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Cumming mayoral candidates engage in legal dispute ahead of election By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com
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Cumming City Council members hear a presentation from City Attorney Kevin Tallant about proposed changes to the city’s alcohol ordinance which would bring it in line with statewide legislative changes.
Cumming advances contracts for City Center project By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com CUMMING, Ga. — Cumming’s City Center project moved one step forward Oct. 19 when the City Council approved bids for lighting and audio at the proposed amphitheater, stage and a structure designated “Building A.” Both bids, presented by City Administrator Phil Higgins total $127,634. They were the lowest cost bids proposed to the city and were approved unanimously by the council members. The city broke ground on the 75-acre City Center project located off Ga. 20 in
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City Administrator Phil Higgins presents audio and lighting construction bids to the City Council for the proposed City Center amphitheater. Council members approved Higgins’ recommendations unanimously.
CUMMING, Ga. — Cumming attorney and mayoral candidate William Stone and first-term Mayor Troy Brumbalow are up in arms over firewood. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to the Cumming Department of Planning and Zoning, Stone alleges city resources are being used to “threaten, attack and harass” him before the Nov. 2 election. City Attorney Kevin Tallant said Stone’s claims are unfounded. In a seven-page letter, dated Sept. 2, Stone states he believes that shortly after he declared his intent to run for mayor, Brumbalow instructed Councilman Joey Cochran to contact the Department of Planning and Zoning to initiate a code violation and zoning action against one of Stone’s long-time tenants who had been selling firewood out of his Cumming property. Cochran denies the accusation. Stone also claims Code Enforcement Officer Lenny Mancinelli at-
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