State Opens New License Plate Design to Public Vote

1. In case the old peach design of the Georgia license plate has soured on you, a new design is in the works. Even better, you can have input on what it will look like!

As part of the new design effort, the state received more than 500 design entries from the public. A panel of Georgia college and university art professors then winnowed the designs to eight finalists.

Online voting can be accessed here and state officials are encouraging all Georgians to vote for the design that best represents the state.

Online voting continues until July 8, when the three plates that received the most votes will be presented to Gov. Nathan Deal. The winning plate is expected to be announced by the governor on July 15.

2.   remain on the hunt for a suspect in the weekend shooting death of Reginald Gibson, 28. On Monday afternoon, detectives began in hopes of identifying a suspect.

3.  For your civic duty enjoyment today, the meet for a week session at 1:30 p.m. and then again for its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Both meetings will be held in the commissioners’ boardroom on the second floor of

4. The Cobb Chamber of Commerce has begun touting its first annual Business-After Hours J.A.M. (Joint Association Meeting) as the social event of the summer. Chamber officials this week reached out to the 12 business associations across the county to serve as co-hosts.

The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. July 7 at the It serves as the first event collaboration of the Cobb Chamber and the Coalition of Cobb County Business Associations. 

5. Today is National Columnists Day. Not sure that all of the pompous folks who have a regular column (I suppose Marietta Patch's The 5 Things might be included) need a day of their, but there is one. Who are some of your favorite columnists and why? We have a space right below here for you to tell us.