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Monroe County begins advertising
in this week's Reporter an auction of
properties for unpaid taxes.
Tax commissioner Lori Andrews is
advertising 94 parcels, trying to collect
more than $212,881 in unpaid taxes
over the next four weeks. The notice,
which usually shrinks each week as
taxpayers settle up, is found in the D
section.
The delinquent properties are
scheduled to be auctioned off on the
courthouse steps at 10 a.m. on Tues-
day; March 5. Bidding opens at the
amount of taxes owed on the property.
Buyers must bring certified funds or
cash to buy the delinquent properties,
and pay a $12 recording fee. Under
the law, buyers aren't able to touch the
property for 366 days after the auc-
tion, giving the property owner a year
to re-claim it. However, to redaim the
property, the original property owner
would have to pay 120 percent of what
the buyer paid, said Andrews.
Andrews has said she doesn't act on
properties unless they're delinquent
for more than one year.
The last tax sale was held in Septem-
ber
For more information on the tax sale
call the tax commissioner's office at
994-7020.
Ton Monroe County school students reported injuries after their bus collided almost head-on with a 2019
Toyota Corolla driven by a 16-year-old on Thursday on Hwy. 41. Kaytee Gordon, 16, of Pea Ridge Road was
fuming left onto Hwy. 41 from Industrial Park Drive. She told Monroe County deputy Holly Mar,nage that
school buses facing her in the right-hand turn lane to rum onto Industrial Park Drive prevented her from :
seeing the northbound school bus behind them. The vehicles collided almost head-on doing major damage tO
both. Gordon, bus driver Juanita Mc-
Donald of Forsy~ and all 30 students
were freafed and released at Monroe
County Hospital with no serious injuries,
(Photo/Richard Dumas)
A Farsyth man suffered burns to his face, head and chest
when his car and then his home caught fire after he fell
asleep in his vehicle in the garage on Jan. 22. Monroe
County firefighters were dispatched to the home of Kirk
Williams at 2993 Hwy. 42 around 1:22 a.m. on Jan. 22.
Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the garage
and flames were seen shooting through the roof. Firefight-
ers knocked down the blaze and found the worst dam-
age in the garage where they found the shell of a 2019
Hyundai Elantra. Fire chief Matt Perry said that Williams
apparently fell asleep in his car while listening to music
as it was running in the garage, which then caught fire.
Williams suffered burns to his face, head and chest but escaped through the flames. The home and car, however, were destroyed
and three family pets also perished in the fire. Family members said Williams was on some new medications. Williams' wife
passed away Nov. 25 at the age of 46. (Photo/Don Daniel)
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word appropriately and in days of lesson plans was Duffy resigned as a sub
context, there any opportunity for a on May 8, 2018. He is ask-
Continued from Front After he was removed discussion of Black History ing for a jury trial.
In his suit, Dufl said from the sub list at MCMS, Week, c, ivi]rights or the
he next began subbing Duffy wrote several let- teachers personal opinions
for the ag teacher at Mary ters of complaint to the or interjection of stories
Persons, but, then realized board office, threatening unrelated to the science
that teachers first dass a lawsuit. Assistant super- curriculum" wrote Daniel.
was actually at MCMS. He irttendent Jackson Daniel But Duffy was adamant
said he became worded
that Yarber would call the
sheriffon him and accuse
him of trespassing. Duffy
wrote that he was worded
he would be shot because
"that happens too many
times to black men in
America" who come across
police officers.
Apparently last Febru-
ary's incident wasn't the
first time Yarber had asked
Duffy to stay on topic as
a sub. Duffy was subbing
for MCMS social studies
teacher Ms. Davis from
Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2017 and
was supposed to teach
about the Reconstruction
Era in Georgia after the
Civil War. But again, a par-
ent called to complain, this
time saying that Duffy had
used the "n" word while
teaching the class. Yarber
had told Duffy to stick to
the lesson. But Duff-y, 63,
responded that he grew
up in the Jim Crow Era
and that students were not
being properly exposed
to the things of the past.
Duffy daimed he used the
replied with an April 25,
2018 letter reviewing
the events that led to his
removal from the MCMS
sub list and said that
the school system acted
properly. Daniel noted that
the lesson plans for both
classes covered specific
curriculum and did not
encourage the teacher to
share personal opinions, es-
pecially in the science class
when Duffy was supposed
to cover dichotomous keys
and the dassifications of
organisms.
"Nowhere in the five
he did nothing wrong,
saying he has 25 years of
teaching experience.
"I am not an idiot" wrote
Duffy. "The parents made
false accusations against
me.
He noted that he had
never before had a com-
plaint against him, and that
he was an EEO investigator
in the Air Force and knows
the BOE's review ofhis
situation was incomplete.
"It is obvious this inves-
tigation is solely aimed to
destroy my reputation"
said Duffy.
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