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Sky Valley’s Leadership Change Begins
by Benita Cotton-Orr
November 18, 2025
Today, November 18, 2025, was the last meeting of the Sky Valley City Council for the year. There is no meeting in December. The next meeting of the Sky Valley City Council is expected to be the first “organizational” meeting, on January 6, 2026, where three new City Council members and the new mayor will… Read more: Sky Valley’s Leadership Change Begins
Elections are Done. What’s Next?
by Benita Cotton-Orr
November 6, 2025
By now you are aware of the outcome of the Sky Valley municipal elections. Congratulations to the newly elected members of the Sky Valley City Council: Carey Sue Beasley, Beth Quarles Pence and Jesse Price. I look forward to working with them. Now that the November 4 municipal elections are done, you’re probably wondering what’s… Read more: Elections are Done. What’s Next?
Today’s Election Day! Get out and Vote
by Benita Cotton-Orr
November 4, 2025
There’s so much to be grateful for today, Election Day. First, that we live in a country where we are free to choose. Having grown up in South Africa under the oppression of apartheid, watching from the sidelines, I will never take that freedom for granted. Here in America, voting is a profound opportunity to… Read more: Today’s Election Day! Get out and Vote
Great job, Sky Valley!
by Benita Cotton-Orr
October 29, 2025
Voter turnout is encouraging thus far in Sky Valley’s municipal elections, with nearly 35 percent of the city’s voters accounted for in Advance Voting as of October 28. Keep it up! We have two more full days of early voting — Thursday and Friday — and Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. If you received… Read more: Great job, Sky Valley!
City Council Candidate Questions: My Responses
by Benita Cotton-Orr
October 21, 2025
Following on the Q&A responses from City Council Candidates Carey Sue Beasley and Beth Pence, I am submitting my answers to the questions posed to candidates 12 days before the October 22 POA Candidate Forum, 3pm -5pm at the Sky Valley Chapel. Why do you want to be on City Council? I want to be… Read more: City Council Candidate Questions: My Responses

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Benita Cotton-Orr filed her paperwork on August 18, 2025, the first day of qualifying for the municipal election office, becoming the first candidate to qualify in the race for Mayor of Sky Valley.

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She’s proud to be an American: The U.S. flag is displayed year-round outside the Sky Valley home of Benita Cotton-Orr and her husband, Scott … except for the rare occasion when Georgia Tech is on a winning streak!