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Asa result, commissioners
voted to reimburse Dorsett $3,183
for expenses incurred with the ter
mination of the lease.
Commissioners gave the go
ahead to the fire department to
purchase 50 air packs at a total
cost of $75,900. That is a budget
ed item.
Commissioner Larry
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NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY KELLY BURKE IN PERRY
He began his duties after taking office Dec. 31
Burke
“There is no community
that has been destroyed more
by cocaine, in any form, than
the black community,” said
Burke.
“The sentence appears to be
disproportionate if all you did was
look at white powder versus ...
rocks (of crack),” he said.’That
yellowish rock has been much
more destructive in the black
community than the white powder
in the black community or the
white community.”
Burke said the intent of law
makers in drafting the drug laws
was to protect law-abiding citi
zens.
During his 1996 election cam
paign, Burke had spoken against
the “plea bargain” system often
used in the courts.
Plea bargaining is no bargain
for the public, just a bargain for
criminals, he said.
“When someone commits an
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petitioning Congress to send them
a proposed flag-protection amend
ment. Additionally, three out of
four Americans support a flag-pro
tection amendment, according to a
1996 Wirthlin Worldwide poll.
The trail to freedom of speech
isn’t blazed with a burning flag.
More than two-thirds of the House
of Representatives in the 104th
Congress understood that fact, and
accordingly approved a flag-pro
tection amendment. But in
December 1995, the amendment
fell three votes short of Senate
passage required to send the mea
sure to the states.
I’d like to advance another per
spective. I spent three days in
December, during my 18-day Far
East trip, in Vietnam, where I once
fought for my country. During
interludes of personal contempla
tion, I thought about the nearly 9
million Americans who served in
that war; about the more than
153,000 who were wounded,
myself included; about the more
than 58,000 who died; about the
roughly 2,200 still unaccounted
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Snellgrove said that item has been
in the works for six months.
“These are all volunteersfon
the fire department) and we need
to take care of them,” said
Snellgrove.
In one other matter, Carter was
selected to serve as vice chairman
in 1997. He will replace Jay
Walker.
(Continued from page 1A)
offense, I will not negotiate the
offense,” Burke said.
What could be discussed is the
sentence, he added.
The district attorney feels the
public is “outraged” when it
comes to offenders not spending a
majority of their sentences behind
bars.
He said a bill was introduced
last year in the Georgia General
Assembly that would require con
victed felons to serve at least 85
percent of their sentences.
Burke said the problem of lack
of jail space could be addressed
by each department of state gov
ernment cutting their budgets by
one percent.
He has not given the issue of
educational cutbacks in the prison
system “much thought.”
Burke said he thinks most of
the people in jail are “smart
folks”. They just need to follow
legitimate pursuits, he said.
(Continued from page 4A)
for who either became prisoners of
war or who joined the ranks of the
missing in action.
Above all, I thought about the
flag that accompanied thousands
of men and women to Vietnam.
The principles that the flag stood
for were emblazoned on the hearts
and minds of Americans who
served. As we approach Jan. 27,
the 24th anniversary of the
Vietnam War cease-fire, all
Americans, including members of
Congress, must reflect upon those
who sacrificed for the freedom
that our nation’s flag represents.
A constitutional amendment
remains the only legal way to pro
tect the flag. Urge your congres
sional delegation to “vote for the
flag” because it is what a superma
jority of Americans want.
Let the will of the people be
heard. Let the light of freedom
shine through the corridors of
Congress. And let the “star span
gled banner” wave undisturbed.
(Joseph J. Frank is National
Commander of the American
Legion.)
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Times-Joumol Photo by Emily Johnstone
NEW LOOK Houston County Tax Commissioner
Juanita Mason shows off the new license plates which are
now on sale at the Houston County tax offices in Perry
and Warner Robins.
Tags
wildlife is on sale.
The plate depicts a quail in
flight. Cost is a sls one time fee,
in addition to the regular tax and
tag fee amount, said Mason.
Ten dollars of the fee will go to
the Department of Natural
Resources for the preservation on
nongame wildlife.
