Store's records help Ingles nab shoplifters

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
If you’re going to shoplift, don’t do it at a store where you’ve left your name and address. According a report at the Commerce Police Department, that’s exactly what landed three people in jail on charges of shoplifting at Ingles. According to the officer’s account, he was summoned to Ingles, Hwy. 334, by a manager who showed him the ... [Full Story »] 

A glossary of terms from political speak

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
By Mark Beardsley It became clear to me the day after the primary elections that I’d been greatly remiss. With all the campaign rhetoric out there, everyone needs a political phrase interpreter. I regret the oversight, but you can use this in the runoff election and save it for future elections. Here’s the glossary of terms necessary to ... [Full Story »] 

Kudos to Benton for opposing House speaker

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
Rep. Tommy Benton certainly raised some eyebrows last week when he announced he is among the key supporters of a challenger to House Speaker Glenn Richardson. Most local observers believed that Benton was not willing to oppose the speaker, who is known to punish those legislators who dare cross him. They stand corrected. It’s good to see the ... [Full Story »] 

Council lacks courage to reject sign variance

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
The Commerce City Council’s refusal to turn down Walgreens’ request for a variance in the sign ordinance bodes ill for the regulation of signs in the future. Like a promiscuous teenager, the council can’t muster the resolve to say “no.” Walgreens wants something the city ordinance does not allow. The city planning commission ... [Full Story »] 

And The Cat Came Back

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
By Susan Harper Sitting at my parents’ breakfast table a few weeks ago, I commented on the fact that I hadn’t seen “that cat” in a while. I was referring to a feral black cat which had crossed our garden paths often enough in the past year to bring us all lots of bad luck if we believed in that sort of thing, which of course we don’t. ... [Full Story »] 

The Lonesome Writer

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
By Willis Cook Writing is not very highly regarded as a profession. People tend to look down on writers as being unemployed (and perhaps many of them are). After all, you rarely see a writer actually writing; when you do see one, he is out gallivanting about and socializing, so it does look like the writer is a footloose ne’er-do-well. ... [Full Story »] 

Hoschton gets first look at 2009 budget

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
Hoschton officials will have to consider some major cutbacks before the council adopts its 2009 budget by the end of the year. And one of the biggest hurdles for city officials is a possible general fund budget that shows expenses surpassing revenue by $447,661. On Monday, the city’s fiscal resources committee got its first look at the ... [Full Story »] 

Authority: Please water your lawns (once a week)

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
After months of warning customers not to water their lawns due to the drought, the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority has changed course. It not only allows the watering of yards, but encourages it. In fact, officials are all but begging their customers to turn on their sprinklers. Recovery of the Bear Creek Reservoir, extremely ... [Full Story »] 

Former local doctor apparent drowning victim

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
The body of a former Commerce physician was recovered from the Intercoastal Waterway near St. Augustine last weekend. Officials said a swimmer discovered the body of Joe Roy Wardlaw, 59, about half a mile south of a boat he’d bought in May. Wardlaw retired in June. There was no indication of foul play. Wardlaw’s tenure in Commerce was ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Obama and the media

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Wednesday, July 23. 2008
The national media tossed out any pretense of fairness this week with their massive coverage of Barack Obama’s campaign trip to the Middle East and Europe. The same reporters and anchors who hardly mentioned McCain’s trip to the same area just weeks earlier are swarming the area to report on every movement Obama makes. Clearly, the national ... [Full Story »] 
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