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  • 01Oct
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    The article by Atlanta Business Chronicle staff writer, Dave Williams, is reprinted here because many of you request info on what’s happening with the reservoirs.  It may be years before a new reservoir is created, but it is important to keep up with the various moves and the players.  Emily

    RESERVOIR PLANS GET BOOST IN NORTH GEORGIA:  A new state law has reinvigorated plans for a new reservoir on a North Georgia site owned by the city of Atlanta.  Two competitors presented plans recently to the Dawson County Commission for a reservoir on up to 2,200 acres of the 10,130-acre Dawson Forest property the city bought in the early 1970s as a potential site for a second airport. Continue reading »

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  • 22Sep
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    by Emily Lewy

    The Atlanta Humane Society spay/neuter mobile unit will be at the Lumpkin County Animal Shelter on Wednesday and Thursday, September 28 and 29.  If you know anyone who has a dog or cat that has not been altered, please tell them about this opportunity. Continue reading »

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  • 18Sep
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    By Emily Lewy

    Jefferson County, Alabama ( Birmingham) has received a lot of attention lately.  The extent of their excess borrowing (aka ..spending) is almost unbelievable.   An individual homeowner’s sewer bill that is now $50 a month is expected to be more than $200 a month before the current sewer loan deal is paid off.  These folks will pay more the $2500 a year just to flush their waste! Continue reading »

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  • 18Sep

    The View From The Ridge: Somebody needs to say it by Dick Pettys, InsiderAdvantageGeorgia

    Somebody needs to say it: the governor and the Legislature should pull the plug on the proposed local option sales tax for transportation before it goes before voters in the primary election next year. They should take it back to the drawing board with an eye toward re-submitting it when financial times are better and the state has gotten its transportation act together. Continue reading »

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  • 15Aug
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    The Calhoun Creek Reservoir meeting between city and county officials and the consortium of Georgia Reservoir Corporation LLC  did not seem to establish a need for the development.  Except of course, to improve the financial situation of those who had prematurely invested in the project. Continue reading »

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