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County requests power to create local tax district for development

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County is seeking redevelopment powers from the state to spur local economic development through tax allocation districts.

If approved by the state Legislature, the county could create a district for The Gathering at South Forsyth, a proposed $2 billion development off Ga. 400, Union Hill Road and Ronald Reagan Boulevard.

At a work session Jan. 23, the County Commission unanimously approved a resolution seeking redevelopment powers. The resolution requests the county’s legislative delegation introduce legislation supporting the request to the General Assembly.

A tax allocation district is a clearly defined area established to capture future tax dollars above a certain threshold and use those revenues for improvements within its boundaries. The improvements presumably would then spark more interest in economic development of the area.

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The Gathering gains steam Forsyth County Manager David McKee shares an update on The Gathering at South Forsyth at a Development Authority meeting Jan. 18. McKee said a forthcoming agreement will outline the project’s contingencies, including a possible NHL franchise at the development. See story Page 6

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FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies arrested a 43-yearold Macon woman Jan. 17 following a high-speed chase on southbound Ga. 400.

Deputies reported spotting the suspect in the left turn lane at the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Ga. 400 around 10:30 p.m. The suspect reportedly turned onto the ramp while the traffic signal was still red.

After deputies activated their lights for a traffic stop, the suspect reportedly merged onto Ga. 400 and reached speeds of more than 120 mph. She reportedly drove recklessly and swerved around other vehicles.

Deputies reported laying down spike strips just south of the McFarland Parkway exit. After a successful PIT maneuver, the suspect struck a traffic sign and spun to a stop in a ditch beside the highway, the report states.

The suspect reportedly refused to obey commands, and deputies used a punch tool to break the driver side window and remove her from the vehicle.

She was charged with felony fleeing or attempting to elude, as well as misdemeanor obstruction of law enforcement officers, speeding, improper lane change, reckless driving and failure to obey a traffic control device.

Athens woman cited for $20,000 wire theft FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies arrested a 32-yearold Athens woman Jan. 18 in connection with a phony trailer sale to a Cumming man for $20,000 in August.

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PUBLIC SAFETY The victim reported Aug. 18 he found two trailers he was interested in buying on Facebook Marketplace and contacted the female suspect, who directed him to a man who allegedly owned the trailers.

The victim told deputies he went to see the trailers in College Park, but all correspondence with the suspects was either online or on the phone, the report states.

The victim reported wiring $20,000 to the man, who confirmed he received the money. When the victim tried calling the man the following day, the number had been disconnected.

When the victim returned to College Park to see the trailers, only one was still there, the report states.

The victim reported filing a fraud report with his bank and placing a hold on the wire transfer.

Deputies later identified and arrested the female suspect. She was charged with felony theft by taking and transaction fraud.

No arrest information on the male suspect is available.

Deputies arrest suspect for alleged identify fraud FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies arrested a 52-year-old man Jan. 16 who allegedly used his father’s identity to open a business in 2019.

The father reported in March 2020 his estranged son opened a business in his name, and he had been receiving notices of potential lawsuits because of the business since December 2019.

The suspect also allegedly used his father’s Social Security number to open Sawnee EMC and Comcast accounts.

The victim told deputies the fraud had been ongoing since 2017, when he filed an initial report about the conflict with his son. He reported he lost his business and had a lien placed on his house because of the identity fraud.

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Unlocked car stolen, found down the street JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A Johns Creek man reported to police Jan. 15 that his car had been stolen from his driveway on Georgian Manor Court, but later found parked elsewhere in the same neighborhood.

The owner told police he had last seen his 2015 Mazda 3 Jan. 14, and a woman living in the house noticed the vehicle was missing the next morning at 7 a.m. The key fob was left in the vehicle, which was unlocked, the incident report says.

Two hours later after the owner had reported the vehicle missing, he located it parked just down the street in the same neighborhood.

Man robbed, threatened during sale of sneakers JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A Johns Creek man reported to police Jan. 20 that he had been robbed by two suspects while attempting to sell a pair of shoes in the Kroger parking lot on State Bridge Road.

Police spoke to the man at the intersection of Indian Village Drive and Braided Blanket Bluff, who said he located the suspect’s vehicle in a nearby cul-de-sac.

