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During the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, three Lumpkin County Commissioners voted to offer employees eligible for retirement a gift of up to a year of their current salary as a reward for actually taking the retirement.  Only Clarence Grindle voted against it.

Anyone attending the Commission Work Session or reading The Dahlonega Nugget would know this gift was estimated to be as much as half a million dollars. Continue reading »

Last Spring, Tripod, a medium size Blue Heeler (cattle dog), was surrendered by a family who had lost interest in him.  PAWS member, Dan Bowers,  placed the three legged dog on Petfinder where he was seen by Armanda, a very well to do lady living in an upscale part of Brooklyn.  She wanted Tripod.  Dan was able to arrange volunteer transport.  As you can see from her letter, this has renewed her interest in rescuing cattle dogs.  Since that time, she found a home for another cattle dog that Dan wasn’t sure we we would be able to place. Continue reading »

U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretapping on the Internet

Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone.

Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct “peer to peer” messaging like Skype — to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html?emc=na

Animal overpopulation creates big problems and costs big money for Georgia citizens.  Even one unsterilized animal can contribute to the overpopulation problem.  The only way we can prevent pet overpopulation and the public cost that goes with it is by education about the costs and benefits of spay/neuter. Continue reading »

The Lumpkin County Homeowners Association (LCHA) will meet on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 PM in the meeting room of United Community Bank located on Morrison Moore Parkway across from the Post Office.

Join us for lively discussion and updates on all the issues.  You are encouraged to share your concerns.  Candidates are encouraged to attend and participate in the discussion.

We believe that working together we will be more effective at dealing with issues than we are as individuals going up against the challenges alone. Continue reading »