FOX 5′s I-Team Reporter Randy Travis reports on the Douglas County Board of Education’s contract with Sherrod And Bernard’s contracts and fee.
According to the report, the school board paid the law firm 10 times the going rates for issuing a general obligation bond.
View the story here: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/subindex/news/iteam
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In My Opinion: by James Bell
They call it a “Retreat”. That’s where public officials run off to some distant location far removed from the citizens and media. Or more appropriately, Webster defines ‘retreat’ as “an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable”.
This week the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, department heads and staff headed out to Pine Mountain, Georgia to determine the budget for 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
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GreyStone Power CEO Headed Pro SPLOST/Jail PAC
From Staff Reports November 16, 2009 Douglas County Journal
Douglasville GA: A Political Action Committee called Keep Douglas Safe was organized to push the passage of the recent $150 million Douglas County Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) and $120 million Bond referendum on November 3rd.
Campaign disclosure records from the State Ethics Commission show that GreyStone Power Company President and C.E.O Gary A. Miller and William T. “Terry” Baggett both from Douglasville, Ga. formed the political action committee to solicited cash contribution in support of the passage of the SPLOST/Bond. Read the rest of this entry »
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Today, Monday Nov. 16 is the deadline to make payment without interest and penalties. As of last Friday, about 70 Percent of Douglas County property owners had paid their taxes.
Last week Douglas County Tax Commissioner Todd Cowan expressed his concerns that tax collection was down due to bad economics times.
If taxes are not paid by midnight, 1 percent interest will be added each month the balance is not paid and a 10 percent penalty for 90 days past due.
Avoid long line by paying online at:
https://www.paybill.com/DouglasCounty/
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Douglasville GA – November 13, 2009: A lawsuit was filed Thursday in the Douglas County Superior Court by Douglasville resident James Quarterman challenging the SPLOST/Bond referendum on the November 3rd, 2009 ballot which passed by a margin of only 32 votes. The vote count was 3,918 yes votes and 3,886 no votes.
In the petition to the court, Quarterman alleges felony violations of Georgia Codes OCGA 21-2-567 (threatening and intimidating voters) and OCGA 21-2-603 (Conspiracy to commit election fraud) and OCGA 48-8-110 (advocating and expressing an opinion of how voters should vote for SPLOST). Among the accused are Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller and County Commissioner Tom Worthan. Read the rest of this entry »
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