School officials at East Side Elementary in Marietta were excited to reveal their new logo Monday, but were forced to quickly backtrack when parents noticed it bore a striking resemblance to a distasteful image. The new eagle logo, above the letters “ES,” looks similar to the Nazi Eagle, used in Germany starting in the 1920’s and still used by some white supremacist groups today. Oops! Cobb officials quickly retracted the logo and sent out an apology notice, saying they would “review necessary changes.” The botched logo rollout has school officials SINKING…
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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