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vote was NOT
Fed-
eral policy update, as
required BY LAW. It~ not
the BOE's job to check for
illegals. There are other
agencies for that. The
BOE did its job. votes: 20
I, for one, welcome il-
legals to come to school
registration. It'll be a nice
I don't care if those kids
are white, rich, poor,
purple, gay, straight, etc.
If they're here illegally,
then they don't belong
here or in our schools!
votes: 17
Board members should
be ashamed for not
responsible for checking
immigration status. If not
you, who? votes: 14
Will Davis and Brian
Nelson are still hot but
the new hottie is Brad
Freeman, votes: 13
The four board members
you are referring to
raised their entire family
through our school sys-
tem, which is more than
you can say about the
other board members.
votes: 13
Monroe County's larg-
est private employer, Plant
Scherer, has a new manager.
Mike Burroughs, a 30-
year veteran of Southern
Company, started as the
new plant manager in June.
He replaced Johnny Howze,
who moved to a corporate
vice president position over
the supply chain after five
years as manager.
Burroughs is a Birming-
ham native who's worked
his way up in the power
business since graduat-
ing from the University of
Alabama-Birmingham in
1990. He was most recently
the manager of Southern
Mike Burroughs
Company's Plant Berry in
Mobile, Ala. and previously
managed Plant Yates in
Newnan.
Burroughs said he's proud
to get the job at Plant Scher-
er, calling it perhaps the
biggest and best coal plant
in the world. Burroughs
said Plant Scherer is notable
for being very economical,
well run and for its recent
environmental controls. To-
gether they mean that Plant
Scherer will be around for a
while, said Burroughs.
Burroughs will oversee
400 employees and also
the project to close Plant
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Scherer's ash pond as it con-
verts to dry ash disposal.
Burroughs said he'll have
four priorities as manager,
1) safety, 2) teamwork, 3)
positive work environment
and 4) compliance.
He said under his lead-
ership, Plant Scherer will
continue to support and
be involved in the Monroe
County community and
surrounding area, because
that's where their employees
live.
As for Burroughs, he said
he's not sure where he'll live
yet, noting that he's basi-
cally a gypsy living out of
his truck right now. He still
has a home in Pensacola
where his grown daughter
is a teacher. Burroughs' wife
passed away last year.
When he's not working,
Burroughs said he has three
favorite pastimes, bas-
ketball, bicycling and the
beach. Like his predeces-
sor, Burroughs is also a big
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college football fan. Unlike
Howze though, who gradu-
ated from the University
of Alabama and is a huge
Crimson Tide fan, Bur-
roughs is an Auburn man.
In fact, the first change
Burroughs made after tak-
ing over the plant manager's
office was to paint over
Howze's crimson walls.
Burroughs said he's glad to
be further north because
it'll be easier for him to go
see his nephew, T.]. Carter,
a senior starting defen-
sive end for the Kentucky
Wildcats.
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is starting our annual fund raising,
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In order to meet our goals, we need your support.
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