Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is currently undergoing a series of important tests that will show if the reactor is ready to start working with nuclear fuel. The testing, which will last six to eight weeks, will serve as an important hurdle to getting the first plant online. The plant will also have to undergo some “remediation work” that should serve as the final step before becoming fully operational. If all goes well with the testing, the new Vogtle unit’s path to coming online will be RISING…
Taxpayers nervous about two Fulton Commission races
Georgia’s largest county– Fulton– has Democrat Mo Ivory running for County Commission chair. This year, she was the sole commissioner to vote for a tax hike. Now she has new spending plans that could cause property taxes to soar by 40 percent! Republican Bridget Thorne is challenging Ivory– and Thorne is endorsed by the outgoing Democrat chair because they oppose any hike. To stop the Democrats’ tax increase, Republican and retired IBM executive Paul Burton seeks to defeat Ivory ally Jodi Merriday in another Commission contest. The races could be close. DRIFTING….
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