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♦ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2006
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Mr. Taylor doesn’t. I’ll be
glad when this is over It
doesn’t pay enough to put
up with all this.”
All of this was in response
to Taylor’s question to leg
islation written by O’Neal
(who he kept referring to as
the governor’s best friend
and real estate attorney)
that provided tax breaks
for people who sold land in
Georgia and purchased sim
ilar land in another state
with the proceeds.
Perdue explained the bill
was initiated by complaints
to the 'department of rev
enue and the possibility of
litigation, as Georgia was
one of two states without
the legislation.
Taylor claimed the legis
lation, with a last-minute
retroactive add-on, was
solely to benefit Perdue,
who received a SIOO,OOO tax
break on his purchase of 20
acres in Florida.
Perdue answered by say
ing he was unaware of the
tax break until his tax pre
parer told him of it.
In a stunt, which Taylor
even provided handouts to
the media, the Democrat
said he had someone willing
to buy the land for $5 mil
lion from Perdue, provided
he donated the profits to spe
cial needs children. Taylor
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chamber hosts five of these
8 a.m. breakfasts. One for
the city with the mayor and
city leaders in attendance.
Another brings county com -
missioners to the chamber.
And then the chamber spon
sors Eggs and Issues involv
ing representatives from the
Board of Education.
Feild explained that the
last Eggs and Issues break
fast is held in December
before the state legislature
meets so that local repre
sentatives can discuss the
legislative agenda.
“The Eggs and Issues is
for (chamber) members and
their guests,” Feild said. “It’s
a benefit of being a cham
ber member. The breakfasts
open doors and put members
in contact with community
leaders.”
Chamber of Commerce
member Jim Taylor of Taylor
Enterprises comes for the
networking. His is a market
ing development company.
He came to Wednesday’s
Eggs and Issues breakfast
because, “I wanted to find
out what the hospital is
doing.”
According to Phillips it’s
doing plenty.
During his presentation,
Phillips discussed important
facts about the Center.
He revealed plans to
expand the Heart Institute
and updated construction of
the northwest tower of the
hospital to add 102 patient
beds.
The target completion date
is 2009 he said but added the
16 beds will be opened in
mid December.
Phillips also talked about
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device has its own specific
frequency.
The county has three
receiver devices, which it
uses to triangulate the signal
to locate the missing person.
He said the call comes in
to 911, the address shows if
there is a Project Life saver
patient there. “If the go
missing from another loca
tion, we ask for the trans
mitter number.”
A patrol car is sent out,
he said to, start the initial
search, then the receivers
are used and the State Patrol
helicopter is also called out.
“We us an omni directional
antenna to locate the sig
nal,” Everidge said, “then a
directional antenna to close
in on it.”
The Warner Robins Police
Department’s Citizen Adult
Resources Extensions
Service, or CARES, also par
ticipates in the program.
For more information, con
tact McCain at 922-1340.
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There were several homemade signs at Thursday night's political forum including this
Sonny sign.
valued the land at S4O mil
lion and Perdue Offered it to
him for S2O million.
Perdue also raised eth
ics questions with Taylor
on state contracts Taylor’s
father’s business has. Taylor
said all the contracts were
awarded under competitive
bids and were before he was
in office.
Libertarian candidate
Garrett Michael Hayes didn’t
participate in the mud sling
ing, telling the moderator
during an exchange, “I’m
the economic impact of the
facility.
He told his audience that
the hospital has an SB2
million yearly payroll that
includes 1,700 employees,
160 volunteers and 165 phy
sicians working in 24 spe
cialties.
“We are one of the low
est cost providers in central
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waiting to get back to the
issues.”
Hayes proposed eliminat
ing the state income tax and
replacing it with the Fair
Tax, a sales tax. (Visit www.
FairTax.org for details.)
“We need to reduce spend
ing and cut the budget to
the bone. We need to flatline
the budget. It will put more
money in your pocket, which
you can spend at the local
level for services.”
He also proposed a state
wide school voucher system
Georgia,” Phillips said.
He also pointed out the
Warner Robins business
leaders that the hospital
generates $102.3 million in
the local economy through
related services, “in addition
to direct services.”
Between 60 and 70 busi
ness leaders attend the Eggs
and Issues breakfasts.
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had approved a motion to
sell the lots for $125,000
an acre. Anything less
than that, we don’t have
a sale.”
Snellgrove said “we’re
willing to look at an offer,
but don’t mislead him that
he’s anywhere in the ball
park.”
The property purchases
and the setting of a broker’s
commission rate are sched
uled for the next meeting.
“We contacted other
development authorities
across the state and some
private firms,” Snellgrove
said, about the broker’s
commission rate on land
sales. “Five to 6 percent
seems to be what it’s run
ning across the sate. I feel
we have it down to have it
for the next meeting.”
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Warner Robins and Perry
that have had three site
visits since the last . meet
ing. Law said a brokerage
firm is looking at the Perry
speculative building with
another distribution proj
ect. The state Department
of Economic Development
visited in September to do
an assessment of the spec
building. “We don’t have
the results from the visit
yet,” Law said.
The 5-year-old specula
tive building in the Mid
Georgia Corporate Center
near the Perry-Houston
County Airport and the
Thomson Road exit off
Interstate 75 is a 120,000
square foot metal and
masonry building, with
30-foot ceiling and sits on
20 acres. It has remained
vacant since it was built in
2001 at a cost of more than
$2 million.
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