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LETTER: State budget crisis: chickens have come home to roost

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Thursday, October 2. 2008

By Rep. Alan Powell As one of the handful of Georgia legislators who have actually voted and spoken against the fiscally irresponsible annual state budgets of the past several years, I must say the recent reports of a $2 billion hole in the current fiscal year’s budget do not come as a surprise. As the administration scrambles to make its ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Show compassion for the homeless

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Thursday, October 2. 2008

Dear Editor: We see them every day. We walk around them. We look away from them. We look away from them. Some beat them. Some blame them for being like they are. We call them homeless people. Who are they when they look in the mirror? They are us. Any one of us can become homeless, from the rich to the poor. How does it happen? Some people work ... [Full Story »]

North Carolina man charged with trafficking crystal meth in Madison County

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Thursday, October 2. 2008

Deputies from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, along with agents from the Piedmont Northern Narcotics Squad, the Athens/Clarke County Drug and Vice Unit and the Drug Enforcement Agency, intercepted a shipment of methamphetamine bound for Madison County, according to the sheriff’s office. Officers apprehended Baldemar Estrada, 21, an ... [Full Story »]

County plans 4-day week at transfer station

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Wednesday, October 1. 2008

County leaders plan to move the Madison County Transfer Station to a four-day week in 2009, an action they say will help keep costs down. After the new year, the transfer station will be open Wednesday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Madison County commissioners met with transfer station director Sandra Webb last week during 2009 county ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: We need a ‘bottom up’ not ‘trickle down’ economy

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Wednesday, October 1. 2008

Dear Editor: Saturday morning, Sept. 27, 2008, during a C-SPAN Washington Journal call-in program, a gentleman from Danielsville asked one of the guests to explain how Obama’s bottom up economy would work. The man asked if the people at the bottom would hire the people at the top. The guest did not answer his question. We all see that the ... [Full Story »]

Aggravated assault reported in Diamond Hill

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Wednesday, October 1. 2008

Aggravated assault was reported in Diamond Hill Trailer Park after a woman who was hiding in the Diamond Hill Grocery Store said her boyfriend had kicked her in the calf and punched her in the back of the head. Deputy Jason Luke and EMS personnel could find no obvious signs of physical contact. Her boyfriend, who was at a mobile home in the ... [Full Story »]

Former deputy charged with sending obscene material to minor

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Wednesday, October 1. 2008

A former Madison County deputy has been charged with electronically furnishing obscene material to a minor. Jeffery Dale Roberts, 37, 60 East Ninth Street, Colbert, was fired from his job after the sheriff’s department learned of the man’s alleged inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old girl. Sheriff Clayton Lowe said the girl’s ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: White needs to check her facts before commenting on war

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Sunday, September 28. 2008

Dear Editor: This is in response to the letter to the editor by JoAnne P. White, “No military death should be in vain,” Sept. 18, 2008. I don’t know where you get your “facts,” but let me set the record straight. As of Sept. 22, there are 4,171 military deaths with 3,377 being killed in action and 794 non-hostile. The losses from 9/11 ... [Full Story »]

Teen, juvenile caught after stealing BOC chairman's vehicles

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Saturday, September 27. 2008

A Danielsville teen and a juvenile were arrested last week for stealing vehicles owned by Madison County Commission Chairman Wesley Nash. According to an incident report from the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, Nash reported the theft at 1 a.m., Sept. 15, at 612 Hwy. 98 W. The vehicles stolen included a four-door BMW and a Ford F-250 ... [Full Story »]

‘Significant’ changes ahead for MCHS

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Saturday, September 27. 2008

Superintendent says MCHS is situation similar to old middle school building Though no specifics have been finalized, Madison County High School appears to be in store for some major changes in the coming years. Madison County schools superintendent Mitch McGhee said that school system leaders are currently exploring options for major ... [Full Story »]

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