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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Mmtatim Hitiiy journal
Perry Office
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State Briefs
Money at heart ot
waterway woes
SAVANNAH (MNS)
- To the dismay of boat
ers in Georgia, the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway has
been living up to its nick
name: “The Ditch.”
Intracoastal sailors affec
tionately use that moni
ker for the partly artificial,
partly natural passage that
stretches from Norfolk, Va.,
to the Florida Keys because
it was originally dug out to a
depth of just 12 feet.
In Georgia it’s been a
little too ditch-like lately.
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers hasn’t dredged it
in five years, and the tides
and river flows have been
filling it in.
“The Intracoastal is abso
lutely worst in Georgia,”
said David Roach, chairman
of the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway Association.
“You’ve got shoaling cou
pled with a huge tidal range.
When it goes to low tide,
there’s nothing there. It’s a
couple feet deep.”
The waterway’s dilapi
dated condition deters boat
ers who would otherwise
sail their business right
into Georgia, said Charlie
Waller, president of the
Georgia Marine Business
Association.
“When they hear about it,
they stay away,” said Waller,
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Brunswick 91 76 t-storm
Cartersville 88 67 t-storm
Chattanooga,TN 80 66 t-storm
Columbus 90 71 t-storm
Cordele 95 71 t-storm
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Boston 84 64 mst sunny
Chicago 74 57 sunny
Dallas 89 76 t-storm
Denver 83 58 t-storm
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who co-owns and manages
the Isle of Hope Marina.
“They go 'outside.’ They go
on the Atlantic Ocean. Or
they time their trips on the
tides, which tends to irritate
them.” '
Federal money to deepen
the passage is in the works
- but not a sure thing - in
Congress, so every day that
goes by without deepening is
hurting local businesses.
“Maintenance is not sexy,”
Roach said. “There’s no rib
bon cutting.”
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston,
R-Ga., has met with Roach,
Waller and local legislators,
including State Sen. Eric
Johnson, R-Savannah, and
State Rep. Burke Day, R-
Tybee Island, to discuss the
funding. Another meeting is
scheduled money or federal
support for dredging the
waterway.
“The Office ofManagement
and Budget does not think
recreational boating has a
big enough impact to justify
federal funding,” he said, “so
we have to beg for earmarks
in our district that already
has many competing Corps
projects.”
Georgia could soon be
looking at that and other
ways to fund the dredging.
Ten years ago, Florida
reduced its dependence on
federal funds by imposing a
property tax, an average of
about $5 a year, on residents
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Dalton 89 67 t-storm
Dillard 81 61 t-storm
Dublin 95 68 t-storm
Duluth 87 66 t-storm
Gainesville 88 69 t-storm
Helen 86 65 t-storm
Lagrange 88 67 t-storm
Macon 92 69 t-storm
Marietta 87 66 t-storm
Milledgeviile '93 68 t-storm
Houston 91 73 t-storm
Los Angeles 90 69 sunny
Miami 89 76 t-storm
Minneapolis 77 57 sunny
New York 84 68 sunny
of counties bisected by the
waterway.
A study of the same prob
lem in North Carolina offered
solutions that included add
ing a fuel tax earmarked for
Intracoastal maintenance or
diverting to waterway main
tenance some of the fuel
taxes boaters already pay,
Roach said. A user fee for
the waterway is another pos
sibility. The Georgia Boating
Association and users of
the waterway have funded
a study that showed the
Intracoastal brings about
$33 million to the state’s
economy each year. But that
study was far from compre
hensive, Waller said.
“We only captured a small
part to give people a feel for
what they have to lose if
the waterway is not kept in
shape,” he said.
To get better numbers,
the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources has
agreed to put SIB,OOO toward
an economic analysis. The
THE CITY OF WARNER ROBINS DOES HEREBY ANNOUNCE THAT THE MILLAGE RATE WILL BE SET AT THE
REGULAR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 AT 6 :30 P.M. AND PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF O.C.G.A.
48-5-32 DOES HEREBY PUBLISH THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF THE CURRENT YEAR’S TAX DIGEST AND
PROPOSED LEVY, ALONG WITH THE HISTORY OF THE TAX DIGEST AND LEVY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
CURRENT PROPOSED 2007 TAX DIGEST AND FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
CITY OF WARNER ROBINS
(Includes Houston & Peach Counties)
CITY OF WARNER ROBINS 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
REAL ESTATE & PUBLIC UTILITY 733.481,458 846,086.715 902,233,622 975,697,112 1,134,905,493 1,224,308,543
PERSONAL PROPERTY 96,671,799 96,734,123 107,140,265 115,925,770 113,700,846 118,473,710
MOTOR VEHICLE 96,555,330 104,457,863 98,725,330 97,613,800 97,613,800 108,809,050
MOBILE HOME 3,537,785 3,566,981 3,529,155 4,314,337 4,314,337 3,736,649
TIMBER * 14,519 24,116
HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT 94,514 78,000 31.200 198,929 314,485
GROSS DIGEST 930,355,405 1,050,845,682 1,1)1.706,372 1,193,582,219 1,350,733,405 1,455,666,553
TOTAL EXEMPTIONS (60,398,310) (63,125,648) (58,715,986) (61,168.821) (61,164,712) (62,835,194)
NET DIGEST 869,957,095 987,720,034 1,052,990,386 1,132,413,398 1,289,568,693 1,392,831,359
MILLAGE RATE 10.45 MILLS 9.903 MILLS 9.882 MILLS 9.80 MILLS 9.257 MILLS 9.254 MILLS
NET TAX LEVIED 9,091,052 9,781,391 10,405,651 11,097,651 11,937,537 12,889,261
NET REVENUE & INCREASE 564,181 690,340 624,259 692,000 839,886 951,724
DIET REVENUE % INCREASE 6.6165% 7.5936% 6.3821% 6.6502% 7.5681% 7.9725%
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Meteorologist
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Peachtree City 88 65 t-storm
Perry 93 70 t-storm
Rome 90 68 t-storm
Savannah 93 73 t-storm
St. Simons Island9l 76 t-storm
Statesboro 94 70 t-storm
Thomasville 96 72 t-storm
Valdosta 96 71 t-storm
Warner Robins 93 69 t-storm
Waycross 96 70 t-storm
Phoenix 108 89 mst sunny
San Francisco 88 64 sunny
Seattle 79 59 pt sunny
St. Louis 87 62 pt sunny
Washington, DC 89 70 sunny
University of Georgia
might match that funding,
Kingston said.
