WALB is reporting that the Dougherty County School Board has voted to hire Dr. Joshua Murfree in a 4-3 vote. I leave it to you to figure out who voted which way.
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Last night at the Lee County Board of Commissioners meeting, the Commissioners basically gave the City of Leesburg the middle finger, loud and proud. I hope to have the meetings in question fully uploaded to youtube before the week is out, but here’s what has been going on: A new flood map came out from either the State or Feds. This flood map is what is used to determine if you are required to have flood insurance, and also to set the flood insurance rates – which can be very costly. I know County Commissioner Rick Muggridge, who is a local insurance agent in his day job, can probably give us an idea of what these rates typically are, but I haven’t heard a single person yet say they are cheap. At that point, County Planning Director Bob Alexander brought the issue to the County Commission and basically told them that the County could have another survey done that could reduce the rates for the 85 or so homes that have been added into flood zones with this latest map. This study was proposed to cost around $75K. It’s a fence. Albany isn’t exactly a pleasant place to live anymore, so some folks want to erect fences to keep people out of their yards. The City Commission decided last year that you shouldn’t have that right, but they left a loophole. Well, Ray Fajardo took advantage of that loophole and used chicken wire, as well as other fencing materials designed for agricultural uses, to fence in his front yard. But, since we live in a world where you don’t actually own your property, Fajardo and neighbors were in front of the City Commission. Continue reading City Commission again looking to assault property rights |
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