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Co/. Kim Corcorin presented Capt. Kenneth Ebi a certifi
cate along with the Airman’s Medal for Heroism at
Robins Air Force Base.
HERO
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Congress in 1990, to take
the place of the Soldier’s
Medal which, up until that
time had been awarded to
Air Force personnel. The
award of this medal is not
intended to be given solely
on the basis of having saved
a life, but for acts of life sav
ing, or attempted lifesaving,
it is required that the action
be performed at the risk of
one’s own life.
Later Ebi found out that it
was a black flag day at
Tyndall Beach, which means
swim at your own risk.
Col. Kim Corcorin, 116th
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several agencies to seek
money from.
For new roads, they’d
need to use transportation
bonds. For sewers, they’d go
to a state environmental
authority. And so on. A
county that wanted to create
a brand new industrial park,
for example, may have to go
to several agencies for loans,
after getting voters to
approve a referendum
authorizing the borrowing.
“You have all these
bureaucracies,” said the
bill’s sponsor, Republican
Rep. John Lunsford of
McDonough. “After a while
it becomes this insurmount
able obstacle to getting a
project done.”
That would all change
with the proposed creation
BRAC
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Engle said the passage of
the resolution positions the
county to benefit from grant
funding provided by the
Office of Economic
Adjustment, a Department
of Defense organization
with responsibility for help
ing communities deal with
the BRAC-related impacts.
Engle said the new
authority will conduct con
tingency planning and data
gathering to facilitate
smooth transition of BRAC
decisions affecting closure
or significant realignment of
Robins Air Force Base. In
the event Robins grows as a
result of BRAC, the authori
ty will help communities
prepare for the impact of
potential growth and devel
opment.
Membership in the
authority will consist of
leaders from the middle
Georgia area potentially
affected by BRAC.
Former State Rep. Larry
Walker of Perry has been
asked to chair the authority
once it is created.
The Department of
Defense is scheduled to
release plans of closings on
May 16, 2005, Sanders said.
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Commander presented Ebi
the medal of honor.
“In the 26 years I’ve been
here I’ve never seen this
award given,” Corcorin said.
“All of you should stop and
shake Capt. Ebi’s hand. I’m
proud to have him as a
member of the 116th.”
“It didn’t occur to me how
dangerous it was,” Ebi said.
“You see it, you act. Once I
was out of the water, I said,
‘Thank you, God.’”
Ebi is originally from
Oregon and has been sta
tioned at Robins since
January 2004.
of the Georgia Environment
and Infrastructure
Financing Authority, which
would be authorized to write
bonds for any project broad
ly considered a development
deal. Taxpayers wouldn’t
even have to be asked - or
told - about the loan before
it was granted and they
were then obligated to pay it
back.
That’s a scary proposition
to some.
“The ability of govern
ments to borrow and bond
should be something we
watch very closely,” said
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This is page 20 and 21 of the new Warner Robins Information Guide, which has information on Robins Air Force
Base and its importance to the community.
GUIDES
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Feild said he had one funny
episode in putting together
the guide.
“When the first draft for
the cover came back they
had this beautiful photo of
an F-15 on it,” he said.
“Now it was a really great
F-15 photo and we kept it
for the inside, but it did not
convey what the base was
Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver,
D-Decatur.
Critics have also said the
plan would reduce competi
tion. Jim Pannell, a bond
lawyer from Savannah who
opposes the bill, said the sin
gle authority would mean
fewer firms compete for
bond work.
“A concern to me is that
it’s just big government. You
would conceivably end up
with just one bond issuer in
a state that could control all
of the local government bor
rowing. To me, that’s not
good policy,” said Pannell,
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all about so we had to send
it back and ask them to
replace it with one of their
heavy-lifters.”
The info guides cost $5
for members and $lO for
non-members. Chamber
members can purchase
extra copies for SB.
Feild also reported that
new Houston County maps
should be available soon.
who once served in the
Legislature.
Lunsford said he’s trying
to change his bill to alleviate
those concerns, conceding
that his original idea could
set up a too-powerful bond
bank. Currently the bill is
pending before the House
Ways & Means Committee,
but it won’t be taken up
before changes are made.
“We’ve got some nuts and
bolts to work out,” he said.
The bill “is pretty big and
ominous right now. We’ve
got to make sure we don’t
let local governments bor
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“The same company is
also producing our maps
and they should be ready by
the end of March,” said
Feild. “We will go over the
final draft in mid-March
with representatives of the
fire department, police
department, E-911 and the
schools so they can go over
it for accuracy.
row themselves to death.”
Democrats are likely to
oppose the plan even if it is
changed to require referen
dum votes before local gov
ernments borrow money.
“It’s anticompetitive,”
Oliver said.
The bond bill is the latest
GOP development idea
being slowed down amid
secrecy concerns. Earlier
this year, a group of
Republican senators intro
duced a bill allowing local
governments to seize any
private property needed for
any such project they
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“We have worked really
hard on the map as it is a
very serious product for us.
We have put a lot of effort
into it and will get in at
least 5,000 copies.
“We ran out of maps in
January so we recognize
what a popular item it is. In
a community as fast-grow
ing as this one is, a good
map is a necessity.”
approved. After public out
cry, even from fellow conser
vatives, the sponsors took
their names off the bill,
killing it.
Another stalled bill is a
plan shielding development
agencies from open records
laws, meaning they could
make offers to businesses
without the public knowing
about it. That bill passed the
House but fell short in the
Senate, where it may still be
revived.
On the Net:
Read House Bill 436:
http: Hwww. legis.state.ga. us
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