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New mayor, council take office in Kennesaw
Kennesaw’s new elected officials join those who will give them the oath of office in the pledge of allegiance at the start of a City Council meeting Monday night. At far left is Cobb Chief Magistrate Joyette Holmes, who swore in Council Member Yvette Daniel, second from right. Right of Holmes is state Rep. Bert Reeves, R-Marietta, who swore in Mayor Derek Easterling, third from right. Right of Reeves is state Rep. Ed Setzler, R-Acworth, who swore in Council Member Jim Eaton, far right. / Staff-Ricky Leroux
KENNESAW — It was a historic night in Kennesaw Monday night as Mayor Derek Easterling and council members Jim Eaton and Yvette Daniel took their oaths of office and presided over their first council meeting.
After being sworn in and taking his place on the dais, Easterling, a retired sheriff’s deputy, told a packed room at City Hall he needed the public’s help in moving the city forward.
“We are but ordinary people put in place to do great things, but we cannot do it without your support. So thank you for being here. This is the beginning,” Easterling said.
Daniel joins Council member Jimmy Dickens as the first black members of the Kennesaw City Council in the city’s history. Though Daniel and Dickens were both elected in November, Dickens took office about six weeks before Daniel because he was elected to fill the unexpired term of former Council member Debra Williams, who resigned to run against Easterling for mayor.
Daniel thanked her family and supporters, calling the feeling of being on the dais “overwhelming.” She was also well aware of the historic nature of her and Dickens’ presence on the council.
“This is a historic moment for all of us, not just me. So pay it forward,” Daniel said.
Marietta Councilman Anthony Coleman was in attendance Monday to offer his support to the new council members. Coleman said he hopes to be a mentor for the new council members, just as he was helped by Councilman Philip Goldstein when he was first elected in 2002.
“This is a very historic moment, and I’m proud of these two people being elected in the city of Kennesaw,” Coleman said. “I know they’re going to do great things.”
Eaton, a professor at Life University and father of outgoing Council Member Cris Eaton-Welsh, said he’s been dreaming of being on the council “for a long time,” and thanked voters for helping get him on the council.
“I’m humbled that you all saw fit to put me up here, and I’m planning to serve you well and faithfully,” Eaton said.
Easterling’s nerves showed a bit as he was leading his first council meeting after the swearing in, though most of the items on the agenda were routine actions for the new year, such as reappointing certain officials and electing a mayor pro tem. Though he stumbled a bit with some of the bureaucratic steps of a meeting, Easterling was quick with a joke to take the edge off the situation.
“I’ll get used to it, I promise. I can only get better,” Easterling said with a smile.
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This site was set up when I was having problems with blogspot posts to the original site. This site is now secondary and not kept up to date. Use the above link and see the original site.
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New mayor, council take office in Kennesaw
Kennesaw’s new elected officials join those who will give them the oath of office in the pledge of allegiance at the start of a City Council meeting Monday night. At far left is Cobb Chief Magistrate Joyette Holmes, who swore in Council Member Yvette Daniel, second from right. Right of Holmes is state Rep. Bert Reeves, R-Marietta, who swore in Mayor Derek Easterling, third from right. Right of Reeves is state Rep. Ed Setzler, R-Acworth, who swore in Council Member Jim Eaton, far right. / Staff-Ricky Leroux
After being sworn in and taking his place on the dais, Easterling, a retired sheriff’s deputy, told a packed room at City Hall he needed the public’s help in moving the city forward.
“We are but ordinary people put in place to do great things, but we cannot do it without your support. So thank you for being here. This is the beginning,” Easterling said.
Daniel joins Council member Jimmy Dickens as the first black members of the Kennesaw City Council in the city’s history. Though Daniel and Dickens were both elected in November, Dickens took office about six weeks before Daniel because he was elected to fill the unexpired term of former Council member Debra Williams, who resigned to run against Easterling for mayor.
Daniel thanked her family and supporters, calling the feeling of being on the dais “overwhelming.” She was also well aware of the historic nature of her and Dickens’ presence on the council.
“This is a historic moment for all of us, not just me. So pay it forward,” Daniel said.
Marietta Councilman Anthony Coleman was in attendance Monday to offer his support to the new council members. Coleman said he hopes to be a mentor for the new council members, just as he was helped by Councilman Philip Goldstein when he was first elected in 2002.
“This is a very historic moment, and I’m proud of these two people being elected in the city of Kennesaw,” Coleman said. “I know they’re going to do great things.”
Eaton, a professor at Life University and father of outgoing Council Member Cris Eaton-Welsh, said he’s been dreaming of being on the council “for a long time,” and thanked voters for helping get him on the council.
“I’m humbled that you all saw fit to put me up here, and I’m planning to serve you well and faithfully,” Eaton said.
Easterling’s nerves showed a bit as he was leading his first council meeting after the swearing in, though most of the items on the agenda were routine actions for the new year, such as reappointing certain officials and electing a mayor pro tem. Though he stumbled a bit with some of the bureaucratic steps of a meeting, Easterling was quick with a joke to take the edge off the situation.
“I’ll get used to it, I promise. I can only get better,” Easterling said with a smile.
