County extends moratorium on residential rezoning bids
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Commission approved a moratorium limiting residential developments to slow rampant growth they say poses a threat by choking roadways with traffic, overcrowding schools and straining resources.
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution extending a freeze on rezonings for residential projects at their May 15 meeting.
Chairman Alfred John said residents have identified the county’s growth as a priority problem.
“I have been hearing from residents in my dis-
trict about the crowded hallways in schools as well as the traffic issues,” John said. “If you ask most residents …, they will tell you rampant growth and traffic are the most pressing issues in their lives.”
Commissioner Mendy Moore agreed, saying she supported the moratorium as a way of protecting residents’ interests, rather than those of developers.
“The No. 1 thing that they have an issue with is the pace of our growth,” she said. “The pace and the density of the development in our county has far exceeded our ability to manage it. Our roads are gridlocked, and our schools are full.”
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ROSWELL, Ga. — The morning of May 15 was somber as Roswell city officials, police officers, firefighters, friends and family gathered to remember the lives of those who gave their life in the line of duty over the past year.
The Roswell and Milton Police Department stood at Roswell Area Park Pond to honor the sacrifice of seven fallen Georgia officers from the past year, including Jeremy Labonte whose watch ended Feb. 7.
Labonte, 24, joined the Roswell Police Department in 2021. Officer Labonte was shot and killed while responding to a suspicious person report off Holcomb Bridge Road.
The city also honored Officer Leslie Warden who was killed in the line of duty June 14, 1986, while assisting at a car accident scene on Interstate 285 near Northside Drive.
As a long-standing tradition, Milton joined Roswell to offer their condolences and stand in support of their sister city.
“We all support one another, and obviously, with what they’ve been through this year, we wouldn’t miss it,” Milton
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Roswell Police Chief James Conroy presents memorial badges to the family of Officer Jeremy Labonte, who died in the line of duty Feb. 7. The ceremony was part of the annual Fallen Officer Memorial at Roswell Area Park, May 15.
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Forsyth County resident Lindsay McCarthy addresses the County Commission May 15, urging members to extend a moratorium on residential development, citing increased traffic.
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Trees, bushes, statues reported stolen from yard
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies investigated a reported theft of thousands of dollars’ worth of plants and yard decorations May 8.
The Forsyth County sheriff’s office said a 36-year-old Cumming woman called to report the theft. She said she returned to her Hammond Drive home about 9 a.m. and found the items missing.
The woman said two peach trees, an oak tree, two rose bushes, two concrete lion statues and a concrete bulldog statue were stolen.
The trees, bushes and statues were valued at a total of $3,360.
The trees and bushes appeared to have been dug out of the ground.
The woman said she has no security cameras.
The incident was classified as a felony theft by taking.
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Burglar surprises woman as she prepares for bed
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies were dispatched to an Evans Drive home May 9 after a burglary was reported.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said a 68-year-old Cumming woman who lives at the home called dispatch, saying someone was inside her home. The woman called dispatch after running to a neighbor's home for help.
Deputies cleared the home and found no one inside.
The window of a rear bedroom was found open, and the screen had been removed. A vape and lighter were found on a bed.
The woman said her dog began barking while she was getting ready for bed. When she investigated, she
noticed the window was open.
As she walked over to the window to shut it, she noticed a man crouched behind the foot of the bed. The man had black hair and a gray shirt. He was wearing a hat. His eyes were closed.
After seeing the man, the woman ran to a neighbor's home.
Deputies searched the area with K-9s but failed to find the man.
Numerous neighbors described a man who matched the description who frequents the area. They said he often walks around the area shirtless, wearing a flatbilled hat.
They said the man often behaves oddly, walking through yards and appearing to dance with no music playing.
The incident was classified as a felony first-degree forced burglary of a residence.
— Jon Wilcox
Vehicle with lights out eludes Alpharetta police
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A vehicle eluded police after it was reportedly clocked going 102 mph on Ga. 400 May 1.
The Alpharetta Police Department said officers observed the speeding vehicle about 3:45 a.m. on the highway’s northbound lanes near Haynes Bridge Road.
