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At the same time she is doing her best to remove a duly elected black women from the county commission without cause in the middle of her term.
Mr. Plent, you failed to mention the reason for removing this so-called duly elected commissioner.
Mr Plent always seems to forget the details.
There is absolutely NO way 76.8 percent of people in Cobb would say there need to be more efforts toward diversity. Totally bogus.
How much did the survey cost for fewer than 500 responses?
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