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Gladiators three-peat The Johns Creek boys team earned its third-straight state championship May 22 at Jekyll Island’s Pine Lakes course. The Gladiators shot a combined one over par during the tournament, besting Creekview by 10 strokes. Read more, Page 10.

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Man arrested for alleged child sex trafficking

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A 31-yearold Cumming man was arrested May 19 after deputies realized he was involved in a child sex trafficking case.

Matthew Humphries was charged with trafficking in sexual servitude, interference with child custody and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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He remains in custody at the Forsyth County Jail. Deputies responded to a call concerning a juvenile at an address in northeast Forsyth County. Once deputies arrived, the 16-year-old girl was interviewed and deputies began to suspect child sex trafficking.

The Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit was asked to assist on the investigation. During that time, it became apparent that the girl was involved in

prostitution and sex crimes and was being victimized, according to a report by the Sheriff’s Office. The girl was found to be a runaway child from DeKalb County. She was turned over to the Department of Family and Children Services.

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Milton man pleads guilty to illegally distributing opioids ATLANTA — Dr. Joseph Lawson Burton, 73, of Milton, pleaded guilty May 22 in federal court to conspiring to illegally distribute opioid painkillers in exchange for sexual favors according to a statement from the Department of Justice. He will be sentenced Aug. 29.

A former medical examiner for multiple metro Atlanta counties, Burton prescribed over 108,000 individual doses of opioids over a two-year period from 2015-17 without BURTON operating a medical clinic or regularly seeing patients, authorities said.

Burton prescribed opioids such as Oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone, irrespective of any legitimate medical purpose and

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Nearby houses burglarized, cash, jewelry missing JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Police responded at 11 p.m., May 18 to two burglary calls in two different houses less than five miles apart.

A man returning home from work at 11 p.m. to his house on Stonefield Landing noticed that his door was ajar and that a light was on in his home that

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Authorities said Burton had sexual relationships with multiple women and wrote prescriptions for opioids for them or under the names of others. He also provided them with blank prescriptions and instructed them on how to fill them out, the statement said. The women then sold the pills.

“This defendant traded prescriptions for sex and is responsible for distributing thousands of doses of dangerous opioids within our community,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak in the statement. “We are grateful for the dedicated work of our local and federal law enforcement partners who are equally committed to the arrest and prosecution of those who seek to profit from unlawfully distributing these drugs.”

shouldn’t be on. Fearing that his home had been burglarized, he called police and did not enter the house until they arrived.

When officers came, they found that the upper deck glass door had been shattered and was likely the point of entry.

The majority of the rooms were ransacked, with drawers and personal belongings strewn about the floor. No suspects were in the house. Upstairs, about $45,000 in cash was stolen along with $19,000 worth of jewelry.

The man and his brother said that there hadn’t been any suspicious activity in the past few weeks, but they did have a new HVAC system installed earlier that month. The neighbors likewise reported they did not see or hear anything suspi-

cious. About four miles away, on Wolford Court, around the same time, another family reported a similar burglary.

The family reported that their home had been burglarized after they had left for a few hours.

When the family returned at 11 p.m. to Wolford Court, they saw that the rear glass door had been shattered and their master bedroom had been ransacked.

More than $50,000 worth of jewelry and watches was missing. The husband said he used to be a jeweler, but currently does not own a business.

The house has an alarm system and motion sensors, but they were not triggered.

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Johns Creek City Hall budget lands in the red

By JOE PARKER joe@appenmediagroup.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek City Council pored over a dizzying array of numbers on the budget for its new City Hall May 21, with multiple motions, amendments and heated exchanges.

After nearly three hours of debates during the work session and council meeting, the dust settled and the city settled on a plan for the initial stages of construction.

One underlying issue remained — despite the council slashing nearly $1 million from the allocations proposed by city staff, the project remained over budget.

The original loan for the 91,000-square foot government building falls $1 million short of the $15 million budget approved at the meeting. In addition, necessary fixtures, furniture and equipment are not included in that price tag.

The city intends to house all its government facilities, including police and fire departments, at the new building.

After the city purchased the new structure, though, it found that the building would need expansion. Because the expansion calls for new construction, it exceeded the $14 million renovation

budget for the project.

“By the time it is all built up, it is much more expensive on a per square foot basis,” Mayor Mike Bodker said.

