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State Briefs
Democrats seek
land Investigation
ATLANTA (MNS) - A
group of Democratic law
makers are asking state and
federal prosecutors to look
into a 2004 Florida land deal
between Gov. Sonny Perdue
and a developer whom
Perdue had earlier named to
a state board.
At a Wednesday press con
ference, the legislators also
called for an investigation
into a tax bill, signed by
Perdue in 2005, that gave
him an estimated SIOO,OOO
tax break on the land.
Perdue’s camp quickly
argued that the event was
an attempted distraction
from a scheduled discussion
of allegedly illegal contribu
tions to Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor,
the governor’s Democratic
challenger, set for today’s
meeting of the State Ethics
Commission.
“Georgians need to know
why their governor gets a
tax cut when they don’t,”
said House Minority Leader
Dußose Porter, D-Dublin.
In a letter to David
Nahmias, the U.S. attorney
for the Northern District of
Georgia, and state Attorney
General Thurbert Baker, the
four lawmakers argued that
media reports about the deal
between Perdue and devel
oper Stanley Thomas raised
serious questions.
“I ask that your office take
immediate action and open
an investigation into this
matter, specifically whether
the Perdue Administration
has provided any illegal
benefits to Stanley Thomas
or any of his companies in
return for the extraordinary
financial opportunity he
provided to the Governor,”
the letter says. “In addition,
a thorough investigation is
needed to determine wheth
er the state legislative pro
cess was wrongly manipu
lated to provide a tax benefit
to the Governor worth more
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than $100,000.”
Democrats admitted they
have no evidence of ille
gal activities on the part of
Perdue or Thomas.
Perdue appointed Thomas
to the state Board of
Economic Development in
2003. More than a year later,
he paid Thomas $2 million
for a plot of land near a toll
road leading to Walt Disney
World. Democrats say that
land is now worth at least
$9 million. In 2005, the gov
ernor signed the tax mea
sure, which was supported
by Democrats who now say
they were deceived.
Officials say lender
a part of fraud ring
ATHENS (MNS) -
Authorities have charged a
lender in connection with
a massive alleged mortgage
fraud in southeast Clarke
County another player
in a scam investigators say
required a real estate agent,
attorney, appraisers and
others to artificially inflate
sales prices and falsify loan
applications.
Tina Rae Musselwhite,
43, was a loan officer with
Meridian Lending Inc. of
Loganville when she han
dled loan applications for
some of the deals in the
alleged scheme that netted
$7 million at the Milford
Hills subdivision, according
to Athens-Clarke police Det.
Sean McCauley.
Musselwhite, a Grayson
resident now listed with
Capital Mortgage & Financial
Group, with offices in Atlanta
and Stone Mountain, would
not comment. McCauley
said Musselwhite was the
loan officer for “more than
one” Milford Hills proper
ty deal, but would not say
how many. According to real
estate records, Meridian
Lending Inc. was involved in
nearly 20 transactions in the
subdivision.
According to the detec
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tive, the woman signed off
on loan applications that
had “glaring” irregularities
that should have sent up red
flags of possible mortgage
fraud.
“She was either involved
or should have known” a
fraud scheme was being
committed, said McCauley,
the lead local investigator
on the case that’s being han
dled jointly with the state
attorney general’s office.
Musselwhite was booked
into the Clarke County
Jail on a charge of violat
ing the state Racketeering
Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act and later
released on SIO,OOO bond.
She and other alleged con
spirators face up to 20 years
in prison if convicted.
Man shot after
officer hit by car
SAVANNAH (AP) - A
Savannah man was hospi
talized early Thursday after
being shot by police officers
when he tried to run them
over with his car, according
to authorities.
Savannah-Chatham Police
stopped Darin Lenard
Manigo, 40, of Savannah at
about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday
during a sweep of an area
where there had been sev
eral recent crime reports.
As officers were investigat
ing after discovering he did
not have a driver’s license,
Manigo drove off, according
to a release from the police.
Manigo struck three police
Centerville Downtown
Development
Authority Town Hall Meeting
August 31, 2006 at 6:00p.m.
City Hall Community Room
300 E. Church Street
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cars during the chase that
followed. When officers sur
rounded his vehicle after
he struck the last two cars,
Manigo struck one officer
and tried to run over the
others, according to the
release.
