Whoa there Bubba...

Copperhill is a decent enough little up and coming town that many of the locals love to kick around all the time for this and that... of course some of it in the past was partly self-inflicted (Mayorial conduct, etc., etc.) - but for those "in the know", it is a little diamond in the rough that has lots of assets that are just beginning to be discovered.. (hint - river running through middle of town, historic district running up the hillside with historic homes and rail riders destination from two directions almost daily - Blue Ridge and Etowah). Not to mention that it is really the jumping off point for the Ocoee and all the national forest activity just over the line in Tennessee. AND those who live in or near Copperhill don't have to pay the State of Georgia 6% of your hard earned bucks - its like Florida - no State income tax in Tennessee - so what if someone gets a ticket every now and then for doing 20+ miles over the limit (they published the facts last year that there were never really any tickets written for peole just barely speeding)... and all our "numbers" come up every so often to pay the piper by getting a traffic ticket. I've paid plenty of tickets all over Georgia for speeding, but never in Copperhill and I drive through there quite frequently...

FWIW (For what its worth) - Copperhill now has a new police Chief & officers and is rebuilding the police department. The new regime also seems very friendly and eager to serve and help. Alot of the problem has been that the City hasn't paid competitive wages to keep a good force in place (some people don't understand that people will follow the money when deciding where to work), but hopefully as the City grows its businesses, it will get more tax revenue from sales tax, etc. and will be able to compensate good people better. It will happen - look at all the traffic on Highway 5 north at about 5 PM coming into Copperhill.