The battle over State Rep. Allen Peake’s HB 722, which would allow for medical marijuana to be grown in the state for use by people with one of a handful of pre-approved maladies, heated up this week as supporters rallied at the State Capitol to support it. Currently use of medical cannabis by those suffering from one of those eight conditions is legal, but actually getting it into the state remains illegal, causing quite the conundrum. The bill has until the 29th to pass through the State House, but for now a stiff opposition has its fate DRIFTING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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