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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
WR adds 2 slats for code intorceneirt
By DON MONCRIEF
Journo! Managing Editor
The Warner Robins Police
Department just got stronger
in a couple of ways thanks to
the efforts of the Warner
Robins City Council.
First, the council voted
during its meeting Monday
to add two police officer
positions (Grade 9). These
two, it was noted by council
members, will be assigned to
code enforcement signaling
the city will continue with
its increased efforts in that
regard.
Second, the council
renewed the contract for
bullet-proof vests. It calls
for 30 vests at a total cost
of $16,482.30. Plus, to keep
those officers looking sharp,
the council also approved
their command uniform and
badge contracts, with a price
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From page 4A
Next, what to do about
the hook in the finger? PulJ,
pull hard. But, the hook is
too deep and the barb holds
tight. It can’t be pulled out.
Only one thing to do, and
that’s to the emergency
room. But, the car keys are
in the left pocket and the
lure is stuck to the left hand.
How will the caughtman get
his keys? Then, the caught
man’s luck changes. His son,
Russell, shows up and gets
the keys out of his front
pocket and his billfold out of
his back left pocket.
Two hours later and after
a tetanus shot, novacaine to
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In other action, the coun
cil:
• Approved and adopted
its budget (it was put up for
public review during its last
meeting with no one from
the community choosing
to comment). The budget,
which begins July 1, is in
the amount of $33,562,869
for the General Fund,
$2,230,877 for the Special
Revenue Funds, $6,933,100
for the Sanitation Fund,
$12,939,908 for the Water
and Sewer Fund, $1,679,858
for the Stormwater Drainage
Fund and $4,616,865 for the
Natural Gas Fund.
• Annexed, via a request
from Edwina and Dan Gunn,
111, just over 30 acres - and
rezoned it from R-AG to C-2
- on the southwest comer
The informational ses
sion will be held at the
Auditorium in Building A at
Middle Georgia Technical
College Tuesday at 6 p.m.
For those who cannot
attend the informational
session there will be addi
tional sessions held July 1
the finger, and the skilled
hands of a competent doc
tor, C. Buchhammer, (who
says he’s done this before)
the caughtman is now free
and returns to his “pond”.
Yes, the four pound cat
fish caught the 165 pound
man and got the best of the
encounter.
How do I know all of this?
By now, you have probably
guessed. The caught man
was me. It happened on
Friday, May 30, 2008.
The embarrassing thing
about all of this is that it is
the second time I’ve been
caught by a fish. It happened
the first time to me seven or
eight years ago on Memorial
Day weekend and resulted
in a trip to Perry Hospital’s
of Hwy. 41 and the Hwy 247
connector (near Interstate
75 and just adjacent to
Tractor Supply)
• Made change order
No. 2 to the Frontage Road
Construction Project at a
cost of $31,820. This, it was
noted, was to remove a sec
tion of “bad soil” and replace
it with “good soil.” As it
was explained, the contrac
tor found “substandard soil
conditions and had to dig
out pretty deep and replace
it with rock. That was not
in the contract. They could
have done it (left the soil)
then we may have had a road
failure in two years, three
years. I don’t know. But they
felt like it was going to cost a
failure down the road. They
felt like they needed to cut it
out and replace it properly
instead of have a failure.”
in Middle Georgia College’s
Dillard Hall and July 2
in Macon State College’s
Humanities/Social Sciences
Building, both beginning at
6 p.m.
These are informational
sessions only. Resumes will
not be accepted.
emergency room.
Footnote: when man
catches fish, you exagger
ate on the high side about
the weight. But, when fish
catches man, you lower
the estimate. Truthfully,
it’s probably a catch of 168
pounds rather than 165.
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for the firefighters,
people like Audrey
Evans working to
make sure the fire
fighters got food
and a break, Davis
Cosey and Jim
Sexton rolling out
their fuel trucks, the
New Perry Hotel
opening its doors
to 50 unhappy kids
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If the owner of the pasture
land had to absorb the impact
fees, how is it that the fees
would wind up being passed
on to the buyer?
One anti-fee speaker pre
sented empirical data that
said impact fees reduced the
rate of growth by 25 per
cent. It was claimed that
Perry would have that same
experience. Other data was
cited that seemed to sup
port impact fees but the anti
impact speaker claimed that
did not apply to Perry. So
what I learned was that data
that does not support impact
fees applies to Perry but any
data supporting impact fees
does not.
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used to determine new loca
tions, one consideration being
impact fees. Just how many
businesses without a social
conscience and looking for a
free ride do we want?
Real estate interests were
well represented and I mean
them no disrespect. They
were looking after their pocket
books, the same reason I was
there. Excuse me if I doubted
their claims of altruism.
If the other hearings have
gone as this one did, the
mayor and council could ratio
nally and in good conscience
make a decision not to have
impact fees. It is unfortunate
that the ordinary Perry resi
dent does not have an organi
zation to represent its interest
before the Mayor and Council.
.Maybe it is time to form such
a group.
- Warren Johnson,
Perry
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