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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
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State Briefs
Couple, others
arrested in ring
FAYETTEVILLE,(AP) - A
real estate agent and her
husband are accused of run
ning a sl2 million opera
tion to grow marijuana in
the basements of vacant
homes, authorities in sev
eral Georgia counties said.
Fayette County sheriffs
drug agents said Blanca
Botello, 34, is a licensed
ReMax Realtor who helped
close the sale on at least a
dozen homes used in the
operation.
The homes are owned by
Cuban nationals who also
may be charged, police said
Wednesday.
Police said Botello’s hus
band, Merquiades Martinez,
35, owns a hydroponics store
in Fayetteville. Hydroponics,
the process used to grow
the marijuana, refers to a
soil-less process of growing
plants in water and nutri
ents.
The couple, along with
24 others, mostly Cuban
nationals, are charged with
manufacturing and traffick
ing marijuana and theft of
services, Fayette County
District Attorney Scott
Ballard said.
Ballard said all 26 are in
county jails. The names of
the other suspects were not
released.
Fayette County Sheriff
Randall Johnson said the
marijuana was being grown
in the basements of 11 homes
in Fayette, Henry, Coweta,
Butts, Newton and Rockdale
counties. Agents raided a
12th home Wednesday after
noon in an exclusive neigh
borhood in Henry County,
said Henry County police
Maj. Stoney Mathis.
Electricity was diverted
to the drug growing opera
tion so the heavy power use
would not show up on a
house’s electric meter and
arouse suspicion, Fayette
County sheriffs Lt. Dwayne
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Prosser said.
“Phenomenal is the best
word I can use to describe
this operation,” Prosser
said.
Prosser said the investiga
tion, which began with the
Jones County Sheriff s Office
and the Drug Enforcement
Agency, is ongoing and more
arrests are expected.
Spending limit plan
falls short
ATLANTA (AP) - A plan
to limit how much Georgia’s
state budget could grow
each year fell several votes
short in the state Senate on
Wednesday - with Democrats
calling it an irresponsible
political ploy.
The measure, which would
have amended the state con
stitution if approved by vot
ers statewide, would have
allowed government spend
ing to grow from year to
year only at the rate of infla
tion and the rate the state’s
population had grown.
Any extra money brought
in by taxes would have to be
used to pay down debt, go
into a “rainy day” reserve
fund, pay for education or be
refunded to taxpayers.
“I’m here to ask for your
help to stand up for the 9
million Georgians who actu
ally pay the bills,” said Sen.
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Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock,
the plan’s sponsor.
The measure, like all pro
posed constitutional amend
ments, would require a two
thirds majority in both the
Senate and House before it
was approved.
Wednesday’s vote was 34-
21 - falling four votes short
in the 56-member chamber.
Democrats, who over
whelmingly opposed the
effort in the Republican-led
Senate, said putting such
strict limits on state spend
ing would hurt Georgia’s
rating with lending agen
cies, severely tie the hands of
lawmakers in tough econom
ic times and further harm
struggling state programs
already slashed in tight bud
gets the past several years.
Serving Georgians who
need state help the most “is
going to take smart invest
ment of Georgia’s resourc
es,” said Sen. Nan Orrock,
D-Atlanta. “We won’t do it
by taking bills like this that
are part of an ideological
agenda.
“Let us not send this kind
of Valentine to Georgians
today.”
Orrock and other
Democrats said such strict
spending limits have hurt
other states that approved
them and suggested major-
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ity Republicans merely
wanted to get Democrats on
the record voting against a
plan they had no real hopes
of passing.
“This is like seeing a car
driving off of a cliff and say
ing, ‘Let’s follow that road,’
“ said Sen. Kasim Reed, D-
Atlanta.
In Colorado, the state’s
bond rating for borrowing
money dropped after a simi
lar plan was passed and the
state struggled to adjust its
spending after tax revenues
dipped 12 percent in one
year.
