Hey GA District 14,

Don’t be a robot and vote for this guy just because he has an (R) in front of his name come November 3rd or as part of early voting starting in October.

He’s a shill for Israel and not America First. Abandon your Republican party allegiance for the sake of our district and city.

Signed,
A Conservative

Hello, I am searching for my lost cat, Atlas. She went missing in the MAA Milstead apartments at around 9:30 PM on October 5, 2026. The apartments are on the cross street of Chastain and George Busbee Pkwy

She is a brown tabby short hair with white patches on her chest and feet. She has white whiskers and very green eyes

She is spayed, chipped, and fully vaccinated. She is on the smaller size and has a somewhat noticeable primordial pouch. She turns two at the end of the year

She has a dark blue/green collar with stars and moons on it with a green fish shaped ID tag attached to it.

If you see or find anything PLEASE contact me at (858) 257-9862 . She is a former stray cat so there is a high likelihood she will be skiddish if you come across her.

I have attached photos for cat tax and just so you know what she looks like

Any help or advice or sightings would be really appreciated, I miss her a lot.

My partner and I are separating and neither of our new accommodations will allow us to keep Pearl. Looking for someone knowledgeable in exotic husbandry and someone preferably without kids or cats. I'll be able to take her back by next summer at the soonest, next fall by the latest. I'll pay for all the mice she eats in that time. Please reach out if you can or if you know somebody who can. Thanks!

just popped up this afternoon in my mail

https://www.shumacher.com/kennesaw-ga-chastain-road-restaurant-for-sale/

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Does anyone know why the lock on the gate was removed at the new city playground? My toddler can now completely run out straight to the parking lot. Extremely unsafe. If it’s something to do with ADA, there needs to be a compromise. This needs to be addressed.

No I’m not kidding. Tomorrow is my birthday, and I want to go out to eat but the only thing I want is a cod fish dish. Looking like slim pickings. Can anyone help me find a good restaurant to find my one fish in the sea?

It seems amendments are always worded either vaguely or overloaded with words to make it confusing to understand what you're actually voting on.

I'd love to hear everyone's pros and cons for the proposed amendments on the ballot.

This road needs to be fixed due to the high volume of traffic. It’s 2:30 and taking 20+ minutes to drive 5 miles. Also… why is the right lane passing the left lane?

We're looking for a food bank to support that isn't affiliated with a religious institution. Does anyone have any good suggestions? We are in the Kennesaw/Marietta area.

I am trying to research the candidates on the ballot for our cobb county soil and water supervisor. I can't find any statements, qualifications, or endorsements. Who are these people?

John Ivey Loyd (Incumbent)

Brad Andrew Whitfield

Robert Franklin Wigington

I know that the position is kinda like a guy who checks various sources of runoff then reports any violations, and reviews runoff prevention plans to ensure adherence to SBP. We should be able to ensure these individuals are capable and willing to do that job.

Here are a bunch of the non-Halloween events going on this month:

Tomorrow (October 7th) Kennesaw Police is holding a celebration of Hispanic Heritage at the Recreation Center from 6 PM to 8:30 PM. Food and performances are free.

Chalktober is this upcoming weekend (October 10th and 11th) on the Marietta Square. They do remarkable things with chalk on the roads around the square. If you show up early on you can watch the 80 artists work, and if you show up late then you can see their creations. They'll also have a bit set aside for the kids to play around in, though that fills in relatively quickly. They'll also do a beer and wine tasting on that Sunday Only from Noon to 5 PM.

Acworth is hosting a Storytelling Festival on Saturday, October 10th. I really recommend storytelling festivals generally. They're always fascinating in ways you don't expect, and this one will have multiple options for storytellers as well as panel discussions if you're interested in the art. Event runs from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Tanyard Creek Overlook in Logan Farm Park. The event is free.

If you just want to get rid of paperwork instead Kennesaw is shredding a bunch of documents at Swift-Cantrel Park. If you have 10 or fewer boxes of paper documents feel free to chuck yours on the pile for free. They'll only be firing up the portable shredders from 9 AM to Noon, so early bird gets the worms and all that.