The vehicle had its lights off and was speeding in a 65 mph zone.
Officers accelerated to 124 mph but failed to catch the vehicle.
Police also failed to obtain a tag number.
The incident was classified as a fleeing or attempting to elude.
— Jon Wilcox
Roswell-based plumbing company reports fraud
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell Police and Fire rescued an 18-year-old Bartow County woman April 28 after she hit her head at the Big Creek waterfall near the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area’s Vickery Creek trail.
Officers said they arrived at Old Mill Park on the city’s side of the river and saw a female across the water sitting on the
ground beneath the waterfall. They said she was not alert and appeared to be in and out of consciousness.
Officers said they were unable to communicate with the injured woman because of the water’s noise. They said a 19-yearold Cartersville man was with her and would occasionally move her to confirm she was conscious.
The report says as a sergeant and a lieutenant were crossing the creek to help her, the Roswell Fire Department arrived from the National Park’s Vickrey Creek Trail.
Officers said firefighters and paramedics eventually got the injured woman in an ambulance and transported her to Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center.
A National Parks Service law enforcement ranger arrived on scene and information was turned over to him, the report says.
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Police charge resident with intent to distribute
ROSWELL, Ga. — Police arrested a 24-year-old Roswell man May 11 after allegedly discovering a scale, firearm and more than an ounce of marijuana in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
An officer said he noticed the smell of marijuana as a gray Dodge Charger pulled into a parking lot off Holcomb Bridge Road. The officer said he initiated a traffic stop because of the odor and what appeared to be illegally tinted windows after the vehicle left the area.
During the traffic stop, the officer said the driver cooperated and admitted to possessing illegal substances in his car. Officers said they found 34.5 grams of marijuana, a digital scale and a registered firearm during a search of the vehicle.
After arresting the man, officers said they allowed him to speak with his parents, who agreed to pick up his car.
Officers charged the man with felony marijuana possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of felony and a window tint citation before transporting him to Fulton County Jail.
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Sandy Springs budgets for possible runoff election
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs is budgeting a few hundred thousand dollars for election services in case of a runoff this fall.
The May 6 announcement came from City Manager Eden Freeman during the first of three workshops for the fiscal year 2026 budget.
“We are projecting a $300,000 cost in case there is a runoff election,” Freeman said. “You all will recall that the Public Service Commission has an election this fall, so we are not having to pay for a full citywide election for mayor and City Council races this year,”
Sandy Springs, approaching its 20th anniversary as the state’s seventh most
populous city, holds non-partisan municipal elections every four years. All seats on the City Council and the mayor’s position are up for election at the same time.
The mayoral race already has five candidates who have declared their intentions or filed financial paperwork. Residents vote for the representative in their district, while the mayor’s race is citywide.
Mayor Rusty Paul is the incumbent, running for his fourth term against council members Jody Reichel and Andy Bauman.
Alex Somer and local business owner Dontaye Carter, who received a third of the vote in 2021, are also running for the mayoral seat.
If the candidates for mayor or a council seat fail to receive a majority of the votes cast, a runoff is held between the two candidates receiving the most votes.
State law requires the runoff to be held 28 days after the general election, or Dec. 2. Sandy Springs Communications Director Carter Long said the $300,000 would be paid to the county to administer the runoff.
While other Fulton County cities employ staggered terms, Atlanta and Sandy Springs have collective elections, which are thought to increase accountability but in theory can result in a total turnover of leadership.
The state is also holding a special election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission Nov. 4. The Public Service Commission is a five-member board that regulates public utilities throughout Georgia, including telecommunications, electric and natural gas services.
Elections for regional districts are
statewide.
The Public Service Commission’s District 2 seat includes Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton counties. Incumbent Fitz Johnson, a Republican appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2021, is set to face off against one of four Democrat challengers.
Special party primaries are set for June 17 with a total of eight candidates running for seats currently held by Republicans.
City Clerk Raquel Gonzales serves as election superintendent in Sandy Springs. Gonzales is responsible for maintaining all public documents, processing open records requests and recording the council’s official actions.
