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77 participate in advanced voting for BOC runoff

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Monday, August 4. 2008

Visit MadisonJournalTODAY.com for Tues. night election results Seventy seven Republicans cast early votes last week in the runoff for the District 2 county commission seat. BOC District 2 incumbent John Pethel Sr. is facing a challenge from former District 2 commissioner Johnny Fitzpatrick, who held the post from 2001-04. The BOC runoff will ... [Full Story »]

Possible arson reported on Evangelical Church Road

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Friday, August 1. 2008

Investigators are considering whether to contact the state fire marshal’s office about a suspicious fire at a mobile home on Evangelical Church Road last week. According to the incident report, Deputy Jason Luke met with Shiloh VFD personnel at the home of Tamara Zelley. Luke observed that the ground was charred and burned along the entire ... [Full Story »]

Going non-partisan?

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Friday, August 1. 2008

Commissioner proposes taking parties out of local politics Madison County Commissioner Stanley Thomas proposed Monday that all county elections be non-partisan. And county commissioners agreed to allow county attorney Mike Pruett to research what such a change would involve. Thomas said he feels it’s unfair to the people of the county not to ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Sadly, we can’t shove elephant, donkey out the county door

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Friday, August 1. 2008

Madison County Commissioner Stanley Thomas suggested Monday that the county send the elephant packing, bid farewell to the donkey — do away with partisan elections at the county level. But the big animals will probably never be shoved out of the door of the county commission meeting room. They’re too heavy to move. They’ve been there too ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Funding a waterline to Harrison is not justified

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Thursday, July 31. 2008

Dear Editor: Following recent local elections, and with the prospect of the changes in store for the board of commissioners (BOC), questions arise as to what the near future will hold for the citizens of Madison County. The support given by the BOC to the recent decision by the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) to apply for a loan/grant to ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Governments and politicians should not control CO2

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Thursday, July 31. 2008

Dear Editor: (This is in response to Zach Mitcham’s July 24 opinion column: “We need sound policy, not political punching bag, on global warming.”) Global warming arrived in reports of a dramatic temperature increase between mid-1990 and mid-2000. This rise in temperature implied that more heat was received from the sun than radiated back ... [Full Story »]

State’s request to throw out lawsuit: ‘Not a surprise,’ says superintendent

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Thursday, July 31. 2008

State attorneys calling for a lawsuit brought on by school systems to be thrown out wasn’t an unexpected move, Madison County school head Dr. Mitch McGhee said. “That was not a surprise …,” the superintendent said. “Georgia isn’t the first state to have a lawsuit such as this. They’ve been fairly prominent of late across the ... [Full Story »]

Madison County schools to hold open house Wednesday

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Wednesday, July 30. 2008

All Madison County school open houses are ahead Wednesday, Aug. 6, with three of the system’s seven campuses unveiling significant alterations. Elementary schools (Colbert, Comer, Danielsville, Ila and Hull-Sanford) will hold their open houses from 3-5 p.m. The middle school open house is set for 5:30-7 p.m. and the Madison County Freshmen ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Hard to stomach state’s hypocrisy on gambling

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Wednesday, July 30. 2008

Four small business operators in Madison County were arrested and charged with operating a commercial gambling establishment. In one case it was his second arrest on the same charge. These four small businesses had poker machines in their stores, and they were giving players cash prizes when they won. That is a clear violation of Georgia law. ... [Full Story »]

Three schools cited in AYP report

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Wednesday, July 30. 2008

Feds expect schools to make yearly progress toward perfection by 2014 Three Madison County schools have missed Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) assessments, while more student subgroups fell short of progress marks as well this year. Results were released Friday by the Georgia Department of Education. Both Madison County high school and middle ... [Full Story »]

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