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“The Plaintiff has unlawfully expended funds from the proceeds of the sale of the St. Marys
Convalescent Center for expenses not associated with the provision of hospital care to the in
digent residents of the Defendant or even for the senior citizens of the Defendant, included, but
not limited to lavish dinners for the appointed members of
the Plaintiff...”
Spencer sues
city authority
Board’s attorney responds
s pencer
Johna Strickland Rush
johra@tribune-georgian.com
A St. Marys resident is seeking to
intervene in the hospital authority’s
lawsuit against the city.
Jeremy Spencer filed his motion
Monday in Superior Court, claim
ing that the authority is making an
“unlawful effort” to modify a 2007
consent order that requires the au
thority to use the proceeds from
the sale of the convalescent center
to provide medical care for indi
gent residents in accordance with
state law.
“The authority admits that it has
knowingly failed or refused to
abide by the terms of the 2007
consent order and (state law),”
Spencer’s motion reads.
And the city is “acquiescing and
colluding” with the authority to
change the consent order, which
Spencer and his attorney, Mary
Helen Moses of St. Simons, call a
“valid final judgment.”
In his motion, Spencer claims
that if the court settles the matter
without a hearing “to determine
the facts or the law,” it would ob
struct his “ability to protect his in
terest as a taxpayer, specifically
provided him by Georgia law.”
Spencer’s action comes nearly
two months after the authority
filed its suit in early May asking
that the consent order be modified
to reflect how the authority spends
its money to benefit seniors. The
authority could not comply with
the order because it sold a nursing
home, not a hospital as specified in
the law, according to the author
ity’s suit.
As of March 31, the authority
has $3.7 million in cash and prop
erty. It received between $1.1 mil
lion and $1.5 million from the
2006 sale of the convalescent cen
ter.
Money has gone to “lavish din
ners for its members and consult
ing fees for its treasurer” in
addition to the $t. Marys $enior
Center and other programs for
seniors, $pencer’s motion reads.
“The authority filed this action
in order to get the court’s blessing
and imprimateur for its unlawful
See SUE, page 20
Baby
returns
home
Police charge
boy’s mother
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
Investigators are preparing to
travel this week to Dalton, about
30 miles southeast of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., to pick up a St.
Marys woman accused of kidnap
ping her in
fant son over
the weekend.
One-year-
old Rylan
Hamby is
home with
his father
after his
mother, Mi
randa Hamby, 19, allegedly ab
ducted him on the morning of
Saturday, June 22. She is charged
with kidnapping, interference
with custody and burglary.
Investigators believe Hamby
See CASE, page 20
Hamby
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Man rescinds
permit request
Johna Strickland Rush
johna@tribune-georgian.com
A St. Marys businessman has withdrawn his re
quest for a special use permit to locate a recycling
center on Point Peter Road.
Ernie Quintal spoke to the St. Marys City Coun
cil last week, June 17, about his application, saying
he saw a need for the business and would operate a
clean facility with the materials in containers within
a building, not piled on the ground.
Twelve residents also addressed council, raising
questions about the type of visual screens that will
be installed, setbacks, increased traffic, environ
mental impacts, location, piles of junk, noise pollu
tion, a possible decline in property values,
proximity to water and other issues.
Council sent Quintal’s application back to the
See RECYCLE, page 3
Board balks at
loan support
Jocelyn Brumbaugh
jocelyn@tribune-georgian.com
The county’s joint development authority tabled
a decision on a letter of support for a $300-million
Kingsland amusement park project until plans are
fully approved by city officials.
JDA executive director David Keating explained
Friday that the Georgia Gateway Community Im
provement District requested support letters from
community partners like the JDA to help Epic Ad
ventures Resort Kingsland earn a U.S. Department
of Agriculture loan to fund public work and con
struction, such as sidewalks and utilities. The board
read over the request and quickly showed reluc
tance toward writing and sending a letter that backs
the project.
“Do we really want to support something that
See JDA, page 3
Festival
fun for
kids
Vanessa Marshall, 6, hula
hoops (left) Saturday at
the IGA Hometown Fest
in Woodbine, where chil
dren could play in sand,
jump in a bounce house,
bob for apples, eat water
melon, get balloon ani
mals, have their faces
painted, watch a police
dog demonstration, check
out public safety gear and
do other activities. Isaiah
Keaton, 6, dives (below)
into the watermelon eat
ing contest.
Johna Strickland Rush |
Tribune & Georgian
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