Qualifying for the Nov. 4 election will be Aug. 18-Aug. 21 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and Aug. 22 between 8:30 a.m. and noon.
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Velvet Taco sits at the corner of Middle Street and Perimeter Center Parkway within GID Development Group’s mixed-use destination High Street. During a May 15 tour, journalists and content creators stopped by several of High Street’s restaurants and venues, including Nando’s PERi PERi, Agave Bandido, Cuddlefish, Ben & Jerry’s and Puttshack.
TriNet establishes footprint within High Street district
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Hours after announcing TriNet’s 150,000-square-foot lease at High Street May 15, journalists and culinary influencers toured restaurants and entertainment venues.
While the heart of Dunwoody is the Village at Mount Vernon and Chamblee Dunwoody roads, the mixed-use area between Perimeter Center West and Hammond Drive is offering something new.
The vision for the High Street masterplan is to create an urban district incorporating a variety of commercial uses set among plazas, water features, restaurants, outdoor dining and retail. Instead of surface parking lots, High Street has decks that blend into the district’s mid-rises which are full of retail, chef-driven dining, luxury residences and lofted office space.
High Street sits in one of Dunwoody’s entertainment districts, allowing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in public within set boundaries. The Perimeter Center Entertainment District at the Fulton-DeKalb County border also includes Perimeter Mall, Ashford Lane, Park Place and Campus 244. The city’s only other entertainment district surrounds the Dunwoody Village.
GID Development Group and its partners recently completed the $415 million first phase of High Street, introducing a “town center” to the Central Perimeter business district. Phase one
includes two luxury apartment buildings featuring resort-level amenities, 320,000 square feet of office and 150,000 square feet of retail, restaurants, entertainment and shopping.
During the tour, the High Street marketing team reported apartments are 87 percent occupied.
In March, Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch announced California-based TriNet’s plans to invest $15.4 million and add 750 jobs over the next five years at a 150,000-sqaure-foot space in the city.
The publicly traded company serves as an outsourced human resources department for small and medium-sized businesses and provides a technology platform for managing payroll processing and compliance.
TriNet Chief People Officer Catherine Wragg said the company evaluated numerous locations in its multi-state search.
“The state of Georgia has been a great partner, and Mayor Deutsch, along with High Street, worked diligently to help meet our office expansion objectives,” Wragg said. “In addition to being close to strong universities and a prosperous small business community, High Street offers a truly unique and exciting opportunity for our business and our people to thrive.”
Several restaurants and retailers are already open, including Velvet Taco, Cuddlefish and Nando’s PERi-PERi. The
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Hampton Social, a restaurant and bar concept from Chicago with coastal-inspired dishes and an emphasis on rosé, is to open later this year.
Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling cites the flightto-quality trend in commercial real estate, with older retail and office properties struggling to attract tenants.
High Street is specifically designed for the post-pandemic market because investors and tenants are seeking amenityrich, well-located and high-quality properties.
The two-hour “High Street Food Tour” kicked off on the development’s central greenspace and stopped by six of the development’s new restaurants and venues. The marketing team said restaurants and retailers work with High Street to throw resident-only and public gatherings.
Velvet Taco, specializing in TexMex cuisine with fresh, never frozen ingredients, was the Food Tour’s first stop at Middle Street and Perimeter Center Parkway on the southern end of the development.
Metro Atlanta food influencers were among several digital creators on the tour, which weaved through some of the new
restaurants open within the district.
After the angus brisket bowl at Velvet Taco, the group stopped by Cuddlefish to try some of Michelin-starred chef Jason Liang hand-rolled sushi before grabbing an ice cream sample at Ben & Jerry’s.
While High Street residents enjoyed a live DJ and cornhole during a community event on the central greenspace, the Food Tour headed to Puttshack located on the development’s second story terrace.
Puttshack is a technology-infused mini golf experience, offering world-class dining and entertainment. It’s like Top Golf but for putting.
The most crowded stop during the tour was at Agave Bandido. On Thursday, the south Florida-based restaurant offers a Ladies Night deal with free select drinks after paying a $1 entry.
