In an email to the Cobb County Courier, Travis Lindley, who is challenging incumbent Councilwoman Maryline Blackburn for Smyrna’s Ward 3 city council seat, denied initiating an ethics complaint that…
William Perry, executive director of Georgia Ethics Watchdogs, filed an ethics complaint against Councilwoman Maryline Blackburn, who represents Smyrna’s Ward 3. Blackburn is Smyrna’s first African-American city council member, and…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a press release today involving ethylene oxide. Ethylene oxide is a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment. It has been identified by the…
As part of our ongoing election coverage, the Cobb County Courier has sent a four-part Q&A to each Smyrna city council candidate in a contested race. Last week and throughout…
[Update: The Cobb County School District responded to our inquiries for this article after the article was submitted, but before it was published. As editor I should have caught that…
In a press release this afternoon, Cobb County Democratic activist Tania Robinson announced her candidacy for the District 38 Georgia Senate seat. The district, currently represented by Senator Horacena Tate,…
In his weekly newsletter Cobb County District 2 Commissioner Bob Ott asked that residents not decide to move or close businesses because of the Sterigenics facility and its ethylene oxide…
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to fund an expert “to consult and evaluate any potential health issues for testing and modeling related to potential Ethylene Oxide emissions.”…
The state has applied to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over handling of its coal ash, but environmental groups are warning that not only is Georgia’s Environmental Protection…
Cobb County Communication Director Ross Cavitt announced a public meeting over concerns about a Smyrna-area plant that emits the airborne carcinogen ethylene oxide. The meeting will be Tuesday July 30…