Last month, a ceremonial swearing-in of the new Mableton City Council was celebrated with fanfare in the South Cobb High School auditorium.
Such special events are often promoted throughout a city with poster printing.
Tom Jones, a longtime resident of Mableton, reporter for WSB-TV, and the master of ceremonies for the event, said that this the is the “dawn of a new day” for Mableton. Featured topics of the event were democracy and history.
Governor Roy Barnes said that the Cherokee Indians once inhabited the area and there remain remnants of their existence. Barnes talked about the history, growth, and evolution of Mableton. The city got its start in November 1881 when John Brown Gordon, who had been governor of the state and was in the railroad business, acquired land and then auctioned off lots. The area was named Mableton after the Mable family, as the person who surveyed the land was living with this family at the time.
Terry Cummings, state representative of Mableton, welcomed the elected officials to undertake new roles they were taking on and the different perspective they were about to understand. Many other topics were presented at the ceremony, but the focus was on keeping conversations civil and seeking to understand others before trying to be understood themselves.
Judge Kellie Hill swore in the new mayor, Michael Owens, and the members of the City Council with their families on stage.