The quietest stop along the tour was at Nando’s PERi-PERi. Everyone sat in silence, enjoying flame-grilled chicken with South African spices.
More restaurants are scheduled to open through the year.
A central lawn and additional public spaces offer residents, workers and visitors access to abundant community events such as holiday experiences, outdoor fitness classes, and concerts.
At full build-out, the $2 billion 36-acre project will feature 10 city blocks with a pedestrian-friendly street grid across the street from the Dunwoody MARTA station and Perimeter Mall.
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Johns Creek artist gives animals second chance
By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A raccoon wearing a strawberry-print bonnet, a mouse pushing a chrome toaster into a bathtub and a possum boasting a shock of blue hair and incandescent eyes were watching Morgan Hayes.
Working at her desk in a second-floor home workshop, Hayes, their creator, was focused deeply on her work, holding a hot glue gun in one hand and a taxidermied duckling in the other. The dimly-lit workshop, a converted bedroom, is filled with her taxidermy, which share space on shelves and tables loaded with miniature furniture, antique dolls, plushies, art supplies, crystals and all kinds of art supplies.
“I have always had an absolutely insane imagination, and I never grew out of it,” Hayes said.
In 2023, Hayes, a Savannah College of Art and Design graduate, left a decadelong corporate career working in graphic design to found her Johns Creek business Perfection and Oddities.
Now, she works from home, running an online shop and fashioning whatever catches her imagination.
The online shop, where she does most of her business, offers graphic T-shirts and fine art prints and delightfully weird taxidermies, which have become her most popular items by far.
Under her website’s “oddities” section, customers can peruse almost 50 different options of literally-stuffed animals arranged in uncannily life-like poses often
amid painstakingly detailed miniature settings.
Prices range from $75 to more than $300, and the pieces include a beretwearing artistically-inclined duckling painting a canvas, two mice in a book nook with noses buried between pages and a gentlemanly bespectacled bunny rabbit complete with a purple bow and pocket watch.
“It’s basically all the things that come straight out of my mind,” she said.
Hayes did not start out making art from animals.
She said the first graphic designs she sold soon after founding Perfection and Oddities meant little to her. Afraid of scaring off business, she instead made prints and T-shirts she thought would cater to the average customer.
“I didn’t believe people would like what I liked,” she said.
But lukewarm sales got Hayes wondering what would happen if she fully embraced her personal tastes, no matter how weird they might be.
“It made me realize I had nothing to lose and made me want to jump into my imagination,” she said.
She was pleasantly surprised with the results.
Customers loved the irreverent and bizarre T-shirt designs she had previously kept locked inside her mind, and sales suddenly took off.
In 2024, Hayes took that philosophy to another level with taxidermy, which she said she has always held a
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A mouse sitting at a tiny desk is one of dozens of similar taxidermy creations sold by Morgan Hayes through Perfection and Oddities.
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The 180-day moratorium would begin May 15 and run through Nov. 11. The commission first enacted the moratorium April 17.
“This moratorium is necessary in order to maintain the status quo and allow the county to review and modify its comprehensive plan and UDC to address the growth trajectory/density issues identified by the Board of Education,” the proclamation said.
The county’s resolutions follow one approved by the Forsyth County Board of Education April 15.
That resolution asked for a reduction in high density residential development and an increase in commercial growth, citing increasing demands on school capacity and resources.
School enrollment has increased by at least 30 percent since 2015, rising to about 55,000 students in 2025.
“Growth continues at a steady pace across the county and City of Cumming, placing increasing strain on the capacity
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fascination for.
She was shocked to find customers of all kinds were fascinated by her work. She even has been approached by professionals like doctors and dentists eager to commission custom pieces.
Hayes taught herself taxidermy with help from online message boards and YouTube videos. She admits getting over the revulsion of working with dead things took some work, but now she is unfazed.
“At first, it was really icky,” she said.
She sources the animals from a variety of places. Mice are purchased frozen and of the “feeder” variety, meaning they are meant to serve as meals for pets like snakes.
She also uses roadkill.
“I am probably one of the only moms whose kid calls and says a squirrel got hit — but not too hard,” she said.