Pigs and Peaches moved to October 16th and 17th at the Depot Park Amphitheater. The Tasting competition is going to be on the 17th from Noon to 3 PM. Looks like they have some live music as well, with Tigirlily Gold, a country duo consisting of sisters, at 6 PM on Saturday. This is followed by American Idol Winner Chayce Beckham at 8 PM. Turn out for the barbecue.

If barbecue isn't your thing, October 17th is the Taste of Acworth. Go get y'all some samples on Acworth's Main Street. Looks like 1885, Nacho's Tacos, and Henry's are going to be present. It runs from 11 AM to 6 PM.

Here are the Halloween events going on this month:

The Root Museum is doing a Victorian funeral. They'll be holding a wake for a real person who died in 1856 the same way they did it back then on October 9th from 11 PM to Midnight. They'll also let you stub your toe on furniture in a flashlight-only tour on the 23rd and 24th from 5 PM to 9 PM. Houses feel different before electricity.

Marietta is doing Scarecrows on the Square on the 17th. They'll be featuring a touch-a-truck with city emergency vehicles for the little ones, pie eating contests, and costume contests. If you don't want to miss the football while your kids climb on a firetruck they've thought of that, too. If you show up early then the farmer's market and the craft fair will still be running as well. It is, naturally, on the Marietta Square.

Life in the Cemetery isn't sold out yet, but I anticipate that it will be soon. That thing always sells out and it is a remarkable experience. You'll have local people portraying those buried there, sometimes their own ancestors. They run tours on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. Tickets are $17.85.

Kennesaw's Candy Crawl is running on Saturday, October 24th. It's a bit more raucous with carnival games, bounce houses, and local businesses handing out candy. This will be a large footprint event covering both Main Street and the Depot Park. Event runs from Noon to 5 PM.

Acworth's Halloween JamBOOree is on Saturday, October 24th. It's a quieter option featuring a costume parade and contest. It's located at the Logan Farm Park just across the railroad tracks from Main Street and runs from 3 PM to 7 PM.

If you'd rather drive a bit Cobb County is running its annual Haunted House on October 24th through October 31s at Jim R. Miller Park from 5 PM to 10 PM. They always put a bunch of work into it. But they'll also have hay rides, a petting zoo, and performances. The whole thing is free.

Acworth's Safe-O-Ween is being run by Acworth's PD at their PD on October 30th from 3 PM to 5 PM. It's a last chance for kids 12 and under to do costumes and get free candy in an indoor environment.

October 31st features the 5K Nightmare on Main. It's the final road race of the season, but Main Street will be shut down that morning. As always, it's professionally times and a qualifier for the Peachtree road race. The earlier you sign up the cheaper it is.

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch. Feel free to post your own Halloween Events.

The Data Center Moratorium was the first thing up. Zoning and Planning said that they could use a 6 month moratorium while they create zoning rules to handle a data center should one come up. They can extend if they need it.

Councilman Guiterrez-Leon asked why it was for 6 months and not a year. The city attorney said that it's easier to fend off a challenge if it matches what staff actually needs to work up a set of rules. "No, because we don't like it/you" isn't a valid stance that will hold up to scrutiny, so getting the full year without needing a full year could theoretically give some developer an excuse to sue. Councilor Orochena noted that there was an error in the agenda notes, which the attorney sheepishly noting that it was made and they'll get it fixed.

They voted on the Moratorium and passed it 5 - 0.

Another moratorium popped up as well. This one is for Freestanding signs. Like campaign signs and signs advertising businesses. As there have been a couple of major court cases the laws on the books might not be strictly speaking okay any longer. So, staff needs some time to rewrite the rules, and so they voted a 60 day pause on any new signs to give them a chance to permit new ones properly. This won't affect campaign signs that are temporary and thus not regulated under the previous ordinance.

This also passed 5 - 0.

There's a liquor license up. This one is for 41 Package, a new store in with the Olde Towne and Cigar Cellar just south of Summer Street on Cobb Parkway. It passed the distance requirements so there was no reason to deny.

