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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
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Journal Ray Llghtner
Houston County Commission Chairman Ned Sanders pre
sented the Veterans Day proclamation to Bob Cruthirds
and Cecil Palmer of the Ocmulgee Chapter of the Sons
of the American Revolution Tuesday during the council
meetings.
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LLC, PO. Drawer 8269,
Warner Robins, 31095, have
the same registered agent, H.
David Moore, 108 Olympia
Drive, Suite 100 Warner
Robins, which is the address
of McGlamry Properties.
Attorney Doug Dillard now
represents all three land
owners. Paul and Dillard
spoke against the county’s
proposed Land Use Plan
claiming it amounted to tak
ing of their land.
Paul, said he and Autry
“see this as taking our land.
The plan as proposed is an
immediate killer to the value
of our land. It is an absolute
taking of our land.”
Dillard said the rural resi
dential designation puts a
“freeze on development.”
Both Dillard and Paul said
they were “completely sur
prised by what is happen
ing.”
Paul said he and Autry did
not find out about the pro
posed change to the land use
plan until last Thursday.
County Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders said
the public hearings were held
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While there, howev
er, he was able to see Lee
Greenwood, an entertainer
who has done much for the
American military through
USO tours.
His first trouble spot was
being part of the refueling
depot in Riyadh, Saudi Arab.
Brannan said he was used to
the climate, as he had been
there several times before
the call up for the Gulf War.
Still, a transfer of station
from Iceland to Riyadh was
to be difficult.
Many watched the scud
air raids on the news but
Brannan had a closer view
of the night sky - and the
impact. The initial wave
came in at 15 scuds + a
night.
Then within three weeks,
the fight seemed to lose
momentum. Later, he said,
they came at around mid
night - two or more a night.
The action was nicknamed,
“Midnight Charlie”.
The unit Brannan worked
with was also assigned
to work with British and
French troops. That being
the case, he found himself
the Christmas of 1990 sitting
with French troops through
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a violation of Article 35 of
the Uniform Code of Military
Justice.
Davis is out, having already
served his time, most in pre
trial confinement. Neither
he nor his family is entitled
to any pay, Schmidt said, but
Davis still holds his mili
tary ID card and he and his
dependents can still receive
medical care until the appeal
is finalized.
Schmidt explained the
record of the trial was
approved by the conven
ing authority and is now in
the hands of the officials in
Washington, D.C. She said
the appeals process usually
takes from eight months to a
year and a half.
and notices were published
in the paper as required by
law. Sanders told Paul “your
co-council was aware. He
represents Oaky Woods.”
Paul said he had just hired
Dillard on Thursday.
Sanders repeatedly told
both “the comprehensive
plan is a recommendation,
not an ordinance, not a law,
not in concrete, and not irre
versible. It is a guide for
orderly development.”
Sanders said the recom
mendation of rural residen
tial for the land fits with the
use in the area. “There is no
change in zoning.”
Dillard said the recom
mended plan, which he
knowingly admitted is
required by law, is just a
guide. There’s no plan, no
vision. “It reflects the exist
ing uses.”
Dillard argued, “you know
what we want to do with this
land. We made a presenta
tion to the planning com
mittee.”
Dillard claimed the
state planner from the
Middle Georgia Regional
Development Center recom
mended mixed use.
“We want to build a
mixed use development,
a “wonderful” Christmas
meal of pork.
This was a normal feast
for an American or French
dinner table but to be sitting
in the heart of the Muslim
Middle East it was a “no,
no,” he said. Muslim was
banned for troops working
in this particular theater of
operations. “It is probably
the one thing I like to give
the French troops credit
for,” he said.
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Journal Ray IJghtner
Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker proclaimed Nov.
11 as Maj. Gen. Joseph A. McNeal Day in Warner Robins
in honor of the Tuskeegee Airmen. Toledo Bradford,
chapter president of the 15-member Maj. Gen. Joseph A.
McNeal Chapter of the Tuskeegee Airmen was on hand
for he occasion.
with industrial, residential,
commercial - a community
of 40,000 over the next 20
years,” Dillard said.
Dillard asked the county
to sit down and talk with
the three property own
ers. “You’re not in a race.
The comprehensive plan is
not due to the state until
February.”
He asked that the plan be
sent to the county Planning
Commission “to work this
through. We suggested
mixed use, the RDC sug
gested mixed use and we
provided the language for it
in the plan.”
The county does not have
mixed use zonings. “We’re
not creating something other
jurisdictions don’t have,”
Dillard said.
Part of their objections
came from an early version
of the comprehensive plan
that had part of the land
listed for parks or public
use. Even though it was
not longer part of the plan,
developer Charlie McGlamry
challenged the commission
ers and Becky Wood who
asked that it stay as is to
donate their own personal
land for public use, saying
he’d match them acre for
ing moments of this tour,
Brannan said, was in watch
ing the news. He said it gave
many troops the feeling that
things weren’t going well.
He pointed out much of the
protests were covered and
the military often thought
they too, were looked down
on. “Much like the troops
returning from Vietnam had
been,” he said.
It wasn’t until he returned
to the states that he really
felt that wasn’t true.
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acre.
“At least there’s changes
from parks to rural resi
dential,” Dillard said. “You
know that’s not what we
want.”
He asked commissioners
“for the chance to work with
you, to adopt what we want
- what you really want for
the future of this county.”
Dillard admitted to the
history of the land. “I
understand it’s been a wild
life management area for a
while. It was a tree farm
owned by Weyerhaeuser. It’s
a wildlife management area
now only because the cur
rent owners let it be one.”
As far as the advertising
of hearings, Wood said, “we
went to three. They were
adequately published. We’d
like it to stay a wildlife man
agement area.”
Developer Joe Kovac, who
also owns adjacent land
asked “why this would be
the one area with controlled
growth? I think people
developing it would do a bet
ter job than has been done.”
Sanders said, “rural resi
dential does not restrict any
future development or des
ignation.”
Sanders accommodated
In fact, one of the big
gest boosts came when an
elderly lady from California
sent him a lucky penny that
her son had carried during
World War 11.
Why did he retire here in
Georgia, after all he joined
the military to move from
Georgia?
“It is just one of the circles
of life,” he said. “It really is
my home here. I saw a lot in
my 20 years of duty, but I did
not find another home.”
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006
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Journal Ray Light net
Walker proclaims November as Poppy Month and pres
ents the proclamation to the American Legion Post 172
Poppy Princess Amber Webb and Post Commander Ron
Coldiron. Amanda sold poppies at a $1 a piece to many of
those gathered at Monday’s meeting.
the developers and attorneys,
moving the public comment
portion of the meeting to the
top of the agenda so they
could voice their objections.
Later in the meeting the
board voted unanimously to
send the community agenda
portion of the 20-year com
prehensive plan update to
the Middle Georgia Regional
Development Center and
the state Department of
Community Affairs for offi
cial review.
“If I thought it was taking
anyone’s land I’d be against
it,” said Commissioner
Larry Thomson, as he
seconded Commissioner
Gail Robinson’s motion to
approve.
Commissioner Tom
McMichael reiterated what
Sanders told the developers,
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saying the plan leaves the
doors open. It is not intend
ed to be zoning hearing. It is
just a guide.”
Robinson said the impor
tance of getting the plan
completed, submitted and
approved by the state. “This
is a guide, not a change in
zoning,” Robinson said.
“The plan is intended to be
neutral.”
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