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Airport Expansion
Plans On Hold
Over Reimbursment
JEFFERSON - A $7 million
expansion plan at the Jackson
County Airport was put on hold
Monday night after a lengthy
debate by the board of commis
sioners over whether the major
ity of the funds would be reim
bursed by the Federal Aviation
Administration.
Airport manager Bob Stapleton
said he expects 95 percent of the
$7 million to be reimbursed by the
FA A, but he doesn’t have a timeline
or guarantee that this would be
done.
That response didn’t please BOC
chairman Pat Bell, who wants a
guarantee that the county won’t be
responsible for the full cost of the
project.
“I can’t vote for this right now,”
she said. “I can’t do it ... I don’t
want you to think I am not for
airport expansion, but I’ve got a
problem when I don’t know where
the money is coming from.”
The BOC voted 3-1 to postpone
action on the request. Bruce Yates
voted against postponing the proj
ect. County staff was asked to
provide more possible revenue that
the expansion would bring to the
county.
'This is a standard practice,” said
Stapleton of the FAA reimburse
ment ... I would not be in front of
you if I did not expect the FAA to
fully reimburse this.”
Finance director John Hulsey
said the county had been reim
bursed in the past.
“We have participated in this pro
gram in the past and we were reim
bursed,” he said. “We said time and
time again, that we are in support
of this because we are in support
of the airport. We would like to see
some permanent and viable rev
enue streams so the airport could
be self-sustaining.”
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Maysville House
Destroyed By Fire
A Maysville home burned July 4
and a faulty water heater is believed
to have been the problem.
The fire occurred on Hwy. 98
just outside the city limits of
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“It was about a 2,000 square foot
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The rental home located on Hwy.
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Defendant Says
Bar Employees,
Patrons Trespassed
JEFFERSON - Chris Roper has
responded to a lawsuit filed against
her by Jefferson business owner
Mike Carron who claimed she
libeled him in a letter to the editor
she sent to The Jackson Herald.
Carron, who is asking for
$750,000 in damages, contends
that the letter, which was pub
lished May 7, accuses him of com
mitting “dishonesty and unlawful
activity.”
In her response, Roper contends
that Carron and his “employ
ees and business invitees” have
repeatedly trespassed on her
property. She asks that his lawsuit
be dismissed.
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• The Past
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• The Present
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