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WINGS
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COUNTRY
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about what it means to be a
citizen standing up to speak
at a public hearing.
Perry, for all its small town
ways and friendly outlook,
isn’t Norman Rockwell coun
try when it comes to input
from people who don’t live
within the city limits.
And this group, despite all
the annexation and devel
opment proposals for their
neighborhood that are being
voted on, aren’t city resi
dents.
Public hearing time is built
into government meetings
when it comes to land use
votes. The law requires that
neighboring property own
ers be notified of requests
for annexations and rezoning
in their neighborhood. The
law doesn’t require that pub
lic officials respond to what
citizens say or answer their
questions, and the 25 people
present at the meeting are
unanimous in feeling that
what they’ve said has made
no difference.
“The people we talk to
don’t care about us,” Cynthia
Ballard says. “They’re con
descending. No one has lis
tened to what we have to say.
There’s a difference between
being heard and being lis
tened to.”
There’s a murmur of agree
ment.
Gene Grinstead, who
has lived in the Perry area
most of his life, says, “Most
them (the Perry Planning
& Zoning board) know me
When I spoke, I talked about
the traffic, the water run-off,
the property taxes. I felt like
I was ignored. I said to heck
with it. We’re considering
TAXES
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the largest portion is the
General Fund at $45,032,825.
The rest comes from enter
prise and special use funds as
well as Special Purpose Local
Option Sales Tax funds.
The general fund is paid for
mostly with property taxes at
about $29.5 million.
According to Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders the
general fund budget is actu
ally an 8 percent increase
from the FY 2006 final bud
get of $41,407,547. FY 2007
began July 1, for the county.
Increasing personnel, fuel
and energy costs are the rea
sons for the budget increases,
it was explained. The budget
includes 12 new positions and
a 3.5 percent cost of living
increase-for all employees.
The 12 new positions
include a personnel office
assistant, custodian, Superior
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activities under the guidance
of the Recreational Leader.
The bereavement camp
takes place the first week
end in November at Camp
Martha Johnston in Lizella.
At Sunday’s closing, par
ents and guardians are
invited to participate in a
memorial service with the
The following proposals and plans for building
new homes on Langston Road are in various stages
at this point. This information comes from the City
of Perry Planning Office:
■ Notting Hill: 92 homes to be built on approximately
43 acres in a Planned Unit Development. Annexation and
rezoning are complete. Permits are being sought now for
building the homes.
■ Langston Place: Rezoning and annexation requests
from the Knight Group have been approved by the city.
This development will include 120 homes on about 40
acres.
■ The Stevens Property: 145 acres already annexed and
rezoned R-2 at the request of Vision Works LLC.
■ The Reserve at Tuscany: Two properties adding up to
172 acres, annexed and rezoned at the request of Vision
Works LLC.
Further proposals: Perry developer Jack Smith is asking
for rezoning and annexation of two properties. One is 154
acres, the other 46 acres. The decision on these proposals
has been held up due to a problem with signage.
- Charlotte Perkins
selling everything.”
But then he stops and
amends his statement,
remembering something that
happened before the vote was
taken on a subdivision. One
member of the Planning and
Zoning commission spoke
up.
. “Jim Mehserle said we
had some valid concerns,”
Grinstead remembers. “He
said that we had questions
and that they couldn’t give
us answers. And then, Martin
Beeland (the chairman) went
ahead with the vote.
“There are no warm fuzzy
feelings,” Mary Lynn Dukes
says, “You have no represen
tation.”
The group breaks off into a
discussion of the time a Perry
city councilman said some
thing - they felt, sarcastically
- about “these people not
having the lovely deer walk
ing across their lawns.”
Dee Allison points out
that the media didn’t cover
Court clerk, an investigator
for the Public Defender’s
Office and five new posi
tions in the Sheriffs Office.
The commission approved
at $382,383.68 from the FY
2007 budget for employee
insurance later in the meet
ing
Building improvements
will continue in the 2007
budget with $1.7 million
to continue the renova
tions at the County Annex,
State Court and Sheriffs
Office and to build out the
“shelled in” space at the
County Courthouse in Perry.
Sanders previously explained
that about $5 million was cut
from the construction of the
courthouse to build it within
budget and some areas were
only shelled in, to do so.