The man told police he had followed the suspects, two males, after they left without paying for the shoes, a $175 pair of Jordan 3 Muslins, and that the suspects had threatened him with an unidentified weapon. He told police he lost sight of the suspect vehicle, but located and followed it to Braided Blanket Bluff.

But, when police approached the alleged suspect in his vehicle, he appeared confused and said he had just been at Kroger buying groceries, providing a receipt, the incident report says. Police detained him throughout the investigation but later released him because he did not match the description the man provided.

Detectives are investigating the case.

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Scout leader honors late son in fighting human trafficking

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Tom Reitz said his late son Matthew was someone committed to advocacy, but not just talking about it.

Matthew Reitz, who died in 2018 at 27 years old, was spunky and unfiltered. Reitz said he would say and do the things others wouldn’t, and he was loyal, defending and protecting those he cared about.

“Everything about Matt was about fighting oppression,” Reitz said in an interview.

Reitz hosted a panel at Johns Creek Presybeterian Church with experts on human trafficking Jan. 24 in memory of his son, moderated by senior Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts who had been trained in the subject.

Matt joined Boy Scouts as a Cub, and Reitz is still involved.

In his last semester at Georgia State University, studying political science, Matt took a senior seminar on human trafficking. Reitz would pick him up from the North Springs MARTA station, and on the way back home, Matt shared all about what he was learning. The family now lives in

Roswell but lived in Johns Creek for more than two decades.

But, Reitz said he wouldn’t talk about his senior seminar, and so, he questioned him on it.

“He got really stiff and really angry, and he said, ‘Papa … there are some things that you can talk about, but human trafficking — I’m doing something about it,’” Reitz recalled. “And, that was that.”

Matt had been a leading member of Georgia State Unversity’s Model Arab League, a program where students learn the politics and history of the Arab world, and the art of diplomacy and speech. He had also jumped at the opportunity to study in India, to celebrate his “quarter-century mark,” and witnessed a number of issues there, particularly poverty.

Matt had plans to further his studies in graduate school in international affairs.

After Matt passed, Reitz went into his room and picked a book off his shelf, and it was about sex trafficking.

He said he sat on the floor, reading it for more than four hours, engrossed in a story about the trafficking prob-

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Boy Scout leader Tom Reitz welcomes an audience of about 50 people to a panel on human trafficking Jan. 24 at Johns Creek Presbyterian Church, moderated by senior Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Reitz organized the event in honor of his late son Matthew Reitz, who had avidly fought against oppression and participated in a senior seminar on human trafficking in his last semester at Georgia State University.

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Civil Rights activist describes experience in campaign for voting rights

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — It made sense for John Suttles to join in on the fight for voting rights as a preteen in Selma, Alabama, in the early ’60s.

Soon after he and his mother moved to Sheffield, Suttles moved from having fun, building things and blowing things up with firecrackers with other boys, to an involvement in Civil Rights.

“At the age of 12, 13 years old, I was hooked,” Suttles told members of the Rotary Club of Johns Creek North Fulton Jan. 24 in an interview with Kaaryn Walker, who’s heavily involved in Johns Creek. “I went to a mass meeting, and I listened to some of the speakers. I went back a couple of times and heard Dr. King speak, and that was it. I was in — in it to win it, so to speak.”

He and his newfound group of young activists would talk about how to bring along the community and help the community, how things should be done. Suttles, a self-described “diplomat” of his family growing up, said he preferred a non-violent approach.

But, in the first attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7, 1965, there was a lot of violence —

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Civil Rights activist John Suttles, right, describes his experience as a 16-year-old boy on Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when police attacked him and other foot soldiers in a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery for voting rights. Kaaryn Walker, left, interviewed Suttles for the event, hosted by the Rotary Club of Johns Creek North Fulton at St. Ives Country Club Jan. 24. from police. The effort was prompted by the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, killed in a protest the preceding February.

Bloody Sunday When 600 peaceful foot soldiers, from all different backgrounds, crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a sea of state troopers

were waiting at the bottom.

“Everything around us just stopped moving,” said Suttles, who was 16 years old at the time. “The air stopped moving.

Everything got quiet … We knew that it was different. We knew this may take a few of us out. But, we [were] committed.”