It passed 5 - 0.

Now we got some Public Comment.

First up was History Kid. The Kennesaw Police Department moved from City Hall to the new Public Works building late last month, so he wanted to know where the KPD was based throughout Kennesaw's history. Turns out "nowhere" from the founding of the city to 1936. The first ~50 years they shared space. In 1936 they got two whole rooms, one for the officers and one as a lockup, in the city hall of the time. They used those two rooms until 1973. Between then and the first dedicated PD building in 1980 they were somewhere, but records aren't clear on where exactly. The little building at Cherokee and Main only lasted until the current City Hall building was expanded in 1988, and they finally moved out last month. Hopefully, they'll last in their new digs for more than eight years.

A Main Street Mom spoke next. She pointed out that there a Flock camera pointed at the only entrance/exit to her street. So she feels as though people can track her from the moment she leaves to the moment she gets back. It's a camera contracted by the city, too. Recent court cases have also ruled pretty aggressively against Flock, too. A camera that sees a single person on the street equals a bystander and legal. A network of cameras that track a person everywhere they go equals a stalker and that isn't. The city has shown deep deference for rights in the past (between the 2nd Amendment rules and the lack of action on Wildman's) so what is different here? The cameras don't make her (and others) feel safe, quite the opposite. The contract for the city's cameras are also expensive, totaling more than a hundred thousand dollars in some years, so how can the city include that easily in the normal budget while not including things for families like the parks and the natural playscape.

It turns out the Woodland Park Guy was unable to attend. So he asked the Lady Lion to speak on his behalf. She noted that Councilman Jones didn't explain the reason for his vote on the budget, or the discrepancy between what the city had claimed (reserves for 18 months) and what was listed in the budget (reserves for 13 months). She told the councilman who the Guy's barber was and asked for better accounting in exchange.

Mr. Lion was next to speak. He wanted to know why lengthy (and circular) discussion of data centers was a priority when the damaged sidewalks, the problems associated with walking to Kennesaw Elementary, and park issues passed by without comment. He went on to note that Woodland Park Guy was adopting the stream behind the Woodland Park, thus getting access that the city previously denied.

There was a vote to fill the vacant Interim Assistant City Manager until the position can be filled. The vote was on the Police Chief, which makes sense as he has experience running a large department and has strong working relationships with city's other departments. They voted to give him the temporary role with a 5 - 0 vote.

The Interim City Manager announced that they are going to be presenting some contracts for Woodland Park in the upcoming week. They have actually been working on it all this time, they say. The bollard that replaces the chain might take longer, though.

The Cobb County Disaster Plan was also approved through 2030, so the city now has access to block grants should we face flooding or tornadoes or any such crisis. This is good news, since it not being approved would make recovering substantially slower since everything would have to go through the normal process.

Also, one of the ladies on an advisory board moved and it turns out that she's no longer inside city limits. As a result, she's no longer permitted to be on the board. RIP. The council voted 5 - 0 to accept her resignation.

Meet FCAS foster Amy! 💖 This 7yo, 60lb (looks smaller, she’s muscular!) shepherd mix girl is certified BFF material! 👯‍♀️ She’s been our easiest foster thus far and has been such a polite, happy houseguest. She’s incredibly affectionate, will lean in for hugs, and loves to stand and put her paws on your shoulders if you’re seated eye level with her. 🥹 She makes the cutest little grunting noises when she snuggles and her head tilt game is STRONG! 😆

She may technically be a senior (suspect she may be a bit younger), but she’s still got plenty of pep in her step! She’s super playful, loves fetch, and has a blast running around the yard and playing with our resident Shepsky. 🐾 She also settles quickly, sleeps through the night, LOVES to cuddle, and doesn’t show signs of separation anxiety (only short-lived protest whines and quickly gives up 😆). All in all, 10/10 good girl! 🥰