The new judges chambers
as well as finishing the third
courtroom and jury room are
needed now, because of the
for the new judge authorized
END OF SUMMER
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it “when Lee Gilmour (the
Perry City manager) gave us
all a little lecture.”
They say they’ve been told
“This is the way they do it in
Gwinnett and Cobb County.”
“Gwinnett and Cobb are
the poster children for what
we DON’T want,” Dukes
says. “That’s urban sprawl.”
And then she adds, “The
very thing that’s drawing
everybody to this county is
the thing we’re destroying.”
Tomorrow: Langston
Road residents talk about
the impact of the proposed
subdivisions on their prop
erty taxes, what they see
as a lack of planning for
infrastructure for the rapid
growth, stormwater drain
age and other environmental
issues, the traffic problem,
their thoughts about Planned
Unit Developments, and their
expectation that Langston is
at risk of “becoming another
Houston Lake Road. ”
for Superior Court, Sanders
said.
Some of the road projects
in the 2007 budget include
$200,00 for straightening
White Road and Thompson
Road in the north end of
the county, $150,000 for the
Osigian Drive extension to
U.S 41, $134,000 for the
paving of Terrell Road and
$50,000 for additional land
scaping along Houston Lake
Road. Sanders said traffic
signals at $60,000 each are
planned the intersections of
Langston and Lake Joy roads
and at Cohen Walker Drive
and Houston Lake Road.
Nineteen new patrol cars
will be purchased for the
Sheriffs Office at a cost of
$410,000.
Inmate funds will also be
used to enhance the video
recorder and camera sys
tem at the Houston County
Detention Facility budgeted
at $67,000.
LOCAL
Pouce Beat
Playin' in the dirt again
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
On Monday, a woman
reported an incident that
took place early Sunday
morning at the Elko Boggin.
. She told the deputy she was
in the mud pit area, throw
ing mud with her friend
when the complainant acci
dentally flicked an ash from
her cigarette onto a small
child.
The mother of the child
then became instantly upset
and yelled at the complain
ant.
The father of the child,
in turn, jumped from his
pickup and struck the com
plainant several times with
his fist. The complainant’s
friend attempted to assist
her, then she was reportedly
jumped on by four or so sub
jects. The friend’s glasses
were broken and the com
plainant received a swollen
and possibly broken nose.
COURSE
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only for family members of
the mentally ill. It is not
intended as treatment for
those who are themselves
suffering from mental ill
ness.
Those individuals are
urged to seek medical help
and get into an appropriate
treatment program.
Hartesveldt holds a
Master’s degree in Mental
Health Counseling, and has
been an employment coun
selor for the Middle Georgia
Consortium for the past 16
years. She is a member of
the board of directors of
NAMI-Central Georgia and
active in community affairs.
Ham is a registered nurse
and retired as vice-presi
dent for patient services
at the Medical Center in
Macon. She is currently
president of the National
Alliance on Mental Illness-
Central Georgia, Inc., and
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A deputy working secu
rity at the Boggin arrived
shortly thereafter, and
broke up the fight. All per
sons involved were ejected
from the event.
At the time the report
was taken the woman had
a swollen nose, both eyes
were blackened and her
right check was swollen and
yellow.
She said she wanted a
report done so she could
file civil action against the
other party. The names of
the other parties involved
were not recorded at the
time of the incident.
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At about 12:21 a.m.,
Monday, a deputy report
edly observed a driver run a
red light at Russell Parkway
and Moody Road, when the
deputy had the green turn
arrow.
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The car reportedly did
not have any working tail
lights, the headlights were
going on and off and the
windshield wipers were on
4 while the weather was
warm and dry,
The driver, Rhett Lane
Strickland, 42, of 209
Winners Circle in Perry, was
stopped and reportedly said
his lights were not working
and he was having to pull
the lever to get the head
lights to work.
He also reportedly said
the wipers just came on and •
would not shut off.
The offender was also
reportedly very sweaty,
wearing only shorts and no
shirt. When asked for his
diver’s license he could not
find it and his speech and
demeanor were reportedly
“odd.”
The driver initially said
he was not on any medica
tions, had not taken any
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disorder, bipolar disorder,
mqjor depressive disorder,
obsessive-compulsive disor
der, panic and other severe
disorders
The local branch office
of NAMI is located at 209
Elberta Road in Warner
Robins. For information call
328-0508.
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