“The interior space, which is being remodeled, was much less expensive and that was the majority of the building.”

In order to meet the developer’s construction schedule, and simultaneously avoid extending the city’s temporary leased spaces, the council had to move quickly at the May 21 meeting. Balfour Beatty, managing the construction of the project, needed approval to begin the initial stages of construction early next month.

That was a sore point for Post 5 Councilwoman Stephanie Endres, who took issue with the limited amount of time the council had to review the information.

“In the past two years we have had far too many decisions made at the last minute with bad information that, in my opinion, has burned us,” she said.

Endres, who at one point proposed calling a special called meeting later in the week to allow for further review of the proposal, said the council had “another gun to its head” and should not rush its decision.

Though the council eventually

By the time it is all built up, it is much more expensive on a per square foot basis. The interior space, which is being remodeled, was much less expensive and that was the majority of the building.”

MIKE BODKER Johns Creek mayor adopted a budget, it was only finalized after officials spat off dozens of numbers for funding, what the budget did and did not include and whether the city should use funds gained by former tenants of the city hall. But many council members, and undoubtedly those in attendance, were left confused after the calculations differed.

The council also differed on its motions, with three motions and two amendments shot down before a majority was reached.

An original motion by Councilman Chris Coughlin to set the budget at $14.3 million was amended by Councilman Steve Broadbent to $15.3 million with the proviso that funds gained from the city hall’s former tenants be used for financial backing. Both the amendment and original motion failed.

Bradbury then made a motion to decrease his amendment by $300,000 with the additional funding. That proposal did not receive a second.

Councilman Lenny Zaprowski made a motion to set the budget at $14.8 million, which would include equipment and furniture.

Broadbent amended the motion to set the budget at $15 million. The amendment passed.

With the budget set nearly seven figures in the red, Mayor Mike Bodker nominated Endres, Bradberry and Councilman Jay Lin to work with the construction managers to determine where costs could be cut.

In other action at the May 21 meeting, the council also set the maximum price for construction of the new City Hall at just under $12.8 million.

Reeves wins 5th term on Fulton School Board

By CANDY WAYLOCK candy@appenmediagroup.com NORTH FULTON, Ga. – Katie Reeves will retain her long-held seat on the Fulton County Board of Education, after fending off a challenge from retired teacher Tom Pemble for the District 1 seat.

First elected in 1999, Reeves will be sworn in for her 5th four-year term

on Dec. 31. Pemble, who serves on the Milton High School Governance Council, ran a strong campaign, picking up much of his support in the Milton area. His platform of smaller school sizes, school security and support for teachers resonated with many voters.

But in the end, Reeves won easily – garnering 5,000 of the nearly 8,500 votes cast. She credited her victory to a

long record of fiscal responsibility and a student-first focus.

“I think any time you win by almost 20 points, you are surprised and pleased,” said Reeves. “I am very honored to be representing this community for four more years.”

She noted the issues of smaller class sizes and safety in schools, which Pemble campaigned on, are issues the board has

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Reeves said the conversations around these topics throughout the campaign will help direct her focus while at the board table.

“The input from the community during this campaign has given me great insight into what this community supports,” said Reeves.

As far as attracting the best teachers, Reeves said it starts with the community and what it can offer teachers beyond the classroom.

“My focus has always been that we are most accountable to our parents and taxpayers,” said Reeves. “If we are serving those stakeholders well, we will put students first, and create a system that attracts the best and brightest.”

In a message to his supporters following the election, Pemble said a “sleeping giant” has been awakened in the community with a resolve to improve the schools.

“I know that the amazing people I have met throughout my campaign can and will accomplish these changes and that together you can do more than any single person could have,” Pemble said.

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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — City staff announced May 22 that Johns Creek will become the permanent home to a beloved memorial replica.

The city will permanently house “The Wall That Heals,” a 250-foot replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. the monument, created to honor the more than three million Americans who served in Vietnam, bears the names of over 58,000 men and women who died in that conflict.

“The City Council and I are thrilled that our community has been awarded ‘The Wall That Heals,’ and we are looking forward to adding it our already impressive Veterans Memorial Walk,” said Mayor Mike Bodker. “From being named a ‘Purple Heart City,’ to the many veterans activities that take place throughout the year, Johns Creek prides itself as a patriotic community that supports and honors our veterans.”