Five officers were involved
in the chase and shooting.
All were placed on admin
istrative leave while the
department investigates.
Teenagers testify
in sex case
EATONTON (AP) - Two
girls testified Wednesday
that teenagers posed for
sexually explicit photos and
played with sex toys in the
home of a former Eatonton
police officer last Labor Day
weekend.
Darrell L. Sanders Sr., 45,
and his 32-year-old wife,
Jennifer, gave them alcohol
and drugs, and she took a
bubble bath with them before
watching pornographic mov
ies, the teenagers testified
about a party including a
group of 13- and 14-year
olds spending the weekend
at the home.
They also said they smoked
marijuana that Sanders had
confiscated during traffic
stops.
The testimony came dur
ing the first day of the for
mer officer’s trial on charges
of exploitation of children,
child molestation, contrib
uting to the delinquency of
a minor and distributing
marijuana.
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CURTIS RAY MORRIS
CENTERVILLE - Ray Morris, 71, passed away Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today in the Chapel
of McCullough Funeral Home with interment following
in Centerville Cemetery. Morris was bom Nov. 2, 1934 in
Americus. Survivors include his wife, two children, one
brother, three sisters, four grandchildren and one great
grandson.
Bush to campaign
fop Max Burns
LARRYPETERSON
Morris News Service
SAVANNAH - President
Bush is coming to Chatham
County for Max Burns -
a signal that the national
Republican Party is going all
out for the Georgia congres
sional candidate.
Bush is to be the featured
speaker at a Sept. 7 fund
raising luncheon for Bums
at Pooler’s Mighty Eighth
Air Force Museum.
“You can probably get in
for 100 bucks,” said U.S.
Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga.,
“but if you want to give three
or four thousand, they’ll be
happy to provide that oppor
tunity.”
Burns, a Sylvania
Republican, is trying to win
back the 12th Congressional
District seat he lost to John
Barrow in 2004, and his polls
say the race is a dead heat.
Control of the House is up
for grabs and the 12th is one
of a handful of Democrat
held seats the GOP thinks it
can retake.
But Burns is running far
behind in the scramble for
the campaign cash he needs
to get his message to the
district’s voters
As of June 30, the end of
the last campaign finance
reporting period, Barrow
had $1.3 million on hand
compared to $733,393 for
Burns.
Bush’s visit should be a big
boost, said Charles Bullock,
a professor of political sci
ence at the University of
Georgia.
“He’s going to raise a ton
of money,” Bullock said. “He
will be well positioned to go
toe-to-toe with Barrow. ...
(This race) could be pivotal
to control of Congress.”
Kingston, too, read signifi
cance into the willingness of
the president, who he said
is due to give a speech in
Atlanta on the same day, to
appear for Burns.
“The Republican Party
believes it’s important that
Max win. They (the White
House) would not do it if ...
(Burns) was out of the pic
ture, but he’s closing in.”
Tim Baker, Burns’ cam
paign manager, did not deny
that the president is coming,
but referred inquiries to the
White House.
“Obviously though,” Baker
added, “Max Burns would be
delighted to have the presi
dent here for him.”
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Kingston described the
event as “multi-tiered.”
Guests pay a set amount
to attend and additional
amounts - running into
four figures - to have pho
tos taken with Bush or chat
with him at a small recep
tion.
It’s not the first time the
White House has helped
Bums.
Last October, Vice
President Dick Cheney
spoke at a Bums luncheon
that raised an estimated
$140,000. He was also the
headliner for a May 2004
Bums luncheon at Mighty
Eighth Air Force Museum
that raked in $175,000.
Despite the expected finan
cial bonanza, Bush likely
won’t much help Burns with
voters in the 12th, which
takes in most of Savannah.
Bush fell just short of
breaking even with Democrat
John Kerry there in 2004.
And the most recent state
wide poll shows that more
Georgians disapprove than
approve of the president’s
performance.
Barrow’s response to the
upcoming event was low
key.
“The president is always
welcome,” he said. “While
he’s here, I hope he has a
chance to visit the Port of
Savannah to find out first
hand why we need to pass
my Protect America First
Act - to stop foreign govern
ments, like Dubai, from buy
ing up our nation’s ports.”
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