FORT O HAND-DELIVERS CUSTOM CALENDARS
Throughout the week before Christmas, Fort Oglethorpe Police Chief Keith Sewell, as well as some of his officers and workers from every city department, have been going doorto-door in Fort Oglethorpe giving out calendars.
They’re not just any calendars, though. They’re special Fort Oglethorpe calendars that feature photographs of the city contributed by a variety of people, information about trash, brush and bulk item pickup and a whole page of phone numbers and contact information for Fort Oglethorpe specifically and another for the wider community. Information encompasses utilities, services, police, fire and other help, city government, recreation, events, health services, schools and much more.
The idea was Sewell’s. He said he was inspired by the calendar the
Electric Power Board in Chattanooga does for its employees. “I proposed the idea to our city manager,” says Sewell, “and she liked it and presented it to City Council.”
This is the second year the city has produced the calendar — and the second year city employees have hand-delivered them to residents. Sewell says it takes six or seven days to get them out to everyone. This year, part will be delivered before Christmas and the rest after.
City Manager Molly Huhn, who also helps deliver calendars, says the city had 5,500 copies printed this year at a cost from the general fund of about $3.37 each. “This year, we also had them wrapped in plastic — a lesson we learned from last year.”
Huhn and Sewell both say the reaction of residents has been enthusiastic. “People started calling for one this year before we even had them ready,” Sewell said. “Citizens have been ecstatic over them.”
Without the option to vacate the speaker, says Moore, the speaker has almost dictatorial power.
“Pelosi got rid of this century-old rule,” says
Moore, “because she knew her leadership would be challenged by those who are paying attention. Bringing back the motion will restore power to the people’s representatives and give them the power to call into question an illegitimate Speaker.”
Moore is calling on conservative U.S. Representatives from Georgia to choose someone
other than Mccarthy as speaker of the now Republican-dominated House.
“I am urging,” says Moore, “House Representatives Earl Carter, Drew Ferguson, Rich Mccormick, Austin Scott, Andrew Clyde, Mike Collins, Barry Loudermilk, Rick Allen, and Marjorie Taylor Greene to vote against Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House.”