The wall replica visited the city from March 29-April 2, 2017.

It is part of a program of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, a nonprofit organization that built The Wall in Washington. The organization recently retired the replica after displaying it at over 250 cities across the nation over the course of 10 years.

When they decided to retire the replica, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund staff gave cities the opportunity to bid on the project to own it permanently.

Johns Creek was successful in bringing it home.

“We looked at many factors when deciding what community would be awarded our retiring Wall replica, and

we couldn’t be more pleased to award ‘The Wall That Heals’ to Johns Creek,” said Jim Knotts, president and CEO of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

“We were warmly welcomed here during our 2017 visit and shown how much the community cares about our Vietnam veterans and their families. We know Johns Creek will give ‘The Wall That Heals’ the proper respect it deserves.”

The city’s $80,000 proposal included a full maintenance plan and calls for it to be housed in its Veterans Memorial Walk in Newtown Park. The bid was made possible by the Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau and through a donation by local residents John and Cori Davenport.

Cori, a former city councilwoman, and her husband were also the largest donors to the city’s four-acre Veterans Memorial Walk.

“We greatly appreciate all that the Davenports do to support our veterans and to help the City of Johns Creek demonstrate our deep respect and gratitude for those who have served and sacrificed for our nation,” Bodker said.

During the 2017 tour, over 8,500 people came to visit the then traveling “The Wall That Heals” during its five-day stop in Johns Creek. The stop included a motorcycle escort from the Patrio Guard as well as several veterans’ ceremonies.

Details on when “The Wall that Heals” will arrive have not been released yet, but the city and the Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony once it is installed and ready for public viewing.

“We are honored to partner with the city to bring this meaningful new asset

CITY OF ALPHARETTA PUBLIC NOTICE Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Notice is hereby given that public hearings shall be held before the Mayor and Council of the City of Alpharetta, Georgia on June 11, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. and June 18, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. regarding the adoption of the budget for fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019). The public hearings will take place at City Hall, 2 Park Plaza, Alpharetta, in City Council chambers.

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Roswell Library has brought the Funding Information Network from the Foundation Center to North Fulton with the help of Mary Lyons, grants coordinator for the City of Roswell, Danny Blitch, grants manager for the City of Roswell, and the Friends of the Roswell Library.

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Local golf teams compete in state finals

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ing state finals play at their home course, Dahlonega’s Achasta Golf Club.

Due to weather, the second round of the tournament was cancelled.

Adam Reese shot the lowest score for the Titans with a four over par 76. Hank Joseph shot an 84, two strokes ahead of Wilson Fought.

NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Eighteen North Fulton and Forsyth County teams competed for golf state championships on May 21-22 at courses throughout the state. Two local teams, the Northview girls and Johns Creek boys, earned team state titles.

Class 4A girls

Class 7A boys Rain at Moultrie’s Sunset Country Club shortened play to just one round on May 21. Led by a one stroke over par 73 from Dalton Cauley, Milton earned a third-place finish. Cauley was also third in individual state title play.

After placing as state runner up the past two seasons, Lambert was held to a fourth-place finish with the second round of play called for weather. The Longhorns finished two strokes behind Milton.

The West Forsyth team combined for a 22-over par round to claim fifth place, led by Jason Quinlan who tied for the third lowest individual round. North Forsyth, South Forsyth and North Gwinnett all tied for seventh.

Class 7A girls Lambert’s incredible state championship run came to an end this season.

The Longhorns fell just short of their sixth straight state championship at Spring Hill Country Club The Longhorns’ combined score of 482 was three strokes behind state champions North Gwinnett and two over Mill Creek in second.

The Longhorns were led in both rounds by Kate Owens who shot a 79 and one under par 71. She placed third in individual state championship competition.

South Forsyth finished six strokes behind Lambert to claim fourth for the second straight year. Kelly Strickland led the War Eagles, shooting two over par in the second round.

Roswell placed fifth with a combined score of 501, 13 strokes behind South.

Emily Haigwood shot a combined 17 over par in her two rounds to lead the Hornets.

Blessed Trinity’s girls team earned a top-10 finish, beating out Stephens County by three strokes to earn 10th.

