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The ADVANCE, November 24, 2021/Page 11A
Montgomery County Resolution Will
Make Way for Drug Case Settlement
By Makaylee Randolph
Staff Writer
mrandolphadvance@gmail.com
Montgomery County
commissioners met for a
called meeting on Novem
ber 18 to pass a resolution
to allow the County to re
ceive its portion of settle
ment money for two class
action lawsuits against opi
oid manufacturers and dis
tributors.
In 2019, the Commis
sion signed a resolution to
join the National Prescrip
tion Opionate Litigation to
hold certain manufacturers
and distributors account
able for the opioid epidem
ic and to seek equitable and
monetary relief from the
struggles it caused. Several
other local government en
tities throughout the state
also joined the effort.
Recently the court cas
es have resulted in two set
tlements: the National Dis
tributor Settlement, which
includes the McKesson
Corporation, Amerisource
Bergen Corporation, and
Cardinal Health, Inc., and
the J & J Settlement, which
includes the manufactur
ers Johnson & Johnson,
Jannsen Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Janssen
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and
Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.
According to the Reso
lution, the Commission
joining this settlement helps
Georgia entities to maxi
mize recovery. The money
received is to be used as re
imbursement for additional
drug task force, emergency
medical services, and/ or
hospital costs that have
plagued the County from
this epidemic.
The total settlement is
$26 billion to be distributed
to thousands of participat
ing members of the law
suits. Georgia will receive
25% of this total settlement,
which will be distributed
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have joined the lawsuit in
the state.
“These opioids aren’t
prescribing themselves,”
Commissioner Chad Ken
ney commented. “It is the
information these com
panies put out to doctors
and others that make the
medications so prescribed.
Someone must hold them
accountable.”
All necessary docu
ments are authorized to
be signed by Montgom
ery County Commission
Chairman Leland Adams
and will be completed to
ensure the financial gain is
received as soon as possible.
Board of Regents won’t
change names of buildings,
colleges with racist links
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
The University System
of Georgia has decided not
to pursue plans to rename
dozens ofbuildings and col
leges named for historical
figures associated with rac
ism.
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day not to accept the recom
mendations of an advisory
board headed by Albany
State University President
Marion Fedrick formed in
June of last year to explore
the issue.
“The intent of the ad
visory group was to better
understand the names that
mark our buildings and
colleges, recognizing there
would likely be a number
of individuals who engaged
in behaviors or held beliefs
that do not reflect or rep
resent our values today,”
IT’S THEIR
CHOICE
BY GARY TOOLE
From day one God works by
choice. He wants you to be saved
so bad that
He gave His
son just for
you. If you
had been the
only person
on earth He
would have
died just for
you. When
you go on
vacation you
have a choice of a few thousand
places but when you go to die you
have a choice of two places. It
ain’t no pick and choose. If you
don’t choose heaven then in fact
you have chosen hell. It’s your
free choice. We preach and it is
your place to accept. Not many
believe there is a hell, but yet they
believe in heaven and yet the bible
says there is both and they say and
think that all is going to heaven
including the cats and dogs, when
in fact even though heaven is large
but the word says that hell is
getting larger daily. Isaiah 5:14.
And when most preach about hell
in this day and time they describe
it like a place without air
conditioning or without room
service. One old man was bad to
go off to sleep when the pastor
went to preach and so one Sunday
the pastor hit the bible stand real
hard and said loudly, “Everybody
that wants to go to hell please
stand up,” and this old man woke
up and stood up quickly. He
missed the hell part but caught
the go part and he said, “Preacher,
I do declare! I don’t know where
we are going but looks like me and
you are the only two that wants to
go!” What we know about hell
and heaven we are not tee totally
quite so sure about but what little
we do know tells us all we need to
know. Amen! I always say when I
preach, “It’s your choice. If you
want to choose hell then it is your
God given right.” Of course as
Christians we should not want
them to go to hell. Two preachers
were trying out for this church as
pastor. Both preached on hell and
they picked one and when ask
why they picked the one they did
the head deacon said, “Well, one
preached like he did not care if we
went to hell or not. As a matter of
fact he said that we could go if we
wanted to. It was our choice.” But
the other one preached like he did
not want us to go and he begged
us not to go. So there you go!
Can you say amen?
PD. ADV.
the regents wrote in a joint
statement.
“We acknowledge, un
derstand and respect there
are many viewpoints on
this matter. Going forward,
the board is committed to
naming actions that reflect
the strength and energy of
Georgia’s diversity.”
The advisory commit
tee was formed weeks after
George Floyd, a Black man,
was murdered in Minneap
olis by a white police officer,
which touched off street
protests across the country.
A national wave of re
movals of statues honoring
Confederate political and
military leaders also served
as a backdrop to reexamin
ing the names of university
buildings and colleges, in
cluding the Grady School
ofjournalism at the Univer
sity of Georgia, named for
late- 19 th century journalist
and segregationist Henry
Grady.
“The University Sys
tem of Georgia is majority
minority - 54% of our stu
dents identify as non-white,
representing the strength
and diversity of this state,”
saidRegentSarah-Elizabeth
Langford of Atlanta.
“In a university system
tasked with educating the
leaders of tomorrow, we
must support the students
of to day and create an inclu
sive environment for learn
ing. This is incredibly im
portant as the board works
to ensure future namings
reflect the strength of Geor
gia’s diverse communities.”
Although the board
opted not to move forward
with the renamings, the
advisory committee’s work
was valuable, said Regent
Don Waters of Savannah.
“I b elieve it is imp or tant
for students and the system
to know and understand the
history on our campuses
and in our communities as
we work together to build a
better future,” he said. “His
tory is a great teacher, and
we and our institutions can
learn much from this effort.”
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.