Talking Points on Polk Today Kevin Myrick

This year, we wrap up Season 2 and the year with a return to a holiday tradition: reading some of my favorite Letters to Santa submitted for 2021! Check out this holiday special and enjoy the various wishlists to Santa! This holiday episode is sponsored by GFL Environmental. 

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The Tallapoosa Circuit Drug Court program's 37th graudation ceremony was held on October 6, 2021, and gave participants and a local official the opportunity to speak out about their struggles with addiction and the recovery process. Make sure to listen in to this special episode of Talking Points on Polk Today, sponsored by Floyd Medical Center and Gammon, McFall and Villerreal, Attorneys at Law in Cedartown. 

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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall meeting in full is available in this special episode of Talking Points on Polk Today, sponsored by Floyd Medical Center and Gammon, McFall and Villerreal, Attorneys at Law in Cedartown. 

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State Senator Jason Anavitarte joined me by phone for this latest episode of Talking Points on Polk.Today, discussing various topics of interest from voting legislation to the challenges of expanding rural broadband and more. 

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Pizza Farm owner Tommy Sanders - also a member of the Polk County Board of Education - lost his business to fire on January 9, and has plans to rebuild in the coming months. Listen to this interview from his kitchen table in Rockmart where he discusses what happened that night and his issues with the Polk County Water Authority in this latest episode of Talking Points on Polk.Today. 

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The Rockmart Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a basketball tournament continuing today, and more is happening in the department as new director Jeff Holstein looks to push forward following much of 2020 without any youth sports, and a 2021 that is getting ready for the return of some normalcy with a spring schedule.

Today's episode of Talking Points on Polk.Today focuses also on the future of youth sports, how Holstein wants to include more opportunities for adults to have recreation sports, and much more in a conversation at the Recreation Department.

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