Allie Kantor’s 93 led the Titans ahead of Olivia McWhorter and Haley Gamis.

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Northview captured the Class 6A girls title by two strokes over crosstown rivals Johns Creek. Front row Erica Scutt, left, and Michelle Cao. Standing from left Diana Liu, Coach Phillip Henderson and Christyn Carr.

Class 6A boys Johns Creek kept its state championship streak alive, winning their third straight May 22 at Jekyll Island’s Pine Lakes course. The Gladiators captured the title with an impressive combined score of one over par over two rounds, 10 strokes ahead of Creekview. Andy Mao scored a one under par and Nic Cassidy was even with rounds of 69 and 75.

Cambridge finished seventh in team play, a single stroke behind Greenbrier.

The Bears’ Jake Peacock was one over par in the tournament to lead the team.

Alpharetta’s Walker Carey and Jacob Hatter led the Raiders to a 14th in team scores. Carey shot a seven over par round one and Hatter was even in the second round.

Class 6A girls The duel for the 6A girls title once again came down to crosstown rivals Johns Creek and Northview, but this

year it was the Titans earning the title.

Northview bested Johns Creek by two strokes for the team championship. The Titans were led by Christyn Carr, who also captured the individual state title, with a combined eight over par at Jekyll Island’s Indian Mounds course. Her Northview teammate, Michelle Cao, shot nine over par. Northview’s state title was its first since 2007.

For Johns Creek, Amy Ng and Kate Song each shot a combined 11 over par with Charlie York three strokes behind.

Led by Sanika Kulkarini, Alpharetta placed 12th in team scores.

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What do you want to be when you grow up, Alpharetta? What do you stand for?

Every day when I drive through downtown I am amazed by what I see — new high schools, multimillion-dollar private clubs, town homes under construction from the $700,000s everywhere you RAY APPEN turn. Frequently, Publisher ray@appenmediagroup.com I read through the newspaper, and low and behold, there it goes again — “$38 million luxury fitness facility planned for Alpharetta.”

As I write this column, Alpharetta has not one but six new restaurants waiting to open in City Center.

Our schools are all ranked extremely high, and our SAT scores rival or surpass those in the Northeast. There are more new cars on our roads than old.

Our prep sports teams are winning, and business is good.

By almost any measure, Alpharetta is a city that has arrived.

But, now what?

We know the economy runs in cycles, so we cannot solely rely on continuous breakneck growth to carry our city forward. Our city, like any organization, needs a mission and a shared set

of values to be able to capitalize on our good fortune. We need an identity. We need a culture. We need collectively to stand for something, and everyone needs to feel like they are part of something bigger than they are. What good is all the success and affluence if we don’t do something with it other than aspire to more affluence and growth?

Former Mayor Belle Isle wanted to brand Alpharetta as the “Technology City of the South.” Is that really who we are or want to be? Everyone knows that tomorrow, today’s technology is old hat and the world has moved on.

And who wants to be part of group or can personally identify with something called “technology city” anyway?

What about living in a city known for building Habitat homes, or building miles of bike lanes or fostering local food production and consumption or providing for the homeless or disenfranchised, or encouraging alternative uses to plastic or fossil fuels?

How about being a city with a reputation for being a place where seniors can affordably retire and stay fully engaged in the community through city-sponsored or aided initiatives, facilities, and networking opportunities and outreaches?

How about being part of a city whose

Former Mayor Belle Isle wanted to brand Alpharetta as the “Technology City of the South.” Is that really who we are or want to be? Everyone knows that tomorrow, today’s technology is old hat and the world has moved on. mission is to figure out how to help its citizens personally reconnect to each other, reengage with each other, and reground their lives with meaningful work — work that fosters a sense of value and community.

Right now our world — including Alpharetta / North Fulton — needs a lot of fixing. The trend line is dark, very dark. Our kids are killing themselves.

Our schools are being shot up. Opiate addiction is rampant. Homelessness is accelerating. The sense family, of neighborhoods and social connections are disintegrating, and as a society we are becoming more and more isolated and fragmented.

