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BOC approves 10-acre minimum on conservation use

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Sunday, December 28. 2008

Madison County set a 10-acre minimum for conservation use tax breaks in the county Monday, but the change won’t affect property owners with less than 10 acres, who currently enjoy the exemption, until 2012. Conservation status allows landowners to be taxed at a much lower rate than other property owners if their land is used for agricultural ... [Full Story »]

School board passes bond mill rate

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Saturday, December 27. 2008

The Madison County school board listened to requests Monday not to levy a school bond tax, but voted to do so unanimously in a called meeting to set the millage rate. The Board of Education (BOE) won’t raise taxes to cover its maintenance and operation budget — keeping that millage rate at 16.99 — but will levy a tax to service a bond ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Please seek help if you can’t afford pets anymore

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Saturday, December 27. 2008

Dear Editor: Today my husband called, he’d run to Sam’s for a little shopping, when he came back there was a small dog in front of our mailbox and would not move, he had to swerve to keep from hitting her. He asked me to meet him at the gate and I figured he needed help with groceries. Nope, he had the dog on a leash and needed help getting ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Rotary appreciates support of literacy project

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Friday, December 26. 2008

Dear Editor: The Rotary Club of Madison County would like to thank the sponsors of our four-pronged literacy project for making this inaugural year of our Ferst Foundation books program so successful. With your help, in less than one year, we have registered over 500 pre-kindergarten children in Madison County who will now receive age ... [Full Story »]

Danielsville talks budget figures, pay raises

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Friday, December 26. 2008

Danielsville city council held the first of two budget hearings Monday night. The council is expected to approve the proposed 2009 budget and set the mill rate at its final public hearing Monday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m. New city clerk Connie Riley presented the budget, which calls for $1,179,019 in revenue and expenses (up $222,251 from 2008) ... [Full Story »]

Seventeen year old charged with assault

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Friday, December 26. 2008

A 17-year old teen was arrested last week after she allegedly struck her boyfriend in the head with a brick. Kaitland E. Merk, 80 Short Seagraves Road, Commerce, was charged with one count of aggravated assault. According to the incident report, Merk’s 19-year old boyfriend came to the Madison County Jail where he met with Deputy Alan ... [Full Story »]

BOC officially fires Fortson

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Friday, December 26. 2008

Attorney responds to claims in termination letter Madison County commissioners officially fired county clerk Morris Fortson Monday. Fortson has not been on the job since Nov. 18, when he was suspended with pay, pending his permanent termination, effective Jan. 6. On Monday, the board agreed to stand by last month’s decision, voting 4-0 — ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Says two images of Bush will remain

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Thursday, December 25. 2008

Dear Editor: Two images will define George W. Bush’s tenure in my mind. The first, most obvious, and most popular is that of the sailing shoes. Late night skit writers could not have dreamed a better scene, with perfect camera angles, of those mercurial slippers aloft. The other, though I did not see the video or the still, but only read ... [Full Story »]

Pit bull returned to felony dogfighting suspect

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Thursday, December 25. 2008

Madison County’s Animal Control Board voted 3-2 last month to return temporary custody of a male pit bull dog to his owner, a man who was the first person in the state arrested under Georgia’s new felony dogfighting law, which took effect July 1, 2008. The animal control board released the dog to Johnny Stewart Johnson, 28, of Danielsville, ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Christmas brings out the radical atheists

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Thursday, December 25. 2008

Christmas appears to bring out the best and the worst in people. In recent years, it has produced a group of nuts that I call “radical atheists.” These people not only do not believe in the existence of a God, they insist that those who do are dangerous to all mankind, and that it is their duty to attack and discredit all religious thought. ... [Full Story »]

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