In the great scheme of things Kennesaw, I would opine that new Council Member Yvette Daniel is a bit past due for another bankruptcy.
This time around she can unload the large debt she ran up with her exercise/pole dancing business at B J Patels strip mall in Kennesaw.
This time around she can unload the large debt she ran up with her exercise/pole dancing business at B J Patels strip mall in Kennesaw.
| Bankruptcy Results | |||||||||
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Party Name  | Court | Case | Ch | Date Filed | Date Closed | Disposition | |||
| 1 | Daniel, Yvette (db) | gasbke | 1:02-bk-11284 | 13 | 04/17/2002 | 08/26/2005 | Standard Discharge | ||
| Yvette Daniel | |||||||||
| 2 | Daniel, Yvette (pla) | gasbke | 1:02-ap-01101 | 11/25/2002 | 07/31/2003 | Dismissed or Settled Without Entry of Judgment | |||
| Daniel and Aurora Loan Services | |||||||||
| 3 | Daniel, Yvette E. (db) | ganbke | 1:96-bk-64735 | 7 | 03/25/1996 | 02/24/1998 | Standard Discharge 02/24/1998 | ||
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1/1/16
MDJ Top 10: No. 3 - Church sentenced to 18 years for child molestation, pornography
January 01, 2016 12:00 AM
Kennesaw City Councilman and former mayor Leonard Church is led away by Cobb County Deputies Monday after accepting a plea bargain with the State. Church was sentenced by Cobb Superior Court Judge Mary E. Staley to 40 years with 18 years to serve in prison and the remainder on probation. Church was arrested in June 2014 on child molestation-related charges. Staff-Kelly J. Huff
Church accepted a plea deal from Cobb District Attorney Vic Reynolds after refusing to step down for a year and a half, despite his arrest and subsequent indictment on six counts: aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and four counts of sexual exploitation of children for child pornography.
A fixture of Kennesaw public life for over two decades, Church admitted to molesting and showing pornography to a then-9-year-old boy at his home in spring of 2014. The child came forward several weeks later, and investigators eventually discovered between 800 and 1,000 images of child pornography on computers belonging to Church.
Church cried in court as he admitted guilt, but offered no words of apology or explanation.
Reynolds said his office agreed to a plea deal, which reduced the aggravated child molestation charge to child molestation, in order to spare the child from having to take the stand.
“It’s easier to admit a murder than it is molesting a child and possessing the volume of child pornography that he possessed,” Reynolds said. “I hope and pray that he was remorseful for what he’s done. … I can tell you he’s going to have a long time to think about it.”
A special election to fill Church’s seat is scheduled to run concurrently with primary elections on May 24, 2016.
While retiring Mayor Mark Mathews insisted that Kennesaw City Council had continued to conduct “business as usual,” retiring Council member Cris Eaton-Welsh said she and many others were angry that Church refused to resign.
“Why would you carry a community that you love through the darkest chapter of your life?” she asked.
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Not much going on in K, here is something to read:
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NEIGHBOR, HOW STANDS THE UNION?
If Daniel Webster were to return today and ask this question, what do you think the answer would be?
The days of admiring the 'bright shining city on a hill' seem to be gone and the Country is ill served by a worthless President and a Congress that has an approval rating of 9 percent of those polled.
Are our 'best days' behind us or can we recover both with our economy and our place in the world leadership?
The 2016 elections may be out last chance to stop our decline and reply: "she stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible."
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"Neighbor, how stands the Union?" from 'the Devil & Daniel Webster'
Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead ----- or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunderstorm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, "Dan'l Webster ----- Dan'l Webster!" the ground'll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake. And after a while you'll hear a deep voice saying, "Neighbor, how stands the Union?" Then you better answer the Union stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible, or he's liable to rear right out of the ground. At least, that's what I was told when I was a youngster.
by steven vincent benet
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12/25/15
NEIGHBOR, HOW STANDS THE UNION?
If Daniel Webster were to return today and ask this question, what do you think the answer would be?
The days of admiring the 'bright shining city on a hill' seem to be gone and the Country is ill served by a worthless President and a Congress that has an approval rating of 9 percent of those polled.
Are our 'best days' behind us or can we recover both with our economy and our place in the world leadership?
The 2016 elections may be out last chance to stop our decline and reply: "she stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible."
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"Neighbor, how stands the Union?" from 'the Devil & Daniel Webster'
Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead ----- or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunderstorm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they say that if you go to his grave and speak loud and clear, "Dan'l Webster ----- Dan'l Webster!" the ground'll begin to shiver and the trees begin to shake. And after a while you'll hear a deep voice saying, "Neighbor, how stands the Union?" Then you better answer the Union stands as she stood, rock-bottomed and copper-sheathed, one and indivisible, or he's liable to rear right out of the ground. At least, that's what I was told when I was a youngster.
by steven vincent benet
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12/25/15
CASTLE LAKE MHP SITE KENNESAW
Days of rain and the Holiday have temporarily closed down the 52 acre construction project on the old home of the Castle Lake trailer park.
Castle Lake Info is available at these sites:
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12/21/15
CHURCH, LEONARD LEROY
GDC ID: 1001688600