The high rate of technology growth has far surpassed the rate of social and

personal growth needed to maintain balance in our lives and in our environment. Cities and counties budget for and invest in traditional municipal assets such as transportation, recreation and parks, safety and education while investment in soft assets like “connections” among citizens, stewardship of our natural resources, community building and the arts in general have lagged far behind – almost off the radar in many instances. Investment in “social capital” by municipalities has slowly begun to pick up speed in some cities across the country, yet not so much here in ubersuccessful and affluent North Fulton.

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Tech start-up launches app to engage all Alpharettans

By PATRICK FOX pat@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – A local tech startup has landed a key contract with the city that has already led to big plans ahead.

ITsimple has signed an agreement with the City of Alpharetta for a customized app called “ItsMyTown Alpharetta City App,” the brainchild of company founder Ron Freeman.

ItsMyTown contains current, detailed information about everything in Alpharetta: traffic alerts, free events, restaurants, parks with playgrounds, events for kids, parking, where the nearest store is that you can buy a tie – all with the push of a button. It even responds to voice commands.

The city will pay a whopping $4 for the product over the first two years.

After that, if the contract is renewed, the city will pay up to $3,600 a month for the following two years. After four years, the company would offer the city a 25 percent discount off the price set for cities of similar size.

Freeman said the deal allows him to help his home town and cull a customer base that can be marketed to other cities and counties.

Even before the launch May 17, he already had other clients lining up.

“I’m getting calls now from different states, and this is before we launch,” he said. “People see the benefits, so I’m excited.”

Freeman, a tech wizard in his own right, came to Alpharetta five years ago from Israel with job offers in Silicon Valley.

He says he preferred Alpharetta over the West Coast because of the quality of life and the talent pool.

He got the idea for the app when he encountered some confusion over pursuing his passion: running. He said he had to track down which local parks could accommodate his past-time. He was also amazed, he said, at the low attendance he saw at free, city-sponsored offerings, like children’s events, workshops and movies.

People ought to know about these things, he said.

“There’s really nothing there that consolidates things in our community,” he said.

And, he added, websites that try to catalog services and happenings in a city are often outdated or difficult to navigate.

Freeman said his app will change all that. He’s adamant about engaging users, otherwise the app will be of no use.

What sets this platform apart from, say, a website, he said, is its ease of use and its connectivity.

Everything in the app is geared toward the user, he said.

“When you’re browsing these [traditional] websites, it’s not actionable,” he said. “OK, so you find a website that gives you the name of the place you want. You copy the address, then go to Google Maps to get directions.”

It can take several steps to find the information you want, then find out how to get there, Freeman said.

“It’s a hassle – time, energy – even if you copy and paste, it will just throw in the coordinates,” he said.

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Not only that, Freeman said, the app responds to searches by listing the closest matches to the user’s location.

“Our mission statement is ‘Connecting City and Community,’” Freeman said. “We have some people who rely on Facebook. It’s not the same. They’re not focused on my town.”

ItsMyTown not only maps out locations for searches, it can instantly link

users with Uber or Lyft.

People can set the app to provide traffic alerts, notifications of new events and countless other functions simply and understandably, Freeman said.

It takes the hassle out of navigating life in a city and helps engage residents, he said.

“We solved everything,” Freeman said.

City officials were on board with the idea and wasted no time approving the contract.

“I think it’s a great idea, not for the city to get into the tech business, but for us supporting tech companies and supporting Tech Alpharetta,” Councilman Jason Binder said. “I’m supportive of Tech Alpharetta bringing ideas like this and for us to help where we can.”

Mayor Pro Tem Donald Mitchell asked to have charitable organizations and charity events added as part of the app. He also said the app would prove useful in the hospitality industry.

“I see people sitting in their hotel room wondering where am I going to eat tonight?” he said. “You can literally go through that app and it will list every restaurant within the city limits.”

Councilman Ben Burnett, a veteran of the tech industry, was more pragmatic.

“It’s two years with less than $5 worth of risk to the city,” he said. “They could build it, and we could help them gain a following as they go out and try to expand this business into something where they make millions of dollars and locate somewhere where office space is really expensive and they pay those business property taxes.”

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Forsyth County’s Halcyon set to open March 2019

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — By next spring, Forsyth County will be home to one of the most anticipated mixed-use villages in its history.

Halcyon, a $370 million development, sits on 135 acres along McFarland Parkway off exit 12 on Ga. 400 and is planned to open March 23, 2019.

