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OPINION: House takes up property tax relief legislation

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Wednesday, February 4. 2009

Relief for Georgia’s property tax payers moved to the top of the legislative agenda in the House of Representatives last week. House members adopted HB 143, which addresses the governor’s proposal to eliminate funding for the homeowner tax relief grants to local governments. The end of these grants would result in a property tax increase of ... [Full Story »]

Attorney general’s opinion surprises school leader

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Wednesday, February 4. 2009

Georgia attorney general Thurbert Baker’s opinion that a consortium of schools can’t use taxpayer dollars to fund a lawsuit against the state came as news to at least one school leader. “I have read the opinion, and all I can say at this point is that I am surprised,” Madison County Schools superintendent Mitch McGhee said in an email. ... [Full Story »]

Meals on Wheels hits a roadblock

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Monday, February 2. 2009

Services to seniors, homebound, threatened as state continues to cut funds Each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, three vans leave the Madison County Senior Center to take pre-packaged hot and frozen meals to approximately 70 homebound residents. These deliveries are part of “Meals on Wheels,” a state-funded Medicaid Home and ... [Full Story »]

County mentoring program enters its eleventh year; mentors challenged to recruit others to the program

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Sunday, February 1. 2009

Mentor coordinator Shirley Aaron believes in the old adage that “everybody knows somebody,” and she decided to apply that statement to growing the school system’s mentor program. A prime example of the results of that application are three young friends who, besides being local youth ministers in their respective churches, have also ... [Full Story »]

Judge returns pit bull to county custody

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Saturday, January 31. 2009

A male pit bull, which was seized in a case of alleged dog fighting and then returned to its owner, is now back in county custody. Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Malcolm granted a seizure warrant Monday sought by the district attorney’s office and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office to hold the dog as evidence in the case regarding Johnny ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Taking back tax relief would be a raw deal

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Saturday, January 31. 2009

Imagine that a restaurant offers you a coupon on their steak special. You eat your meal, pay for your family’s entrees, go home, go to work, move on with your life, glad that you saved a few bucks on an expensive outing. The phone rings a month later. It’s the restaurant. “That coupon for the steak you had last month is no longer ... [Full Story »]

Madison Co. Relay kickoff celebrates ‘25 years of hope’

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Saturday, January 31. 2009

Beth Strickland stood before fellow cancer survivors, caregivers and Relay for Life volunteers at this year’s annual kick off ceremony at the Sanford Community Center Monday night and gave the speech of her life, about her life. “My surgeon told me – you know you are a walking miracle,” Strickland said. Diagnosed in 2007 with Stage 4 ... [Full Story »]

Madison County BOC officially restores power to chairman

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Friday, January 30. 2009

Madison County commissioners officially gave new county chairman Anthony Dove personnel powers Monday that they had stripped from former chairman Wesley Nash. The board also voted to designate two positions — the county clerk and deputy clerk posts — as “at will” jobs under the authority of the chairman, meaning that Dove can hire and ... [Full Story »]

Hull man arrested on drug charges

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Friday, January 30. 2009

A Hull man was arrested last week on drug charges after the sheriff’s office received an anonymous call stating that drugs were being sold out of a house located at 73 Aiken Road. Joe Alvin Brown Jr., 32, 73 Aiken Road, was arrested on one count each of possession, manufacture, distribution, etc., Violation of Georgia’s Controlled ... [Full Story »]

County building inspection dept. endured slow 2008

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Friday, January 30. 2009

Building permits slumped by 22 percent in Madison County in 2008, and county building inspector Eddie Pritchett fears those numbers will worsen in 2009. “I imagine so, probably, based on everything that’s going on with our economy,” he said. Building permits fell by 139 in Madison County in 2008, according to figures from the county ... [Full Story »]

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