanda Collins. “We are in Sandy Springs. We are not in rural Alabama. We are not in rural Georgia. This is not the place for high-powered lethal weapons to be used.” Collins, who lives off Powers Ferry Road, said her daughter loves to play outside on their property, but the hunting in her area has made that dangerous and scary. “Do I have to put her in an orange vest during hunting season?” she asked. “Like bullets, arrows do not have boundaries, and they do not know property lines.” Other residents said they have found evidence that someone is baiting deer to certain private properties with piles of corn, to hunt without permission ALEXANDER POPP/APPEN MEDIA from homeowners. A Sandy Springs resident speaks to city councilmembers at
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a meeting Nov. 1, sharing how bow hunting of deer has affected certain areas of the community.
Sandy Springs, Atlanta agree to sales tax split with Fulton County By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A letter recently signed by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, seems to have settled a month’s long battle between Fulton County and its 15 cities over the countywide Local Option Sales Tax.
The LOST one-penny sales tax is used by local governments to fund services like public safety, parks and recreation, libraries, courts and other services. County governments also use the tax to fund state-mandated services like county courts, jails, health departments, elections and other services. A new agreement for the $3 billion sales tax will grant Fulton County about
10 percent of total revenues generated over the 10-year life of LOST, documents obtained by Appen Media show. “It is our hope and intent that this offer is received, considered, and accepted by the County effectively ending the required decennial renegotiation of the distribution of proceeds collected under the Local Option Sales Tax with a positive resolution to negotiations,” the
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letter said. Dickens and Paul, who represent municipalities with a combined population of over 50 percent of county residents, signed the agreement Nov. 1. The agreement was also reportedly approved by Fulton County Commissioners at
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