RocaPoint Partners is one of the companies developing Halcyon. Principal Phil Mays spoke May 22 at the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce’s Coffee and Commerce meeting at the Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta.

Halcyon is focused heavily on dining, he said.

There is a growing list of restaurants and retailers that will be at Halcyon, including three distinct eateries from renowned chef Marc Taft: CO-OP Community Table + Bar, FEED Fried Chicken + Such and a burger restaurant. In addition, Hog Island, MidiCi Neapolitan Pizza, Cocina & Taqueria, Butcher & Brew, Never Enough Thyme and Cherry Street Brewpub have all announced they will be part of the development.

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Many businesses coming to Halcyon are being revealed including an Embassy Suites hotel, Tin Lizzy’s and CMX Theater.

Sweet Tuna, Gu’s Dumplings, Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee and Pita Mediterranean Street Food. All tenants have been secured.

CMX Theater will open a 10-screen, 38,000-square-foot cinema. Two hotels will open, including an Embassy Suites

by Hilton at Halcyon with 152-rooms and a conference room.

The development will also include 690 residential units.

Halcyon is also developing an exten-

sion to the Big Creek Greenway with a paved and lit parking lot, restrooms and a trailhead.

“While there is a trailhead on McFarland today, we envisioned something with quite a bit more to it,” Mays said.

“We took a look at it and started thinking about the Beltline and thought to move the trailhead over and integrate it into the mixed-use. Is that a development we want to be part of? The answer is definitely ‘yes.’ It’s a service to folks

in Alpharetta and definitely people in Forsyth County.”

Halcyon is often compared to Avalon in Alpharetta, the 86-acre development with more than 500,000 square feet of retail, a 12-screen premium theater, a full-service hotel, Class A office, singlefamily residences and luxury rental homes.

“Avalon is a lot more centric to sell goods, like stores and clothing shops that really play upon the development of a retail space,” he said. “We have more of an opportunity to be active in the whole situation. We saw this area really needed entertainment like a high-end movie theater, quality restaurants and a variety of places to be entertained.”

The variety of options at Halcyon leave something for everyone to enjoy, Mays said, including him and his 17-year-old twins.

“We tried to be really careful on the soft goods we bring in like the clothing and boutiques so they have an interest across age groups,” he said. “We aren’t really anchored to that. Since we are on the Greenway, we have a bike store, we are pet friendly with a large dog park.

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U.S. Judge: Elected officials may not block on social media

By KATHLEEN STURGEON kathleen@appenmediagroup.com GEORGIA — Constituents who have been blocked from interacting on social media sites by their elected officials may have a bit of relief coming.

Last week, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald ruled against the Trump Administration in a suit filed by Columbia University over the president’s practice of blocking Twitter users. The university argued that American citizens have the right to be free to express their views to elected officials. Blocking users on a social media website simply because their views run counter to the president’s is undemocratic, the suit argued.

And now, the citizens have their answer.

“This case requires us to consider whether a public official may, consistent with the First Amendment, ‘block’ a person from his Twitter account in response to the political views that person has expressed, and whether the analysis differs because that public official is the President of the United States,” Buchwald wrote. “The answer to both questions is no.”

The judge told Trump attorney Michael Baer that “once it is a public forum, you can’t shut somebody up because you don’t like what they’re saying.”

Baer had argued that blocking on social media amounts to the same thing as the president walking away from a hostile crowd at a town hall meeting.

Buchwald’s ruling said that the blocking of the plaintiffs, which includes the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, based on their political speech constitutes viewpoint discrimination, a violation of the First Amendment.

“In so holding, we reject the defendants’ contentions that the First Amendment does not apply in this case and that the President’s personal First Amendment interests supersede those of plaintiffs,” Buchwald wrote.

Case has local ramifications The conflict between politicians and constituents on social media extends to North Georgia.

Locally, multiple elected officials have said they block people from their social media sites for various reasons, from considering the commenter an annoyance to reportedly disagreeing with what they’re posting.

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Sean J. Young, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, he said the court ruling backs up what his organization has been saying over the past year when they have approached those elected officials blocking.

“When a government has a social media site, that is a public forum,” Young said. “When you have a public forum, you cannot discriminate against people whose viewpoints you don’t like.”

Those officials in question argue that often the reason they have to block someone is due to pestering.

