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Rep Scott to host Town Hall meeting Thursday

By Tammy Joyner
March 21, 2014

State Rep. Sandra Scott (D-Rex) will host a town hall meeting on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Traveler’s Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 2112 Rex Rd. in Morrow. She will talk about the 2014 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly. Topics will include state employees’ pay raises and unemployment for cafeteria workers, nurses, and bus drivers. For more information, contact Kimberly at (404) 656-0314.

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Tammy Joyner covers local government in Clayton, Fayette and Henry counties.

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