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New face, big ideas Phil Cranmer to join Milton City Council with ideas for viable commercial sector By AMBER PERRY | amber@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — In the four months leading up to his success on Election Day, Phil Cranmer says he knocked on about 1,000 doors, learning the needs and desires of the community. Cranmer, the only new face to Milton City Council who won in a contested race, defeated incumbent Councilman Rick Mohrig with about 60 percent of the District 3, Post 2 votes. Throughout several council meetings, Milton residents had vocalized their support of Mohrig – a man whose service to Milton predates its incorporation and continued with several terms as councilman. But, Cranmer, a 17-year Milton resident, said he felt good about his position in the race. “Based on the feedback and the conversations that I had with people, I really did feel like the messaging was resonating,” Cranmer told Appen Media.
See CRANMER, Page 12
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Phil Cranmer, who would later win the District 3, Post 2 seat, holds a sign outside of the Milton Public Safety Complex Nov. 7. He will be sworn in early January.
Alumni Officials guide transportation plan, jumpstart roundabout UGA flood City By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
MILTON, Ga. — With plans to adopt an updated Comprehensive Transportation Plan in December, the Milton City Council
discussed potential shifts in project priorities at its meeting Nov. 19. The Comprehensive Transportation Plan, drafted in 2009, is a long-range, multimodal transportation plan that assesses the city’s existing and future transportation
needs. The goals of the document are to help identify priorities, establish a relationship between local and regional expectations and support other city plans.
See PLAN, Page 10
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