State Rep. for District 22 Wes Cantrell said he has blocked few people over the years for profane language or name calling.

Alpharetta City Councilman Donald Mitchell said he has only blocked one person because they were “constantly being negative to the point of neurosis.”

Forsyth County Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills said she blocked several people after she found some want to make everything about themselves and they will use a person like her to get attention.

“I am not big on being used to feed their own agendas that have no benefit to my job as commissioner in receiving good input or advice on making things better at the county, but it’s only about tearing me down personally,” Mills said.

“I have little time to deal with all the drama some people live to create. My plate is more than full, and I am on many crusades to improve the lives of others, but people who live to only be negative and their main objectives is to harm others need to self-examine.”

Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker uses his public and political Facebook and Twitter accounts to interact with the public.

“I generally communicate with my constituents by telephone or email,” Bodker said. “Occasionally, I will get a message via Facebook and will respond in kind. I have blocked fake troll accounts from my personal Facebook page.

I do not tolerate being harassed on my personal Facebook page.”

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To his recollection, he said he has never blocked someone from his political or public accounts.

“I have only blocked accounts that were fictitious in nature,” Bodker said.

“Should the real person behind that account wish to complain, I would certainly ensure that their First Amendment rights were protected. Likewise, if they revealed themselves they would be subjected to the same level of libel or slander liabilities the rest of us have while operating in the open light of day.”

Who decides what is ‘suitable?’

But for the ACLU’s Young, it’s too dangerous to go down the murky road of allowing officials to determine who is suitable to post.

“As we enter this ‘brave, new world’ of social media, we have to continue to apply those basic First Amendment principles to that world,” Young said.

“What are the criteria of being labeled a ‘troll?’ What if someone is just annoying?

The problem is when you have vague criteria governing when someone should be blocked or banned from speaking, it is often applied in a discriminatory and undemocratic way.”

He said an official may find a commenter incredibly annoying because they keep expressing an unpopular viewpoint.

“That person has the First Amendment right to speak, no matter how many people find his viewpoints obnoxious,” Young said. “The First Amendment gives broad cover for people of all segments of society to speak freely. It wasn’t put in place to protect the government’s feelings. By and large, viewpoints are protected under the First Amendment no matter how unpopular they are.”

The court ruling does allow for some exceptions, the same ones that have existed with First Amendment cases for decades.

“The government can ban speech that incites someone to imminent lawless action such as ‘go commit this violent act’ or ‘go do this thing that’s illegal,’” Young said. “The First Amendment does not protect real threats like

violence against someone else.”

The ACLU of Georgia isn’t going to wait for officials to comply with the law, Young said. The organization has already been sending out warnings and letters to those in violation. By and large, they have been complying with the letters without the ACLU of Georgia having to bring legal action.

State Sen. John Albers, who represents portions of North Fulton and Cherokee County, says he does not believe he is violating his constituents’ First Amendment rights by blocking them when he deems it appropriate.

The case for ‘personal’ accounts In an emailed statement, Albers said his official information and press releases can be found on the Georgia General Assembly website or on his campaign website at senatoralbers.com.

Social media, however, is personal, Albers said. He said he updated his Facebook and Twitter pages last month to reflect that his pages are “personal and occasionally (have) campaign messages.”

Albers, along with other officials who admit to blocking some people, said he thinks the ruling will be appealed.

“The judgement was made regarding the president’s account which is managed using government resources in the White House,” Albers said. “My social media accounts do not fall under the same category since mine are personal and always have been. I do not use any state resources to manage them, so this ruling doesn’t apply, whether it stands or is appealed.”

Young said he’s skeptical about the claims of “harassment.”

“I want to know exactly what they consider harassment,” he said. “Is it harassment if a constituent writes letters to them or posts online once a week saying they should be kicked out office?

I really hope our politicians have thicker skin than that.”

A large part of the issue is that many officials see their social media accounts as personal, Young said, so they think they can do what they want with it.

“If they’re using it for government purposes, the First Amendment applies,” Young said. “They need to put on their big boy pants and let people criticize and say whatever they want in these government forums. They were elected into office to represent their constituents.

How are they going to do that if they can’t even hear what their constituents are saying?”

