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Contested races in Northeast Georgia
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Hall County Gainesville Mayor Charles Alvarez Danny Dunagan Debra Harkrider Rose Johnson Clermont City Council (2 at-large posts) Brett Adams Lynn Adams Bradley Armour Kristi Crumpton Mary Ellen Rogers, incumbent Flowery Branch Mayor Shanon Lutz Mike Miller, incumbent City Council, Post 5 Chris Fetterman Tara Richards, incumbent Post 3 Ed Edwards Fred Richards, incumbent Banks County Homer Mayor Doug Cheek, incumbent Martha Cotton Habersham County Countywide SPLOST referendum Shall a special one percent sales and use tax be continued in the special district of Habersham County for a period of time of six years and for the raising of approximately $33,600,000 for the purpose of funding (i) public safety; roads and bridges; recreation and economic development capital outlay projects for Habersham County, (ii) water and sewer; downtown development; recreation and roads and bridges capital outlay projects for Alto, (iii) water and sewer; roads and bridges; recreation; public safety and economic development capital outlay projects for Baldwin, (iv) public safety; recreation; water and sewer and downtown public facilities development and roads and streetscape capital outlay projects for Clarkesville, (v) public safety; water and sewer; public facilities; recreation; roads and streetscape capital outlay projects for Cornelia, (vi) recreation; public safety; roads and bridges and water and sewer capital outlay projects for Demorest, (vii) public safety; water and sewer; public facilities; recreation and road capital outlay projects for Mount Airy and (viii) public safety; water and sewer; roads and bridges; public facilities and recreation capital outlay projects for Tallulah Falls? Baldwin Mayor Jerry R. Neace, incumbent Avery J. Murray City Council, Post 5 Robert Bohannon, incumbent Larry Lewallen Clarkesville Mayor Terry Greene, incumbent Robert A. Kilgore City Council, Post 1 Tina Courson Evans, incumbent Barrie Aycock Post 5 Bradley Ewan Lewallen, incumbent Leigh Johnston Referendum questions (2013-4): Shall the governing authority of the City of Clarkesville be authorized to permit and regulate Sunday sales of distilled spirits or alcoholic beverages for beverage purposes by the drink? (2013-5): Shall the governing authority of the City of Clarkesville be authorized to permit and regulate package sales by retailers of both malt beverages and wine on Sundays between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. (2013-6): Shall a special ad valorem tax exemption, including all such taxes levied for educational and state purposes, be granted for inventory of goods in the process of manufacture or production which shall include all partly finished goods and raw materials held for direct use or consumption in the ordinary course of the taxpayer’s manufacturing or production business in the City of Clarkesville, Georgia. The exemption provided for in this paragraph shall apply only to tangible personal property which is substantially modified, altered, or changed in the ordinary course of the taxpayer’s manufacturing, processing, or production operations in the City of Clarkesville, Georgia.