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Evans wants charges dropped
Carlisle calls down commissioner for
saying that county doesn’t want to
prosecute former appraiser for going
AWOL with county’s Ford Explorer
BY WILL DAVIS
County commissioners
are sharply divided over
whether to prose
cute a former
county appraiser
under indictment
for going AWOL,
using a county
vehicle for a ren
dezvous at a
Macon motel.
Bycha Supreme
Buxton, 37, was
issued a county
Ford Explorer on July 9,
2007 to drive to tax
appraiser classes in
Acworth. The vehicle was
reported stolen,
though, when
Buxton never
showed up for class.
Bibb County
authorities found
the car and Buxton
in the parking lot of
the Macon Masters
Inn on Pio Nono
Avenue that
evening around 6
p.m. Buxton was charged
with theft by taking and
was fired.
But commissioner Larry
Evans apparently told
district attorney Richard
Milam recently that the
commissioners had
agreed they don’t want to
prosecute Buxton.
At a called meeting
Monday, commission
chairman Harold Carlisle
confronted Evans for try
ing to speak for the
board. Carlisle produced a
letter from Milam relay
ing Evans’ comments.
Carlisle said he doesn’t
remember ever discussing
the case.
But Evans insisted that
commissioners had dis
cussed not charging
Buxton.
“You don’t remember
saying you believe in giv
ing a guy a second
chance?” Evans asked
Carlisle.
When Carlisle said no,
Evans lashed out. “If you
don’t have recollection,
then you have Alzheimers
or dementia. We discussed
it and you brought it up.”
Carlisle then asked the
other two commissioners
present, Jim Peters and
Mike Bilderback, if they
recalled such a discus
sion. They, too, said they
did not.
Carlisle said Jim Ham,
who couldn’t make the
See BUXTON page 5A
BUXTON
If you
don’t have
recollection,
then you have
Alzheimers or
dementi;
- Commission Larry Evans,
insisting to Chairman Harold
Carlisle that they’ve discussed
dropping charges against a
former county employee.
See Page 6A
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Chuck Antonio, back row at top, shown with his parents, Monk and Barbara Antonio, and sister Pat,
from their days in Forsyth. He has gone on to an impressive career as a pilot and doctor with the Navy.
For high-flying Navy doctor, pilot
and instructor Chuck Antonio...
‘Forsyth is
always home’
BY WILL DAVIS
There aren’t many jobs
Forsyth native Chuck
Antonio hasn’t had in his
63 years. Navy pilot.
Bartender. Flight instruc
tor. Busboy. Medical doctor.
Sometimes he did them
simultaneously: he had
four jobs at once while tak
ing a full load at Georgia
Tech.
So where did Antonio
learn a work ethic that has
propelled his successful
career as a Navy aviator
and physician, and once
made him a finalist to
become a Space Shuttle
astronaut? Why it was
right here in Forsyth,
working at his family’s
Royal Palm Cafe, and ris
ing at 3 a.m. each morning
to help his dad deliver the
Macon Telegraph.
Earlier this month,
Antonio returned to
Forsyth to pick out a mon
ument for his mother’s
grave. A long-time city
clerk in Forsyth, Barbara
Antonio died Oct. 11 at the
age of 80. While in town,
Chuck accepted the
See ANTONIO page 2A
Chuck Antonio flew 100 mis
sions in Vietnam.
Braves
are back
If not in pennant race, at least
on Forsyth’s city cable system
BY JOLEE VAUGHN
Forsyth CableNET cus
tomers might have
noticed something miss
ing this spring on their
TV: the
Braves.
This sea
son
Sports
South,
broadcaster of many
Braves’ home games,
decided to blackout
games outside the
Atlanta metro area.
However, at last
Tuesday’s city council
meeting, council mem
bers approved a 2-year
contract with Sports
South to show games on
Forsyth CableNET, so
the Braves will be back
in local living rooms
soon. The city
must pay
the cost of
the equip
ment
needed,
but there is no charge in
the contract with Sports
South. Once all the
equipment is secured, it
will take about a week
before the games begin
airing. The city has not
decided which channel
the games will be on yet.
Voting office
eyes move to
Hwy. 42 site
BY WENDELL RAMAGE AND WILL DAVIS
Monroe Countians may soon be voting early and
filing homestead property tax exemptions at a new
location, on Hwy. 42 next to Pace and Pace Realty,
rather than in the crowded county building on West
Main Street.
Commissioner Jim Peters proposed moving the
registrar’s and tax assessor’s office to the new loca
tion at a called meeting Monday.
Commissioners tabled the motion so they could
look at the office space before making a final deci-
See REGISTRAR page 7A
He’s stealing third
Brock Dewberry of the Braves makes an old-fashioned steal of
third base during his Tiny Tots league game Saturday at the
Monroe County Recreation Department. See more recreation
department news page 1B. (Photo/Will Davis)