This plate will remain with the
owner if the vehicle it is displayed
Food
Kings Chapel Road, Perry, there
were discrepancies with the tem
perature control of foods, with the
equipment and with the storage of
cleaning supplies. The score was
68.
At Kmart Eatery Express, 1355
Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry, there was
a discrepancy with the tempera
ture control of foods. The score
was 80.
At Pizza Hut, 1406 Watson
Blvd., Warner Robins, there was a
discrepancy with the temperature
control of foods. The score was
86.
At Sub Station 11, 1738 Watson
Blvd., Warner Robins, there was a
discrepancy with the temperature
control of foods. The score was
91.
Discrepancies are repaired
while tfie inspector remains on the
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on is sold. It can then be trans
ferred to the new vehicle, unlike
the regular plate which must stay
with the vehicle it is registered to.
Mason says this year has been
business as usual at the offices in
Perry and Warner Robins.
TTiere have already been lines of
people ready to get anew tag, she
said. Property taxes are assessed
when tags are sold in Georgia.
(Continued from page lAO
premises.
No discrepancies were reported
at these locations:
Jin Jin Chinese Restaurant,
1309-D S. Main St., Perry, 97.
Little Caesar’s Pizza, 1600-B
Macon Road, Perry, 84.
Little Sandwich Factory, 202
Sheridan Way, Warner Robins,
100.
Lunch and Munch, 233 N.
Houston Road, Warner Robins,
96.
Snappers, 2515 Moody Road,
Warner Robins, 95.
Sumo Japanese Steakhouse and
Seafood, 1804 Watson Blvd.,
Warner Robins, 93.
Taco Bell, 1340 Sam Nunn
Blvd., Perry, 98.
Waterford Golf Club Snack
Bar, 620 Ga. 96 East, Bonaire,
100.
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Total of Payments
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Lessee responsible for
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’95
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Everett
minds in drugs coming into
Houston County,” said Everett.
She said it is easier to go into
neighborhoods where crack deals
are taking place and then tell the
residents that a number of arrests
have been made.
Everett questioned how effec
tive the stance on plea bargains
taken by the incoming district
attorney will be.
“If you have an experienced
prosecutor and an experienced
defender it is usually sort of meet
ing in the middle. It’s a compro
mise to some degree, but it is a
compromise for the defendant as
well,” she said.
Everett added that juries have
been known to do some “strange
things” and the defendant gives up
the right to that trial under the plea
bargain.
Everett said there would be
“No way that all of the cases could
be brought to trial in a year” citing
a maximum of three such cases
per week as about the most that
could be brought to trial in one
week.
She added that would mean 150
trials per year, far below the cur
rent caseload in Houston County.
The public defender said that a
shift toward inmates serving more
time in jail has taken away their
incentive to behave behind bars.
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READY TO DEFEND Public Defender Terry Everett
(seated) and members of her staff.
Clarification
According to Houston County District Attorney Kelly R. Burke,
charges of VGCSA— sale of marijuana against Mario Sherard Bames
have been dismissed due to the defendant being in jail at the time of the
alleged offense.
Barnes was listed as one of about 20 people arrested in a December
drug round-up by the Perry Police Department.
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‘94 GRAN
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V-8, Auto
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Wed. Jan. 8, 1997, Houston Times-Journal
(Continued from page 1A)
“Under the old system, they got
what was called ‘good time’ —if
you didn’t get in fights with other
inmates, if you didn’t assault
guards, if you went to certain pro
grams to try to do drug rehab or
alcohol rehab or work on your
GED, they would cut a consider
able amount of time,” explained
Everett.
“Basically, it’s going to be a
very bad situation for correction
officers,” she said. “They are
going to be in a situation where
nobody has any incentive to do
better.”
Everett said she thinks if most
people went to a p.ison they
would not see a “country club”
that has been portrayed in some
circles.
She said the current move in the
state to cut back on educating pris
oners may be based on erroneous
information.
“I think the average person
doesn't really understand what is
going on here,” she commented.
“It is one of these things that looks
good on paper but when you look
at it long term it’s not going to be
cost effective.”
While conceding that everyone
can not be rehabilitated, Everett
said it seems as if now everyone is
just going to be thrown in jail “and
be the better for it.”
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Loaded
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