City Manager: Canton Payday Mistake No Big Deal

1. Instead of making direct deposits into the accounts of the city's 120 employees on Friday, accidentally debited them. City Manager Scott Wood said the glitch was not "that big a deal" and that Canton has "almost spoiled employees into thinking that they’re entitled" to get a paycheck on Friday. Click for the full report.

2. Cherokee County residents on Monday night told the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable how they felt about a $6.14 billion package of road improvements to be funded by a regional penny sales tax referendum on the ballot next summer. Click to read the live, minute-by-minute update. Click to watch Michael Vann's news report.

3. Until 5 p.m. Friday, Land Road at the will be closed to through traffic, the said. For more information, click .

4. Reconstruction of Land Road isn't the only transportation project going on in Cherokee County.

• Water Tank Road is closed to through traffic at the western intersection with SR 20 until Oct. 20 for intersection reconstruction and realignment, the Georgia Department of Transportation said. Call 770-387-3680 for information on detours.
• Weather permitting, GDOT maintenance crews will mow the roadsides of SR 92 and SR 140 until Thursday from 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
• And starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Bells Ferry Road at Little River Road will be closed for repairs, the Sheriff's Office said.

5. The Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 tonight to discuss the replacement location, a and other business. Additionally, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a Tea Party-led citizens group will present recommendations on cutting county expenditures. Open the PDFs on this page for the agendas of tonight's work session and full meeting. Look for Holly Roberson's commission preview at 8 a.m.

Bonus: Cherokee County Solicitor General David L. Cannon Jr. should resign in the wake of the 9/11 flag flap, sophomore Brandon Roberts wrote in his latest . This past weekend, Cannon .