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April 17, 2014 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 18, No. 16
Rep. Riley backs grass roots coalition ATLANTA – State Rep. Lynne Riley, R-Johns Creek, said she is backing a new non-partisan grassroots organization that wants Washington to focus on helping small businesses get the economy going again instead of the usual party politics of brinksmanship and finger-pointing. Riley said she recently attended the Main Street Growth and Opportunity Coalition launch event where she supported the group’s call for federal lawmakers to take action on just three areas: tax and immigration reform and expanded trade. The Main Street Growth and Opportunity Coalition, which has launched a Georgia chapter, is an alliance of businesses, local trade associations and concerned individuals. They say they are commit-
ted to supporting “a common sense, progrowth agenda for America.” It is an agenda Riley can support. “American businesses pay RILEY way too much in taxes, and are forced to dedicate far too many resources to navigating our overcomplicated tax code,” said Riley. “If we really want the economy to grow and create more jobs, we need to relieve both of these burdens on businesses by lowering their taxes and make the tax code simpler.” The Main Street Coalition does not offer specific solu-
See RILEY, Page 6
How to avoid heartburn over Heartbleed virus The Franz family are all smiles today because someone decided to be an organ donor. From left are Hailey, Shannon, Maddie, Kirk and Kali Franz.
Organ transplant recipient ‘pays it forward’ with tourney Swing Easy Hit Hard charity golf tournament brings awareness to need for organ donors By HATCHER HURD hatcher@northfulton.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Four years ago, Kirk Franz, Johns
Creek’s recreation and parks manager, was 36 years old and had it all – a job he loved, a loving wife and three wonderful children.
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Then in late 2009, the doctor gave Franz a virtual death sentence. He had cancer of the liver and the bile duct. “A liver transplant saved my life,” Franz said. “I was blessed that someone made
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Web’s biggest problem has solutions By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Anyone with a computer has probably heard or seen information about the newest threat to cyber security, “Heartbleed.” Fortunately, there are solutions already out there, but users still must act to protect themselves by changing their passwords. “This is the largest serverside security flaw we have ever seen,” said Tyler Jones, of Carmichael Consulting Solutions.
There are many websites out there that allow you to check if a website is affected. One such website is heartbleed.criticalwatch. com. Another is www. ssllabs.com/ssltest. “What makes it unique is that, unlike most security threats in IT, there is nothing you can do on the client side.” That means the user can-
See HEARTBLEED, Page 11