News from CommerceNewsTODAY - Topics from March, 2011

Benton backs 'birther' legislation

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Sunday, March 13. 2011
Rep. Tommy Benton is among 93 state representatives signing “birther” legislation critics say is designed to keep the name of President Barack Obama off the 2012 election ballot in Georgia. The legislation was sponsored by State Rep. Mark Hatfield (R-Waycross) and would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to provide hard ... [Full Story »] 

Benton backs 'birther' legislation

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Sunday, March 13. 2011
Rep. Tommy Benton is among 93 state representatives signing “birther” legislation critics say is designed to keep the name of President Barack Obama off the 2012 election ballot in Georgia. The legislation was sponsored by State Rep. Mark Hatfield (R-Waycross) and would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to provide hard ... [Full Story »] 

Set clocks ahead tonight

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Saturday, March 12. 2011
Sunday morning at 2:00 most of the United States will “spring forward” into daylight saving time (DST). During DST, daytime is extended by advancing clocks and timepieces one hour, creating the illusion that the sun rises an hour later — when most people are asleep — and sets an hour later, when most people are active. To have the ... [Full Story »] 

Set clocks ahead tonight

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Saturday, March 12. 2011
Sunday morning at 2:00 most of the United States will “spring forward” into daylight saving time (DST). During DST, daytime is extended by advancing clocks and timepieces one hour, creating the illusion that the sun rises an hour later — when most people are asleep — and sets an hour later, when most people are active. To have the ... [Full Story »] 

Set clocks ahead tonight

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Saturday, March 12. 2011
Sunday morning at 2:00 most of the United States will “spring forward” into daylight saving time (DST). During DST, daytime is extended by advancing clocks and timepieces one hour, creating the illusion that the sun rises an hour later — when most people are asleep — and sets an hour later, when most people are active. To have the ... [Full Story »] 

$100 million ELOST referendum is Tuesday

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, March 11. 2011
Commerce voters may have more at stake in next Tuesday’s referendum on renewing the education local option sales tax (ELOST) than other voters in Jackson County. Voters throughout the county will decide whether or not to re-up for five more years of paying a penny on the dollar for education. The passage of the referendum could bring up to ... [Full Story »] 

The Tuesday choice: sales tax or bond tax

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, March 11. 2011
Hopefully, voters across Jackson County will vote for the extension of the education local option sales tax next Tuesday, but Commerce voters have a special reason to approve it — their new high school. Five years ago Commerce voters approved a $20 million bond for the new CHS with the understanding that the bond payments would be made using ... [Full Story »] 

Police run sex offender away from park

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, March 11. 2011
So far they’ve made no charges, but Commerce police officers ran a registered sex offender away from Spencer Park nearby as several little girls played on the playground. According to the incident report, two officers drove by the park and saw an elderly man sitting on a planter on the sidewalk. One of the officers recognized the man as a sex ... [Full Story »] 

Police run sex offender away from park

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, March 11. 2011
So far they’ve made no charges, but Commerce police officers ran a registered sex offender away from Spencer Park nearby as several little girls played on the playground. According to the incident report, two officers drove by the park and saw an elderly man sitting on a planter on the sidewalk. One of the officers recognized the man as a sex ... [Full Story »] 

Police run sex offender away from park

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, March 11. 2011
So far they’ve made no charges, but Commerce police officers ran a registered sex offender away from Spencer Park nearby as several little girls played on the playground. According to the incident report, two officers drove by the park and saw an elderly man sitting on a planter on the sidewalk. One of the officers recognized the man as a sex ... [Full Story »] 
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