Suttles and many more were hospitalized. His own blood soaked the army jacket he wore, which his uncle gave him earlier that day, after Suttles told him he was headed “to Mongomery to talk to George Wallace.” The garment is on display at a national interpretive center.

“John Lewis said, ‘We’re going to say a prayer first,’ and just as soon as he started kneeling, then it broke loose,” Suttles said.

“And, that was the beginning of Bloody Sunday … a day that I’ll never forget. I’m 75 now, and I remember it like yesterday.”

There would be a second, but unsuccessful attempt to march to Montogomery, coined “Turnaround Tuesday,” which Martin Luther King Jr. joined. In a third attempt about two weeks later, 25,000 participants successfully made the 54-mile trek. Suttles walked in all of them.

“That was so impressive to the president, they started talking about the voters’ bill,” Suttles said.

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson that August.

Sharing experience Walker, who interviewed Suttles, shared her father’s experience in the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre when police shot and killed three student protesters and wounded 28 more on the campus of South Carolina State University.

She said her father, who had survived three gunshots by police in the protest, refuses to attend anniversary events there. Her father had been invited to the 50th anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre by Bakari Sellers, political strategist and son of Cleveland Sellers, who had been the only individual convicted and jailed for what took place.

“I could not understand why he didn’t want to share his experience to the world,” Walker said.

Empathizing with Walker’s father, Suttles said it was probably too painful for him. Though Suttles had been beaten, he said he was not shot.

“I thank people like you for continuing to not just share your story but to have a positive outlook for our country, of not just where we came from and what we were, but how far we have come and the great things that we have the opportunity to aspire to be,” Walker told Suttles.

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Gathering at South Forsyth builds up government steam

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Commission is set to formalize the terms of The Gathering at South Forsyth in the coming weeks.

Plans for the proposed development on some 100 acres near Union Hill Road, Ronald Reagan Boulevard and Ga. 400 include 1.6 million square feet of commercial and retail space, a 750,000-square-foot arena, a community center and 450 hotel rooms.

At a Jan. 18 Development Authority meeting, County Manager David McKee said the county was in the process of finalizing the deal points for The Gathering.

“And then there’s some contingencies that have to be met,” McKee said. “But I think the most important part is, is if this deal goes forward, that everything is contingent on the National Hockey League landing a franchise at that facility.”

But, McKee emphasized nothing is finalized until approved by the County Commission, and the agreement is still in a draft form.

In a phone call with Appen Media, County Communications Director Russell Brown said there is no promise of a hockey team as yet, and details are subject to change pending formal agreement.

The agreement and further details were scheduled to be presented at a specialcalled Board of Commissioners work session Jan. 31.

At the Jan. 18 meeting, McKee said the NHL will open a franchise application in March or April, and the process could take as long as a year.

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At that meeting, project staff estimated The Gathering could produce more than 12,000 longterm employment opportunities, as well as more than 20,000 construction jobs during its 10-year development.

The 100-acre project is the dream of Vernon Krause, CEO of Krause Auto Group, which operates a collection of family-owned dealerships across four states in the Southeast.

“As a global entertainment hub, The Gathering at South Forsyth will provide residents, employers and visitors with the ability to see their favorite musician, experience a family-friendly ice show or eat at a James Beard-awarded restaurant without having to sit in their car for hours,” Krause said in an April statement.

In September, the development team hired Senior Project Executive Frank Ferrara, who helped secure an NHL tenant when he administered the Arizona State University ice hockey program.

The Atlanta Regional Commission, the planning agency representing most Metro Atlanta governments including Forsyth County, issued its approval of The Gathering in a development of regional impact study in September.

The agreement marks the county’s first formal vote on the project.

In June, the county commissioned an economic impact and financial feasibility study from Ernst and Young’s QUEST division. Results were set to be presented alongside the agreement Jan. 31.

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Rotary Club awards scholarships to sophomores for study abroad

By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Two high school students in Johns Creek are looking forward to their study abroad programs next school year, an immersive experience where little English will be used.

The Rotary Club of Johns Creek North Fulton awarded Erika Gabrielson, a sophomore at Northview High School, and Marcela Vega, a sophomore at Johns Creek High School, $25,000 scholarships for the experience.

The application process was intensive, with background checks, referrals and a series of interviews, which culminated in an event called “The Big Reveal” in December. Gabrielson and Vega didn’t know where they were headed until they popped some balloons which held the name of their destinations.