The resolution would
have allowed the governor
to make special exceptions
to the spending limits in
an emergency. Money from
the lottery, motor fuel taxes
and the federal government
would have been exempted
from the limits.
Despite needing four
Democrats to change their
vote for the measure to pass,
Republican leaders asked
that the resolution be con
sidered again when they
return next week.
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Obituaries
JAMES RANDOLPH MCLEOD Sit,
PERRY -James Randolph McLeod Sr., 92, passed away on
Monday, February 12, 2007. Funeral servic
es were held Thursday, February 15, 2007
at Perry First Baptist Church. Interment
followed in Perry Memorial Gardens. The
Dr. Gene Bowman and the Reverend Dave
Corson officiated.
Mr. McLeod, a native of Milan, was the
son of the late Allen Jackson McLeod and
Martha Jane Pipkin McLeod. He worked
with MClendon Auto Company as a mechan
ic for more than 30 years. He was a member
of the Ted Wright/Warner Robins Senior
Citizens Group and the Rozier Park Senior
Citizens Group, member of the Barnabus Sunday School
Class and Perry Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Faye McLeod of Perry,
Children; Bobby Gene McLeod (Glenda), Milledgeville,
Georgia, Janie Gupton, Perry, Sandra Greathouse (Harris),
Perry, Jimmy R. McLeod Jr. (Vivian) , Perry and David A.
McLeod (Leesa), Cartersville. Sisters and Brother; Rosa
Mae Vaughn, Macon, Rebecca Ayers, Boaz, AL, Nancy
Darity, Macon, Marie Haddock, Macon and Robert McLeod,
Byron. 12 Grandchildren, eight Great Grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
Flowers accepted or donations may be made to Heart of
Georgia Hospice, 103 Westridge Drive, Warner Robins, GA
31088.
Please sign the online register at watsonhunt.com.
Consumers told to destroy possibly
contaminated peanut butter
ATLANTA (AP)
Consumers should throw
away all Peter Pan and
Great Value peanut butter
jars produced by Con Agra
that have a product code
beginning with the number
“2111” imprinted on the lid,
Con Agra said in the after
math of a salmonella out
break.
Company officials haven’t
said how much peanut but
ter will be affected by the
recall, but said consumers
can return the product lids
for a full refund.
Officials with the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention believe this to
be the first salmonella out
break associated with pea
nut butter in the U.S.
Since August, the outbreak
has sickened 288 people in
39 states, federal health offi
cials said Wednesday. About
20 percent of them have been
hospitalized but none has
died, said Dr. Mike Lynch, a
CDC epidemiologist. About
85 percent of the infected
people said they ate peanut
butter, CDC officials said.
The largest number of
cases were reported in New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Tennessee and Missouri.
The outbreak has been
linked to tainted peanut but
ter produced by Con Agra in
a single facility in Sylvester,
Ga. How salmonella got into
peanut butter is still under
investigation, Lynch said.
Con Agra said it was recall
ing products as a precau
tion.
“Although none of our
extensive product tests have
indicated the presence of
salmonella, we are taking
this precautionary measure
because consumer health
and safety is out top pri
ority,” spokesman Chris
Kircher said. “We are work
ing closely with the FDA to
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better understand its con
cerns, and we will take what
ever additional measures are
needed to ensure the safety,
quality and wholesomeness
of our products.”
Great Value peanut butter
made by other manufactur
ers is not affected, the FDA
said.
Salmonella infection is
known each year to sicken
about 40,000 people in the
United States, according to
the CDC. Salmonellosis, as
the infection is known, kills
about 600 people annually.
Symptoms of salmonella
can include diarrhea, fever,
dehydration, abdominal pain
and vomiting.
The new outbreak began
in August, but just two
or fewer cases have been
reported each day, CDC offi
cials said.
It was only in the past few
days that investigators were
able to hone in on a particu
lar food, Lynch said.
The FDA sent investiga
tors to Con Agra’s process
ing plant in Sylvester where
the products were made to
review records, collect prod
uct samples and conduct
tests for salmonella.
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