Miscellaneous
Today’s top headlines: COVID-19 patient, 45, walks out of Floyd after 57 days in care both there and at Piedmont. Positive tests: 1,561 in NW Georgia. State death toll at 2,648. Rome City Commission unanimously OKs refunding alcohol pouring license fees to area restaurants for 2 months during COVID-19 shutdown. Combined refund: $41,000. State Patrol: Summerville man faces multiple charges, including 3 counts of aggravated assault against a peace officer, following chase that ends with wreck in Armuchee. Education: Unity Christian School outlines plans for resumption of classes on Aug. 10. A more comprehensive plan to be released in July. Body of 36-year-old man found in Allatoona. Rome Floyd Chamber’s Minority Business Summit today from 1 until 2 p.m. Changes for Cedartown Municipal Court. Ware Mechanical Weather Center: A bit of a temperature rollback today through Wednesday (mid 80s). Storms possible each afternoon, evening. Truett’s Chick-Fil-A Sports Report: GHSA director sees fall sports even if some students are learning online. Rant of the day: Solution for downtown concerns -- sex and alcohol? The under card from Monday night's Rome City Commission meeting was Broad Street, particularly concerns about recent events, both real and another under continuing review. One was a pretty savage beating that involved knives; the other -- at least excessive speeding but perhaps not the incident as originally stated as there is no video from it or witnesses to support it. Throughout the meeting, Broad Street issues continued to be mentioned. But the kicker was the closer when Mayor Bill Collins implied that Commissioner Mark Cochran was perhaps interfering with police as he monitored downtown protests? All the while, there was no immediate action taken to address rising downtown safety concerns. Other than committee review which take forever. So we suggest they somehow find a way to blend another so-called sex shop relocation into downtown neighborhoods or even open containers of alcohol into the mix. That will get some reaction from the City Commission, for sure. We have a statewide image to maintain, after all.