It appears not all the nominations for Fort Oglethorpe mayor Lynn Long’s charter study committee will make the final cut. The mayor, after the state legislature decided to review the city’s charter, decided to form his own charter study committee comprised of eight local registered voters. But following the council’s May 13 meeting, in which each of the four council members was prompted to name two people to serve on the committee, Long decided the prospective members must be approved individually by a council vote. The reason behind approving them by council vote is because of council memb...
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