A bag of about 100 mice sits out in a garage freezer, nestled between bags of frozen dumplings, fileted fish and chicken thighs.
After dethawing the animal, she removes the skin with an Exacto knife. She stuffs the skin with a framework of wire filled with soft clay and cotton. Pins hold the skin in place until it is set in just the right pose.
From the start, Hayes said it was important to her to never kill an animal for a creation. In fact, she said she is an animal lover who has
of the Forsyth County school district,” the school board’s proclamation said.
The increase in school enrollment follows a similar trend as the county’s population, which has seen explosive growth in recent years.
Since 2010, Forsyth County has added about 105,000 residents, marking an about 166 percent increase. The county currently has a population of about 280,000 residents.
New residents have continued to flood the county, attracted by the county’s excellent schools and safe communities, John said.
Numerous residents spoke at the May 15 meeting, echoing commissioners’ concerns and asking residential development be paused.
South Forsyth County resident Brenda Diaz said residents have repeatedly asked on social media for the county to slow growth.
“There are hundreds and hundreds of people who have been here for a long time, longer than me, and they all are saying, ‘Please, please do something about this. This is crazy. This is just too fast,’” she said.
Forsyth County resident Tom Evans said traffic has made traversing the county too difficult.
He said what should have been a five-minute drive to the meeting took more than 30 minutes.
“It’s ridiculous,” he said.
Evans pointed to nearby apartments, which contain units likely each contributing one or two vehicles to roadways. He said developers should consider improving road infrastructure before creating new homes.
“The infrastructure for the roads doesn’t make it,” he said.
Forsyth County resident Lindsay McCarthy said she has seen enormous growth near her home since moving to the area in 2003.
“It has gone from acceptable, building houses as people move here because it’s a beautiful county, to just out of control,” she said.
A commute that once took her 10 minutes now can take as long as an hour, she said.
“I’m not asking for small business owners to lose their business. I’m asking to do it responsibly,” she said, adding, “The growth and the stress on
Morgan Hayes works on a taxidermy duck at her home workshop in Johns Creek May 14.
volunteered at numerous rescues and fostered more than 50 strays. At her home, she cares for four dogs and two cats, all rescues.
Her three-legged Parsley has become the business’s mascot and logo. Most days, Parsely sits in her workshop, watching her work.
Hayes said she sees the taxidermy as a way of honoring deceased animals, which can live a second life as an art piece. She draws the line at cats and dogs, but jokes
the infrastructure on the roads, on the traffic, has just been atrocious.”
Speaking in opposition of the residential pause, Forsyth County land use attorney Ethan Underwood asked commissioners to reconsider.
“It is improper, and it is unnecessary,” he said.
Underwood said a moratorium would go too far by limiting the “innate” right to petition the county government for a rezoning. He said commissioners could limit growth simply by reviewing rezoning requests rather than enacting a blanket ban.
“No one is saying this board cannot make a zoning decision,” he said. “What this moratorium would do, and what everyone is asking you to do, is we want you to take away property owners’ rights to even petition the government.”
State law requires moratoriums to be enacted only in emergency circumstances, which he said were not present in the county.
“Everyone says well I’m stuck in traffic. Well, respectfully, I live here too. That is not an emergency,” he said.
life,” she said. “It is a way to honor the animal.”
Wife Lizen Hayes said she thinks Perfection and Oddities has become more than just a means of making money for Morgan.
The couple met in Washington when Morgan was working in an art gallery and doing painting on the side.
Although Lizen was a little surprised by her wife’s interest in taxidermy, she has since embraced the art.
“I wasn’t super thrilled to have a bunch of dead animals in my house, but honestly I think it’s cool now,” she said.
Lizen remembers how Morgan seemed unhappy while working in the corporate world. She is pleased to see the business and its taxidermy giving Morgan a muchneeded outlet.
“She absolutely needs that,” Lizen said. “For her to be happy, she needs to be creative.”
Art, especially the weird kind, has always been an interest of Morgans’, Lizen said.
“She has been doing these creations forever, and I think she is really discovering herself making these,” Lizen said.
she wouldn’t mind being taxidermied when her time comes.
