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January 2008
Notable landmarks in Johns Creek
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We wrote the other day about efforts by Johns Creek to come up with a logo that symbolizes the city. The question is a stumper so far.
So here’s an easier question. Aside from the Chattahoochee River, what would you say are the major landmarks of Johns Creek? We’ll take the best suggestions and put them into a map of the city for your enjoyment.
For starters, may we suggest Autrey Mill Nature Center, Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church, Newtown Park. What else belongs on the list?
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Johns Creek needs a logo
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
No one said crafting a city logo was easy. Just ask the city of Johns Creek.
Other than the river, Johns Creek lacks any defining geographic features, history, or personages. The current logo was hurriedly crafted by designers with CH2M Hill-OMI, the private company hired to provide the city’s services day to day.
So, Johns Creek leaders turned to the collective wisdom of its residents for ideas. They received tons. Most were serious, many idealistic. A fair number of Johns Creek residents identify with terms like family, forward-thinking, technology, state schools of excellence, high-end residential development, and responsive local government.
What do you think? Let us know your suggestions for the city’s logo.
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Be thankful if you didn’t go downtown today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you live in Northside and work or have business downtown today, you have our sympathies. For the rest of you, it’s one more thing to be thankful for.
Because of the crush of big events, among other reasons, the main expressways into downtown were jammed today. Even 75 backed up past I-285. (It’s normally the stretch north of I-285 that gets socked in with traffic in the morning.
Once you get off the expressway, surface streets are jammed, and parking is difficult to navigate.
If you were among those stuck in the mess today, you can vent here.
If you were not, smile to yourself and be thankful. It’s Friday AND you’re not stuck in a logjam.
If you want to gloat, take a look at the current traffic conditions
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Would you report your children to police?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last month, six teens were charged with breaking into 150 cars in Alpharetta and Johns Creek. (Read the full story)
The Northview High School juniors and seniors are accused of taking a range of goods from iPods and laptops to purses and golf clubs in a robbing spree that lasted through the Thanksgiving weekend.
They later confessed to Alpharetta police, and Wednesday morning will go before a Fulton County judge.
All six young men — ages 17 and 18, so they’ll be tried as adults — may have gone free, save for the actions of one parent.
This parent, who has asked police to protect her or his identity, saw the stash of pilferred goods from the holiday weekend heist and called the law.
The amount and value of the goods they took amounts to felonies for four of the six students, police said.
As a parent knowing the type of trouble your child could get into for such deeds, would you turn them in to police?
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Should we pay for local schools with sales tax?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
House Speaker Glenn Richardson wants to give our local tax system a makeover. His notion: To eliminate property taxes for schools and at the same time expanding the sales tax instead.
The AJC’s James Salzer reports that the public can have a chance to weigh in the notion in the next few days.
As currently proposed — and this is a revision from his original notion — the proposal would also impose strict limits on how much a homeowner’s property assessment could be increased each year, a further move to hold down property taxes.
THE HEARINGS
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 Where: Both hearings in room 606 of the Legislative Office Building across from the Capitol.
Information: House Ways and Means Committee
YOUR TURN
Is this a good idea? What questions or concerns do you have about this proposal? Do you think it has a prayer of passing?
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