Judge sends PTC teen to prison on cart theft charges following new arrest for sex crime

A Peachtree City teenager was sent to prison for five years after his probation was revoked Wednesday based on an alleged sex crime involving a 14-year-old girl.

Joshua Phillip Mobley, 19, of Wisdom Road, has only been charged at this point with aggravated child molestation, but Fayette County Superior Court Judge Christopher Edwards ruled there was enough evidence to determine he had violated his conditions of probation from an incident last year involving a stolen golf cart.

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Tyrone to settle Post 3 race Tuesday

The time has come for Tyrone voters to have their say in the race for the Post 3 seat on the Tyrone Town Council.

Voters on Nov. 5 will choose between incumbent Councilman Ken Matthews and challenger Pota Coston.

Matthews, a disabled veteran raised in the Tyrone area, served on the Tyrone Planning Commission, the Tyrone Founders’ Day committee, is past president of the Rotary Club of Fayette Daybeak and works as a part-time Realtor.

“I envision seeing Tyrone progress in the future while maintaining the charm and beauty of a small town,” Matthews said.

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PTC candidates report donations

Logsdon, Fleisch lead mayor’s pack; anti-Haddix group outpaces mayor

With Peachtree City voters on the cusp of answering political questions in Tuesday’s election, a look at the campaign disclosure forums filed by the candidates could be telling, depending on how deep you want to read into the political tea leaves.

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Superheroes (and others) at Tyrone Town Hall

Tyrone town staff got into the Halloween spirit this week by dressing up as characters. Back row (L-R) are Jennifer Patton, Lynda Owens, Dina Rimi, Michelle Gaston, Beth Vaughn and Town Manager Kyle Hood. Front row (L-R): Sandy Beach and Dee Baker. Photo/Special.

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Construction underway on Senoia’s Gin Property

It may be a small residential development by most standards, but due to its location adjacent to downtown Senoia, the construction of six new homes on the Gin Property is significant.

Of the six new homes, five will be located on Lower Creek Trail immediately to the west of the brownstones, one of which was the Southern Living Magazine “2010 Idea House.” The sixth home will be located on Morgan Street, immediately south of the brownstones and adjacent to Southern Living’s “2012 Idea House.”

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Construction underway on Senoia's Gin Property

It may be a small residential development by most standards, but due to its location adjacent to downtown Senoia, the construction of six new homes on the Gin Property is significant.

Of the six new homes, five will be located on Lower Creek Trail immediately to the west of the brownstones, one of which was the Southern Living Magazine “2010 Idea House.” The sixth home will be located on Morgan Street, immediately south of the brownstones and adjacent to Southern Living’s “2012 Idea House.”

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2nd Monster Golf Cart Rally deemed a success

A new golf cart-decorating tradition is taking root in Peachtree City thanks to a dedicated group of people wanting to fight against blood-based cancer.

For the second year in a row, residents turned out for the Monster Golf Cart Rally, an event raising money for the national Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Oct. 27. The idea is for participants to decorate their carts with a monster theme to scare off blood cancer.

The golf carts again took their path around Lake Peachtree to raise awareness and hope one day for a cure, according to organizer Amanda Johns.

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Labor commissioner talks in Senoia about employment gains

Georgia Dept. of Labor (DOL) Commissioner Mark Butler spoke to the Coweta-Fayette Rotary Club Monday night, updating the group on DOL initiatives designed to combat unemployment and boost the skills needed for the Georgia job market which is becoming increasingly high-tech.

Butler noted that, with high employment from the Great Recession and with the trust fund depleted in 2009, the state had to borrow money from the federal government to meet unemployment insurance obligations. That amount plus interest amounted to nearly $1 billion.

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Report: Three Pages of Rand Paul’s Book Were Plagiarized

Sen. Rand Paul
(R-Ky.) is facing another accusation of plagiarism.

According to BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski, a whole section of
Paul’s book
Government Bullies
was copied from a 2003 Heritage
Foundation
case study
. The case study is reportedly cited in the book’s
footnotes, but there is no indication or acknowledgement that
the same words from the study were taken and used in the text
of the book.

A spokesman from The Heritage Foundation told BuzzFeed that they
“don’t care” about the copying.

From
BuzzFeed
:

An entire section of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s 2013
book Government Bullies was copied wholesale
from a 2003 case study by the Heritage Foundation, BuzzFeed
has learned. The copied section, 1,318 words, is by far the most
significant instance reported so far of Paul borrowing language
from other published material.

The new cut-and-paste job follows reports by BuzzFeed, Politico,
and MSNBC that Paul had plagiarized speeches either from Wikipedia
or news reports. The book was published in August 2013 by Center
Street, a division of Hachette Book Group.

The news comes days after Paul was accused of plagiarizing from
the Wikipedia entry on the sci-fi film Gattaca during
a speech at Liberty University. Reason‘s Ron Bailey wrote
on the controversy surrounding the Liberty University speech

here

Paul
has dismissed
 questions surrounding his speech and has
accused MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who pointed out some of the
similarities between sections of Paul’s speech and the
Gattaca Wikipedia article, of “spreading hate on me for
three years now.”

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Report: Three Pages of Rand Paul's Book Were Plagiarized

Sen. Rand Paul
(R-Ky.) is facing another accusation of plagiarism.

According to BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski, a whole section of
Paul’s book
Government Bullies
was copied from a 2003 Heritage
Foundation
case study
. The case study is reportedly cited in the book’s
footnotes, but there is no indication or acknowledgement that
the same words from the study were taken and used in the text
of the book.

A spokesman from The Heritage Foundation told BuzzFeed that they
“don’t care” about the copying.

From
BuzzFeed
:

An entire section of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s 2013
book Government Bullies was copied wholesale
from a 2003 case study by the Heritage Foundation, BuzzFeed
has learned. The copied section, 1,318 words, is by far the most
significant instance reported so far of Paul borrowing language
from other published material.

The new cut-and-paste job follows reports by BuzzFeed, Politico,
and MSNBC that Paul had plagiarized speeches either from Wikipedia
or news reports. The book was published in August 2013 by Center
Street, a division of Hachette Book Group.

The news comes days after Paul was accused of plagiarizing from
the Wikipedia entry on the sci-fi film Gattaca during
a speech at Liberty University. Reason‘s Ron Bailey wrote
on the controversy surrounding the Liberty University speech

here

Paul
has dismissed
 questions surrounding his speech and has
accused MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who pointed out some of the
similarities between sections of Paul’s speech and the
Gattaca Wikipedia article, of “spreading hate on me for
three years now.”

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24/7
.

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