“When you are looking at these things, you don’t see death anymore,” she said.
“You just see the beauty.”
Hayes admits her work sometimes gets a negative reaction. At markets and festivals where she sells, she is sometimes approached by animal lovers who find her pieces grotesque. But she stands by what she does.
“It’s more of a respect for the circle of
As a teenager, Morgan spent hours in her family’s basement making puppets and other strange art. At the time, she was hardly popular and still finding herself.
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Missing radio guys, columnists who made me laugh
I just opened my calendar, which since I have departed the working world, has many more blank spaces than it used to. Instead of business meetings, conference calls and scheduled flights that would take me all over the country, the current MonthAt-A-Glance is pristine. Doctor appointments make up the brunt of my “to do” list.
Can you see me smiling at the fulfilling satisfaction that comes with this retirement gig.
Lots of blank spaces is a good example of my time being my time. I try to participate in a weekly ROMEO breakfast. For those of you not up on retired old geezer lingo, ROMEO is an acronym for Retired Old Men Eating Out.
See what I mean about retirement being a lot of fun. I’d write more fun than a barrel of monkeys, but I’ve never had anyone explain how any number of monkeys, be they caged, running loose or in a barrel, would be anyone’s idea of a knee-slapping good time.
To heck with monkeys, I recently
had a good time thinking about my transition from a Bakersfield native to an Oregonian with mold between my toes from all that rain, to a Louisiana wannabe, to my ultimate Nirvana residence. That would be north Georgia, where I’ve lived for the past 34 years this month.
I had to do the math a few times to finally realize that I have lived in Georgia for nearly half my life. After a recent spur-of-the-moment ride to Dahlonega with pal Jerry Nix, I continued to be mesmerized by the wooded scenery, the wildlife and the relaxing mountain roads that drive home how lucky I am to be, as it says at the bottom of every column, “a Southerner by the grace of God.”
I know I know, life here isn’t perfect. Someone needs to have some sense about all this development. Anyone else think we have plenty of people and apartment complexes trying to pass itself off as single-family homes?
The beauty of a mountain rode made me hope that this beauty will remain and not be turned into a Walmart someday soon.
Lou Holtz once said “If you don’t like change, just go to a vending machine.” I wonder if Lou could have
envisioned using a credit card instead of a quarter when buying a Diet Coke out of a machine?
These are the deep thoughts I have when driving around listening to the radio, which sadly, is no longer tuned to a “terrestrial” station, but is beamed to me via satellite. I also miss some local newspaper personalities who entertained me for those years when I first moved to Georgia.
Those entertaining local radio and newspaper columnists have gone the way of $2 a gallon gasoline. Whoever opined “absence makes the heart grow fonder” was speaking to my longing for the days when I got a daily dose of folks worth reading and listening to.
Here’s my list of those I wish were still available:
• Lewis Grizzard was a must read every time he wrote anything. So many conversations started with: “Did you read Grizzard today?” He was a character who left us way too soon.
• Neal Boortz was loved and loathed by listeners. Opinionated, brash and aggravating all rolled into one solid show. He had to make a fortune out of being a blowhard. He knew exactly what he was doing by being controversial.
• Kim Peterson was “The Kimmer” and his show was rollicking, irreverent and made me not mind the traffic. Apparently, he’s back on a smaller station and I’m game to try to see if I can pick up the signal.
• Skip Caray was the lead announcer for the Braves for so many years. He had so many great lines (“The bases are loaded and I wish I was too”) as he suffered through all those miserable seasons. His postgame talk show was better than a comedy skit as Skip was irascible as callers successfully got a rise out of him. It seems like there should be a Caray in the Atlanta broadcast booth.
• The Regular Guys were silly and profane. They sure made me laugh every morning.
I guess that’s the downside of enjoying those you admire. No matter how long they’re around, things change and local gets replaced by guys who have no idea why we’re simply better here “down South.”
Mike Tasos has lived in Forsyth County for more than 30 years. He’s an American by birth and considers himself a Southerner by the grace of God. He can be reached at miketasos55@gmail.com.
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