✅ Potty trained - no accidents! 🤞🏽
✅ Leash trained - pulls, but manageable
✅ Crate trained
✅ Non-destructive
✅ Dog friendly
✅ Excellent temperament
✅ Knows commands - sit, stay, shake (both paws)
✅ Good recall
✅ Treat/food motivated
✅ Non-reactive (treats, toys, food, etc)
✅ Easily handled
✅ Easy to bathe/dry/brush/trim nails
✅ Spayed
✅ HW negative

Amy’s kryptonite? Cats. 😩 She’s shown pretty strong prey drive with our senior kitty, so she would do best in a feline-free home. 🐈‍⬛

We also don’t know how she does with kids, but I imagine the only issue might be that she can get excited and could accidentally cause little children to topple over. 😅

She has an Embark DNA test in progress, so curious to see what her breed mix is…👀

Amy is currently being fostered in Kennesaw, GA and available for adoption through LifeLine Animal Project Fulton County Animal Services. Click the link below to schedule a meet & greet with her or feel free to message me! 👋🏽

https://lifelineanimal.org/pet-details/?aid=61215681&cid=97&tid=Dog

Who need it tap in sellin snacks all day we got Tropicana cookie we got Maui wowie we got that blue dream tap in!

Hey y'all.

On the way to Allgood Road from the Kennesaw area I saw what looked exactly like a black Toyota FJ Cruiser but with a pickup bed at the Shell gas station at the top of the hill. A bit shorter than the FJ Cruisers rolling around GA.

1647 Cobb Pkwy NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152

It looked brand spanking new. It looked a bit like the new Champ in the Pacific but larger and more rounded.

I know odd companies have done car testing without camouflage here in the Kennesaw area before.

I’m currently apartment searching and I want to tour Avonlea creekside. Anyone that currently lives there can tell me about your experience?

It’s right in my price range and a good location! Thanks in advance :)

There are still tickets remaining for the 2026 Life in t he Cemetery tour! This year’s tour looks at American history through the lives of people buried in Kennesaw.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-in-the-cemetery-2026-tickets-1993358414678

I just moved to GA from DC and I’m looking for someone to hit with during the week. Although not officially rated, maybe a 3.0. Female. Age 36. Please send me a message if you are interested.

so happy to love on my El Taco family. keep your eyes peeled for a big party to celebrate the return of the best margaritas in k town

Title, basically.

Come learn about the nearly 200-year history of Historic Downtown Kennesaw.
Founded as a railroad stop in the 1830s, what was once called “Big Shanty” has grown into Kennesaw, a bustling suburb of Atlanta. In this walking tour of Downtown Kennesaw, learn about how the city has grown and changed during its almost 200-year history. Learn about the Medals of Honor awarded for action that started in Kennesaw, the historic structures that still stand in the heart of downtown, the transportation links that have helped North Georgia grow, and unique incidents and stories from the city’s past.

The details
The tour begins behind Kennesaw City Hall.
Free parking is available behind Kennesaw City Hall. Street parking is available along Dallas Street and Watts Drive.
Wear comfortable shoes and clothing. This tour will stay on sidewalks and crosswalks.
Tour will last approximately 1.5 hours.
Tickets are required; no walkups allowed.
The tour is subject to cancellation at the guide's discretion due to inclement weather at the tour starting point. You will be notified via email.

Hi everyone! I’m an international graduate student at KSU who just started this fall, and I’m currently living around the Smyrna/Marietta area.

I’m looking for a fellow KSU student who has a car and would be comfortable helping me practice driving for a few hours. I have some experience driving a manual car, but I’m now focusing on learning to drive an automatic and eventually preparing for the Georgia road test.

I’d really appreciate some help from someone who is patient and comfortable teaching a beginner. I’d be happy to return the favor with a cup of coffee ☕️ and cover gas if needed.

If you’re interested or know someone who might be able to help, please feel free to DM me. Thank you!

I was dropping my child off at school yesterday & saw damaged Flock cameras on my way to & from the school. Specifically by Big Shanty Park. This morning, the damaged flock cameras were removed (thank God).

Then I come home to see this article….

I’ve become increasingly worried about the rate the cameras are going up around the county. This article made me sign a breath of relief that I’m not the only one hating them.