Entries by Mark Beardsley

Oconee Basin lawsuit still rejected

Posted by
Mark Beardsley
in Winder Archives
Wednesday, July 28. 2010
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The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld Judge Joe Booth’s July 14 ruling rejecting a motion by the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority to dismiss Jackson County’s suit over the capacity of the Bear Creek Reservoir.
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Senate 47 candidates discuss taxes and spending

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Mark Beardsley
in Top Stories & Breaking News, Winder Archives
Saturday, May 15. 2010
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When the four candidates for the Republican nomination for the 47th District seat in the Georgia State Senate made their first joint appearance last Wednesday, taxes and government spending got the lion’s share of attention.

Doug Bower, Oglethorpe County; Shane Coley, Statham; Kelley Gary, Hoschton; and Frank Ginn, Madison County, appeared in a political forum at the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast meeting at Jackson EMC May 5.

Money was foremost on everyone’s agenda, particularly taxes and the government use of taxes. Predictably, all four candidates, all Republicans, had little good to say about taxes and taxation — or about government in general. [Full Story »] 
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