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by Emily Lewy
Tea Party goals of limited government, personal responsibility and balanced budgets are the same as my goals. I long ago declared myself an “Independent” because both major political parties continue to expand government, provide relief from personal responsibility for both individuals and business, and spend taxpayer money like drunken sailors. Continue reading »
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 »
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.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html?emc=na
By Emily Lewy
The 2nd Public Hearing on the Budget was held at 9:00 AM on Monday morning. To my surprise a number of folks actually showed up at that time to speak out against a tax increase. As in the first Public Hearing, the people did not hesitate to make recommendations for cuts. They clearly expect government employees to share their pain during this recession and they fear the economy will be even worse next year. Continue reading »
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Lumpkin County continues to pay for the stupidity of hiring an inexperienced out of county company to build the reservoir trail. In an effort to respond to recent EPD concerns about dirt from the trail going into the reservoir, Lumpkin County brought in large equipment that further widened the poorly constructed “trail” turning it into a full-fledged dirt road. Click on the pictures. Continue reading »
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