For about 10 months, Gabrielson will be in Brazil, and Vega, in Sweden, each rotating through the homes of three host families with help from Rotarians along the way. In preparation, they’ve been learning the language of their respective countries.

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Erika Gabrielson, sophomore at Northview High School, and Marcela Vega, sophomore at Johns Creek High School, are preparing for their trip to study abroad after receiving $25,000 scholarships from the Rotary Club of Johns Creek North Fulton. change officer for the Rotary Club of Johns Creek North Fulton, said Rotary International has been coordinating the study abroad program for about a century and unlike others, it’s

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“The concept is: Send someone to a

different country, get immersed in the local culture,” MacDonald said. “In the process, we’re kind of creating peace and understanding one student at the time.”

Gabrielson said she is ready for the food in Brazil, meeting new people and learning Portuguese more while being immersed.

Her mother, Angel Gabrielson, was beside her, both having just listened to Civil Rights activist and Johns Creek resident John Suttles share his story Jan. 24. Part of the deal is attending a rotary event once a month, but also participating in a service project prior to departure.

Angel said her anxiety about her daughter leaving for another country for the better part of year is decreasing, but she’s learning about it, and she’s excited.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Angel said.

Vega said she’s interested in seeing the lifestyle in Sweden and the ways in which language shapes thoughts and ways of self-expression.

“I'm looking forward to seeing how … language, culture affects us as human beings and how the interaction can even change you as a person,” Vega said.

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Faythe Kadona, subject matter expert with the nonprofit Street Grace, shares her experience as a sex trafficking survivor on a panel at Johns Creek Presbyterian Church Jan. 24. The panel also included Maja Hasic of Tapestri, Alia El-Sawi with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Investigations team and Dave McCleary, who founded Rotary Action Group Against Slavery.

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lem in Nepal, where some fathers had sold their daughters, as young as 4 years old, to brothels.

“After I read the book, I said, ‘You know, I’ve got to do something about this because Matt is not here to do it,’” Reitz said.

Four experts on human trafficking participated in the panel. About 50 people, many Scouts and their parents, were listening and looking at one another as information about the realities of human trafficking were exposed.

On the panel was Maja Hasic with Tapestri, a Tucker-based nonprofit dedicated to ending violence and oppression in immigrant and refugee communities; and Faythe Kadona, a sex trafficking survivor and subject matter expert with Street Grace, a Norcross-based nonprofit committed to ending the sexual exploitation of minors.

Alia El-Sawi, a victims assistance specialist for Homeland Security Investigations, also provided expertise on the subject as well as Dave McCleary, who founded the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery.

Topics spanned from how parents

can keep their children safe online and in real life, to false promises given to immigrants, lured into domestic servitude, to federal programs in place that prevent human trafficking.

Kardona said she had experienced childhood sexual abuse by a family member from 5 to 10 years old, and eventually was sold for sex at age 18 by her best friend’s mother, to be placed in an Atlanta massage parlor.

She said her exploitation didn’t end until she was 37.

Asked how parents can know if their child is being exploited, Kardona said it’s a matter of staying involved in their life.

“I used to tell my son and my daughter, ‘I’m going to get in your Kool Aid, and I know every flavor, so it doesn’t matter what you try to say that it is…’” Kardona said. “Your own lived experience is a powerful tool with your children. Talk about the stories of the things that you went through.”

For resources on human trafficking, call Georgia’s hotline at 1-866363-4842 or visit endhtga.org. The Georgia Coalition to Combat Human Trafficking provides leadership, direction and best practices for all forms of human trafficking in Georgia, promoting a coordinated, victim-centered and trauma-informed response throughout the state.

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Goodbye flip-flops: sporting 5-toe footwear As I gaze out from my fifth-floor window at Northside Forsyth Hospital, trying to void myself of selfpity, I have come to the stark reality that even though I came into this world with 10 toes, in three days, I MIKE TASOS will only have five.

Columnist As many of you were kicking off the weekend, I was knocked out colder than a carp, dreaming of inglorious events that were happening while I floated in an anesthesiologist’s drug-induced haze.

An infection-ravaged right foot refused to heal. The damage was too devastating.

