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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Officials question the need of another Authority
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Houston County
Development Authority
members asked why the
county is creating the
Redevelopment Authority.
“Why do we need another
group?” asked Perry Mayor
Jim Worrall. “Why not the
21st Century Partnership?”
County Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders
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Abortion waiting period approved by Senate, heads to governor
By DOUG GROSS
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - A 24-hour
waiting period for women
seeking abortions was
approved by the state
Senate on Friday, sending
the measure to the desk of
Gov. Sonny Perdue.
The bill, which already
passed the House, also tight
ens parental notification
requirements for minors.
Parents would have to be
notified either by telephone
or in person before a minor
could have an abortion.
Backers promoted the
plan as a compromise that
delivers a longtime key issue
for social conservatives in
the Republican-dominated
Legislature while making
some concessions to abor
Bill shifting private school
classifications passes Senate
The Associated Press
ATLANTA - A bill chang
ing the way private schools
are classified for high school
sports and other competi
tions passed the state
Senate on Friday.
Currently, schools com
pete in classifications based
on the number of students
at the school. Students at
private and parochial
schools that compete
against public schools are
counted as 1.5 students
under the formula.
That system was adopted
by the Georgia High School
Association in 2000, after
then-House Speaker Tom
Murphy pushed for it.
Murphy argued that pri
vate schools have an unfair
advantage because they can
recruit athletes and other
students, regardless of
where they live.
“This was because his
daughter-in-law was losing
on the Bremen debate team
to the Pace (Academy)
debate team,” said Sen.
John Wiles, R-Marietta, who
formerly coached a private
school baseball team and
sponsored the bill.
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answered the queries on the
need of a Local
Redevelopment Authority
(LRA), explaining that the
Department of Defense
requires it.
Ron Carbon, director of
the 21st Century
Partnership, said the
Department of Defense
“requires it to be a local gov
ernment organization, not a
nonprofit to receive funds,
to be the legal organ.”
tion rights advocates.
“Of course there are peo
ple on both sides, pro-life
and pro-choice,” said Sen.
Renee Unterman, R-Buford,
the plan’s sponsor in the
Senate. “But when it comes
down to it, there’s not a
whole lot of dissension
about talking about
women’s health care and
what is in the best interest
of women.”
The bill passed 41-10 after
about 30 minutes of debate -
a sharp contrast to the two
hours of emotional discus
sion in the House last week.
Some of the bill’s more
controversial aspects were
removed in the House. It
originally required doctors
to tell women about a link
between abortions and
breast cancer - although
Wiles said counting enroll
ment equally for all schools
is a matter of fairness. He
said the current system
forces private schools to play
football, baseball, soccer and
other sports against public
schools that are much larg
er.
The bill passed 37-4 and
now goes to the House.
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Carbon said the 21st
Century Partnership will
support and help shape the
new authority.
The LRA, Carbon and
Sanders said, can consist of
up to 15 members from the
regional impacted area and
will have 15 subcommittees
for issues such as health
care, housing, schools, eco
nomic development and oth
ers.
“It could easily eclipse 100
people from all over Middle
most doctors say the link
doesn’t exist.
A provision allowing a
woman’s sexual partner or
parents to sue abortion doc
tors for malpractice was also
removed.
In its final form, the plan
requires a woman seeking
an abortion to make contact
in person or on the tele
phone with the doctor’s
office at least one day before
the procedure. They would
receive a booklet of informa
tion on abortion, instead of
the in-person lecture that
originally would have been
required.
Still, some Senate
Democrats argued that the
bill is not necessary to police
a procedure that most
women already consider
carefully.
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Georgia,” Carbon said.
“It’s bigger than both the
21st Century Partnership
and the Houston County
Development Authority,”
Sanders said.
“It has independent
authority,” Sanders said. “It
has the potential for making
heavy decisions on how to
handle funds and how funds
are disbursed.”
Sanders said he sees
establishment of the rede
velopment authority as a
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Matt Arthur Elementary School Mighty Knights for the week of Oct. 18-22 were chosen
for being a great example of the character trait of the week, “fairness.”
“We are telling the women
of this state that they can
not take care of themselves,
that they can’t decide for
themselves what to do with
their bodies,” said Sen.
Gloria Butler, D-Atlanta. “I
don’t think we need to be in
the business of telling them
they are not smart enough
to do that.”
Opponents also com
plained that they were not
allowed to present an
amendment that would have
exempted victims of rape or
incest from the waiting peri
od. Backers used a legisla
tive procedure that prevent
ed the bill from being
amended on the Senate
floor.
Unterman said the proce
dure prevented amend-
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positive process for Houston
County, explaining the LRA
decisions will include how
new missions will be accom
plished “outside the fence” -
and how the county will
accommodate the 4,000 to
6,000 new people that will
come with additional mis
sions.
Sanders also proposed a
promotional DVD showcas
ing the county’s assets, sim
ilar to a CD done in-house
by the school system, he
ments supported by both
anti-abortion and abortion
rights activists. She defend
ed the waiting period for
rape and incest victims.
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more counseling and more
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said. It could be used for
attracting industry, and for
informing those relocated to
Robins following BRAC
about the county has to
offer.
The estimated cost of such
a project, if contracted out,
would be about $40,000,
which he proposed splitting
with the Development
Authority. He noted the
school system did its own
CD in-house for about
$7,000.
help ... I believe it’s going to
be a woman who has been
through that traumatic
experience,” she said.
On the Net:
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