The Georgia Lottery Corp. just announced record profits for education during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. Profits transferred to the state treasury’s Lottery for Education Account total $290.45 million, surpassing last year’s record first quarter transfer by $16.85 million. “Educational programs funded by the lottery continue to lay the groundwork for Georgia’s evolving and growing workforce,” says Gov. Nathan Deal. “The $19 billion generated by Georgia Lottery has provided the HOPE scholarship to more than 1.8 million college students and offered access to lottery-funded Pre-K programs for more than 1.4 million 4-year-olds. The ongoing success of the Georgia Lottery is major component of ensuring each child in Georgia attains a quality education from start to finish.” Indeed, our state’s well-run lottery ship keeps RISING…
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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