In simplest terms, my toes got sick and refused to get better. Poor circulation was improved somewhat, but not enough to

Forsyth: Continued from Page 1 The local government would still receive tax dollars from the district based on its current property valuation, but

save the intact middle toe. Brother Matt had taken to calling that digit “Roast Beef.”

That’s classic Tasos Brothers sense of humor. As you scratch your head and wonder what’s so funny about a procedure called “Trans Metatarsal Amputation?” just start out by grabbing a toe and saying: “This little piggy went to market…” and you’ll hopefully appreciate the situation.

Having gone through a pair of angioplasty procedures and several boatloads of “Woe is me,” I have been working with therapists preparing me for a life of only having to deal with half as much toe jam as most folks.

Look, there’s not much good about what’s in front of me, except praying and hoping that this procedure will be the end of the line. Wound healing and shoe inserts will become a reality. It’s a lock that I won’t be wearing flip-flops on the beach. I’ll not be answering any ads for a foot model un-

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There’s nothing Shakespearean about this, my 12th night as an inpatient. Matter of fact, when I’m discharged, I’d like to have a run at the need to hire personnel not suffering from some type of short-term memory loss. Everyone wants to know my name and date of birth every time we interact. Even the beleaguered soul delivering meals wants to get personal. I guess my being blessed to eat gruel-like oatmeal and mystery meat comes with a price.

Luckily, Vicki, Chris and Greg have provided a sense of family that has made the stay bearable. Their regular visits have provided laughs and levity. Greg keeps me updated on the post-Saban state of Alabama football. I have adopted an “inmate” personality, imploring Vicki to smuggle in some contraband. She would have none of it, even getting clearance from a nurse, to

supply me with Ricola cough drops.

I find myself longing for things that I took for granted. I miss my chair, my bigscreen Sony, Vicki’s breakfasts and just being able to do all the things that will be a welcome return to normalcy in the next few weeks.

Before I head for home, I’m praying for a successful surgery and a short stint at a rehab facility that will help teach me to be functional while I am unable to put any weight on what used to be my right foot. I pray that my caregivers will be patient and that I will continue to work hard.

I know the experience won’t be a kick in the pants.

that value is frozen for local taxing purposes through the term of the TAD. If the value of property rises within the district, any additional tax revenue the local government would have received is set aside for improvements within the district boundaries.

County Attorney Ken Jarrard ac-

knowledged the county could form a tax allocation district centered around The Gathering, but it could also use the power to encourage economic growth in other areas.

The state Legislature must first adopt a local law authorizing the powers.

Jarrard said if the General Assembly implemented the redevelopment powers, the law would then need to be approved by voters in a county-wide referendum.

The resolution also requests a 3 percent increase to the county’s hotel-motel excise tax.

Forsyth County has levied a 5 percent hotel-motel tax since 2000. The resolution seeks to raise the rate to 8 percent, with at least 43.75 percent of the revenues used to promote tourism, conventions and trade shows.

A maximum of 18.75 percent could be used for tourism product development, such as an arena. Up to 37.5 percent would be dedicated to other government services, such as the county’s general fund.

Jarrard said the tax rate increase would be especially significant when con-

sidering ongoing discussions about The Gathering.

“And that money, in fact, could be earmarked for some things that would be very useful to that,” Jarrard said.

The County Development Authority previously supported the resolution at a Jan. 18 meeting.

In other action at the meeting, commissioners approved an additional four Dominion Voting Systems ballot scanners and boxes.

County Voter Registrations and Elections Director Mandi Smith said the machines are needed following precinct changes and population increases.

But, following residents’ continued concerns about elections integrity, Commissioner Todd Levent proposed the County Commission schedule a public hearing to discuss the challenges, required resources and costs of conducting audits.

“They think we’re ignoring them, and I would love to be transparent and just do it all in one meeting, then put it behind us, no matter what our decision is,” Levent said.

Smith said Georgia law requires risk-limiting audits of every state and federal election starting in 2024, but the specifics of each audit are decided by the Board of Voter Registrations and Elections. If the state required the county audit two precincts, the Elections Board could choose to audit four more precincts.

The County Commission only approves funding, but Forsyth County elections are handled by the Elections Board.

Both votes will be ratified at an upcoming formal meeting.

The Board of Commissioners scheduled the public hearing at its Feb. 1 formal meeting.

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