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Dear Ms. Magnolia,
Part Two of Planning Guide: Fi
nancial Paperwork. Gather all of
your important documents together
in one place. Keep originals in a fire
proof box at home or in a bank safety
deposit box and, for security, make a
copy of each important document to
keep in another location. Review this
file every January to make changes
and add additional information. And
be sure to tell a trusted family mem
ber or friend where your important
paperwork is kept so they can access
the information immediately if neces
sary.
Financial Information to gather:
• A signed, up-to-date Will and Ad
vance Directive
• A Financial Power of Attorney
• Social Security Information, Medi
care/Medicaid Information
• Insurance information (life, health,
home, car) with policy numbers and
agents’ names and phone numbers
• Original deeds for your home and
other property, and auto title and
registration
• Copy of most recent income tax re
turn
• A list of income and assets includ
ing 401(k)s, IRAs, employee pension,
veteran benefits, interest, etc.
• A list of liabilities including mort
gages, loans and property taxes. (In
clude what is owed, when payments
are due, and contact information.),
how and when they are paid
• Names of banks and account num
bers for checking, savings, credit
union
• Information on investments (prop
erty, stocks, bonds) and names and
phone numbers of brokers
• Credit card and debit card names,
numbers and bank contact informa
tion
• Location of safe deposit box and key
Household Information:
• Names and contact information for
your children’s doctors, teachers and
childcare providers
• Names and contact information for
pet care providers and veterinarians
• A list of recurring bills and account
information including electricity, gas,
cable, internet, water, sewer, etc.
If you have a question for Ms. Magnolia, please mail it to P.O. Box 669, Vidalia, GA
30475, or e-mail to nisniagnoliaadvance@yahoo.com.
Raffensperger calls for
ban on non-citizen voting
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia Secretary of
State Brad Raffensperger
called on Congress Tues
day to pass a constitutional
amendment banning non-
U.S. citizens from voting.
“American leaders
should be elected by Amer-
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ican citizens/’ Raffens
perger said during a news
conference at the Georgia
Capitol. “It’s as simple as
that.”
Raffensperger spoke
out Tuesday hours before
President Joe Biden and
Vice President Kamala
Harris were due in Atlanta
to drum up public support
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for Democrat-backed vot
ing rights legislation stalled
in the U.S. Senate.
The Republican sec
retary of state’s remarks
also came a day after state
Senate President Pro
Tempore Butch Miller, R-
Gainesville, introduced a
state-level constitutional
amendment to prohibit
non-citizen voting. Miller
is seeking the Republican
nomination for lieutenant
governor.
Non-U.S. citizens al
ready are banned from vot
ing in Georgia under state
law. While no states allow
non-citizens to vote, New
York City recently enacted
an ordinance permitting
non-citizens to vote there.
Raffensperger criti
cized Biden and congres
sional Democrats for
pushing legislation he said
would amount to a federal
takeover of state and local
elections.
He said the two bills
being pushed by Demo
crats would virtually
eliminate voter ID require
ments, allow third parties
not affiliated with election
officials to distribute and
collect absentee ballots and
prohibit election agencies
from purging voter rolls
within six months of a fed
eral election.
“Make no mistake:
This is an attempt to weak
en election integrity in the
guise of voting rights,” he
said.
Besides the constitu
tional change to prohibit
non-citizens from voting,
Raffensperger also pro
posed establishing voter ID
requirements nationwide,
banning third-party “ballot
harvesting” and shorten
ing the blackout period for
maintaining voter rolls.
Democrats have criti
cized election overhaul
laws passed in Georgia and
other states since the 2020
elections as an effort by Re
publicans to use voter sup
pression to reverse their
electoral losses.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
Crossword Puzzle
Solution, page 9A
STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Toombs County Middle School has announced the De
cember Students of the Month. Students of the Month are selected based on grades,
attendance, and behavior, (L to R): Back row: Christian Jordan, Osvaldo Tinoco, An
tonio Garcia, Juan Alvarado, Middle row: Alina Diaz -Balcazar, Jayla Curry, Layasia
Johnson, Denya Sophia Ramirez-Leon, Front row: Katie Eduardo, Isaiah Pruitt, and Des-
tiney Foreman. Not pictured: Jason Crosby and Trevor Roundtree,
Kemp proposes more
spending on education,
health care, law enforcement
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Gov. Brian Kemp asked
Georgia lawmakers Thurs
day to use a record budget
surplus to raise the salaries
of teachers and state em
ployees and hire more nurs
es and state troopers.
In his fourth and final
State of the State address of
a four-year term, Kemp told
a joint session of the Geor
gia House and Senate edu
cation, health care and pub
lic safety will top his agenda
as he seeks reelection.
“It invests historic
levels of resources in our
students and educators,”
the governor said toward
the end of a 26-minute
speech. “It reduces the
cost of health insurance
for Georgia families [and]
recruits 1,300 new nurses
and doctors into communi
ties where they’re needed
most.”
Kemp recommended
a $2,000 raise for Georgia
teachers, the final install
ment of a $5,000 increase
he promised four years ago
on the campaign trail.
“Teachers are asked to
do more and more every
year,” Kemp said. “And the
need for a world-class K-12
education to prepare our
children for an ever-chang
ing workforce has never
been greater.”
Kemp also announced
his fiscal 2022 mid-year
budget will include $425
million to fully fund the
K-12 school funding for
mula, doing away with
“austerity” cuts that have
plagued Georgia school
systems for most of the last
two decades.
The governor also en
dorsed legislative efforts
to enact a parental bill of
rights to ensure parents are
involved in their children’s
education and a bill prohib
iting the teaching of Criti
cal Race Theory in Georgia
schools, which teaches that
racism has played and con
tinues to play a major role
in American history and
culture.
“I look forward to
working with members
of the General Assembly
this legislative session to
protect our students from
divisive ideologies - like
Critical Race Theory - that
pit kids against each other,”
he said.
On health care, Kemp
asked for $ 1 million for the
University System of Geor
gia to expand nursing pro
grams to support up to 500
students a year for five years
and funds for the Technical
College System of Georgia
to add up to 700 nursing
students.
“Physicians and nurses
are in short supply across
the country, but especially
in rural Georgia,” he said.
The governor also pro
posed a $5,000 pay raise for
state employees to make
it easier to hire and retain
workers, including law en
forcement personnel, and
requested $3 million to
support an additional state
trooper class of 75 cadets
during the coming year.
“With many urban
-and some rural - counties
facing alarming levels of vi
olent crime, we have the re
sponsibility to act,” he said.
Kemp also used the
State of the State pulpit
to tout his efforts to keep
Georgia’s economy open
during the coronavirus
pandemic, a stand he said
has played a key role in the
recovery Georgia is now
enjoying.
“Because Georgia pro
tected both lives and liveli
hoods, our best and most
prosperous days are ahead,”
the governor said. “Georgia
is on the move because we
chose freedom over gov
ernment shutdowns.”
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
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