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Grandmother swindled out of $4,200 in scam JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A woman was swindled out of $4,200 when she was convinced by callers that her granddaughter had been arrested after a car crash and needed help.

The woman said that at 9 a.m. on May 16, she received a phone call from a woman claiming to be her granddaughter.

The caller said that she had been in a car cash, was arrested and needed help.

She then passed the phone to a man who said he was a lawyer assisting her.

The fake lawyer convinced the woman to buy six $700 gift cards from Sam’s Club and read off the numbers to him.

After the woman did so, she was once again contacted by a different man who said he belonged to a law firm representing her granddaughter and that she needed to purchase another $3,000 in gift cards.

This time, the woman did not do so and instead called her granddaughter to verify if she had been in an accident.

She had not.

The woman called Sam’s Club about the incident, but employees told her that there was nothing they could do at that point. She contacted police to file a report.

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Lacrosse: Continued from Page 11 flicked it from the ground into the back of the net to extend BT’s lead to 6-4 with

a little under nine minutes left.

“Offensively we played really well on the ground to get those groundballs and keep those possessions,” Parker said. “[GAC’S} goalie played great, so the biggest thing is making those shots count. “ After the Titans’ flurry of goals, it was

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up to their defense to make a stand.

Though the Spartans cut the lead to 6-5 with six minutes to play, BT goalie Victor Nicholl, who had made impressive saves throughout the game, came up with three crucial saves in the final minutes.

With four minutes left, a Spartan player got behind the BT defenders and faced Nicholl one-on-one. Facing a hard shot in close, Nicholl got in position to make the save off his lower abdomen.

Seconds later, he made another great save but slipped while trying to set up a BT possession. GAC recovered the loose ball and put another hard shot on net, but once again, Nicholl came away with the save.

“Nicholl played out of his mind like he always does,” Parker said.

The Titans exchanged possessions with GAC in the final three minutes, eventually killing off the last 33 seconds to secure the win and send a frenzied BT

Visit NorthFulton.com to read about Blessed Trinity girls lacrosse state title. sideline onto the field in jubilation.

“We went out and took it,” Parker said. “We wanted to win it for the coaches and all the great alumni that came before us and we were able to come out and get this win. I couldn’t be prouder of these boys.”

The Titans trailed 3-2 at the half with Bennett Oess and Noah Jones scoring for BT. GAC extended their lead to 4-2 midway through the third period before Holthaus scored his first goal.

Blessed Trinity’s championship was the school’s second of the day. Six hours earlier, the girls lacrosse team won their third straight championship with a 15-7 win over Starr’s Mill.

Alpharetta: Continued from Page 15 ing point — where cities must reconsider what they plan, budget for and invest in.

The technology tsunami that is driving most of the growth, and all the collateral damage that comes with it, is not slowing down; it is accelerating.

Cities need to lead, not follow in helping reinvent the world. Connecting people to each other in meaningful ways and providing a mission and a culture that allows citizens to belong to something — something good and bigger than they are — can’t be viewed any longer as a discretionary goal or budget line item. Investment in social capital needs to become a fundamental priority, and we need to view it as much of a hard asset as the bricks in the new city hall or 10-foot-wide sidewalks.

We need to be careful about allowing ourselves to paint ourselves into a narrow corner with our thinking.

Growth, density, traffic and everything that we frequently associate with “progress” does not have to be something we automatically see as negative — something we must fear, fight or oppose, as long as we are smart enough to convert that energy and the resources that are generated into initiatives that balance the impact of growth and leverage it into creating things we value.

We need to focus on using that growth to foster, support, and enable community, relationships, connectivity, and in general make our worlds better, healthier, safer, and more meaningful.

What we do with the growth is the key — not whether or not we allow the growth to occur.

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Magnolia Ball celebrates timeless romance June 9 ROSWELL, Ga. — The 33rd annual Magnolia Ball will return June 9 at the Cherokee Town Club. This year, the theme is “Timeless Romance.”

The ball, hosted by Friends of Bulloch Inc. and presenting sponsor Malon D. Mimms, will celebrate the wedding of President Theodore Roosevelt’s parents Mittie Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt, which occurred at Bulloch Hall on Dec. 22,

1853.

This year’s black tie event is also in memory of Bill W. Gray, the past president of Friends of Bulloch, who worked toward the historic preservation of Bulloch Hall.

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