Ex-Piedmont DA,
wife indicted
ATHENS (MNS) - A
Banks County grand jury
on Tuesday indicted former
Piedmont Circuit District
Attorney Tim Madison, his
wife and a former prosecu
tor on felony charges stem
ming from a state investiga
tion into the misspending of
thousands of dollars from a
victim’s assistance fund.
Madison, his wife, Linn
Jones, and former Assistant
District Attorney Anthony
Brett Williams were expect
ed to turn themselves in at
the Banks County Jail on
Wednesday.
Madison and Jones face
four counts of making false
statements and one count
of conspiracy for allegedly
forging timecards so Banks
County funds paid Jones for
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Ex-prof may take AG post
By REBECCA %yiGLEY
Morris News Service
ATHENS - A former
adjunct instructor at the
University of Georgia School
of Law could be a front
runner for the now empty
U.S. attorney general’s post,
according to news analysts
and UGA law professors.
CNN’s Don Lemon has
suggested former U.S.
Deputy Attorney General
Larry Thompson - who
taught classes at UGA in
2004 and 2005 and currently
serves as head legal counsel
at PepsiCo - as a contender
to replace Alberto Gonzales,
who announced his resigna
tion Monday amid allega
tions of questionable firings
of U.S. attorneys.
Washington politicians
have said that they expect
President Bush to nomi
nate Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff
to replace Gonzales, but
Lemon also has suggested
Solicitor General Ted Olson
and Frances Townsend,
Bush’s homeland security
advisor.
“I think Larry would be
a fantastic choice,” said
UGA law professor David
Shipley, who served as the
law school’s dean when
Thompson taught at UGA.
“I think it would be a good
move to the White House ...
(Thompson could) revitalize
a justice department that’s
in bad shape.”
A Thompson nomination
would be akin to former
President Gerald Ford tap
ping the non-political Ed
Levy as attorney general fol
lowing the Watergate scan
dal, although the current
political situation is not as
bad, Shipley said.
Thompson has swayed
back and forth between the
public and private sectors.
He served as a U.S. attor
ney for the Northern District
of Georgia in the mid-1980s
and later joined the Atlanta
based law firm King and
Spalding.
While at the law firm,
Thompson represented
Justice Clarence Thomas
during Thomas’ turbulent
hours she never worked. The
four timecards were for pay
periods in 2005 and 2006.
Madison, who resigned
effective June 4, also faces
single counts of felony theft
by taking, theft by receiv
ing and violating his oath
of office, all in connection
with taking “funds other
than his lawful compensa
tion,” the indictment stated.
Those funds allegedly were
taken from funding that
Banks County provided for
the operation of Madison’s
office in Homer, according to
Russ Willard, spokesman for
the state attorney general’s
office.
Williams, a former assis
tant district attorney in
Madison’s Banks County
office, also faces single
counts of felony theft by
taking, theft by receiving
and violating his oath of
office. Williams left the dis
trict attorney’s office before
spring 2007.
Charges connecting
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007 ♦
confirmation hearings in
1991.
Thompson left King and
Spalding to accept the
deputy attorney general
appointment, from which he
resigned in 2003.
Political analysts once
considered Thompson
as a replacement for for
mer Attorney General
John Ashcroft until Bush
named Gonzales -- as well
as a replacement for former
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor.
Thompson taught sever
al classes at the UGA law
school in 2002, 2004 and
2005, including one covering
national security and anoth
er on white collar crime.
“He played a very active
role when he was here. ...
He had his door open all
the time for students,” said
Shipley, whose office was
next door to Thompson’s.
Although Thompson holds
a coveted position at PepsiCo,
his commitment to public
service is strong enough that
he probably would step up
to the plate, said UGA law
professor Ron Carlson, who
got to know Thompson well
when he came to UGA.
“I think he would take
the job ... (because) he is
very moved and motivated
by public service,” Carlson
said.
“I think there’s a strong
likelihood,” of Thompson
replacing Gonzales, Carlson
said, especially because
Washington officials may
want to keep Chertoff where
he is.
Thompson may be a shoe
in for attorney general if
White House officials and
congressional leaders
“somehow decided against
(Chertoff),” Carlson said.
However, Olson - who
delivered a UGA law school
commencement speech
at UGA - also has a good
chance for the attorney gen
eral’s office because Bush
tends to name insiders for
empty positions.
Olson has served well as
solicitor and, like Thompson,
he draws respect from
Democrats and Republicans
alike, Carlson said.
Williams and Madison stem
from alleged thefts in 2005.
The case was presented
to the Banks County grand
jury Tuesday by two senior
assistant attorneys general,
David McLaughlin, head of
Attorney General Thurbert
Baker’s special prosecutions
unit, and Kim Schwartz, a
member of the unit, Willard
said.
In March, Baker asked
the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation to investigate
whether Madison’s office
misappropriated money for
a Jackson County victim’s
assistance fund and another
fund that held money seized
in drug busts. The GBl’s
investigation involved four
bank accounts managed by
Madison.
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