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Looks like I'm going to have to send the goats, Peaches and Betsy Lynn, to Weight Watchers to work offall the tall
grass they've been eating. Peaches can barely fit through the yard gate after all these gulley washers we've gotten
have made the grass grow out of control. Speaking of eating, 478 Country Buffet in Forsyth is re-opening under
its original owner later this month. I guess because of those buffets, everyone is on some kind of diet these days.
sponsi witheut Keto, Adkins, GMO, Gluten-Free, Daniel. Everybody's got a diet, but from what I've seen at Walmart, everybody's
Pay r going to the ? still fat. The missus, Towaliga Tina, and myself, we have decided to try the GMO diet -- you know, Git More Oreos.
demoteBut yet heYan employeeCan iust that So far, so good. I ve lost five pounds, and gained 15 back. I ,ll tell you one group thats losing weight is them folks up at the
wasted taxpayer money? Monroe County school board waiting for this runoff. They re nervous as a Clinton in church about new blood joining the
Something does not seem BOE. Some people are worried that a new board might want to make a change at the top position in the
right, votes: 24
Name one thing Trump
has done for the average
American citizen? Mak'
ing a6o, one
thousand need not REPLY.
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NFL MUGS. votes: 5
It will interesting to see
; many local, liberal
:i lawyers will support the
Democ for Gov, votes: 4
school system. But I don't think the football coach has anything to worry about, no matter who wins.
Y'all be good!
Margaret Sigretto, a long-
time columnist for the
Reporter who wrote
about life in High
Falls, passed away last
Wednesday, July 18 at
the age of 79 after a
short battle with cancer.
Sigretto moved to
High Falls from Clay-
ton County in 1998
after retiring from
Delta. But she was not
the kind of person who
High
remain idle. After moving to
High Falls, she man-
aged an assisted living
center for years and then
managed the High Falls
Hideaway for Dean and
Betty Huckeba. It was
there that she began to
write a regular column in
the Reporter, "Hello from
High Falls", about the
good things happening
in the county's riverfront
community. Sigretto said she
loved writing about her beloved
High Falls and only quit when
she couldn't get out and talk to
people as much.
Sigretto's son Chris said his
mum will be remembered for her
ready smile and sunny outlook.
"She had a very positive at-
titude, and she tried to teach
us that growing up" said Chris
Sigretto. "She said you think
negatively, negative things will
happen, and vice versa. Being
positive just makes things bet-
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e
ter:'
That became harder in the fall
when doctors removed a cancer-
ous tumor from her abdomen,
and later discovered that it had
spread into her lymph nodes.
Chris said he'll remember his
mother as someone who loved
those around her.
"She enjoyed her family and
enjoyed life" said Chris.
Sigretto is survived by two sons
and passed away on her oldest
son's 61st birthday.
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Pirro is nothing more than a
demagogue, votes: 4
Caryn Johnson has severe
Trump Derangement Syn-
drome (TDS) as displayed
on I"V and what we saw
from the audience perspec-
Loo like will be
next Governor. Listen for the
gnashing of teeth from local
"political insiders". Likely
the biggest surprise since
Sonny Perdue. votes: 4
TRUMP isn't Great and
Georgia isn't either! votes:
4
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ist cabal, then (R)s must be
in the fascist cabal, rm look-
ing for a (C) centrist cabal
meeting, votes: 4
Hey Marilyn, tell us about
the#WalkAway Cam,
paign. Ihear it is a new left
wing movement, votes: 4
The more some of y'all
vent, the more you prove
common sense isn't common
anymore, votes: 4
TRUMP stands with Kemp
for keeping Georgia great!
votes: 4
to reduce substantially his
$1.5 million request in order
to trim the county's SPLOST
wishlist down to the $21.2
million final number.
The decision came at the
condusion of a two-and-
a-half-hour called meeting
to discuss SPLOST. District
2 commissioner Eddie
Rowland cast the deciding
vote on the intemet, break-
ing a 2-2 stalemate in which
Emami and District 3 com-
missioner John Ambrose,
who supported allocat-
ing SPLOST revenues for
internet, were pitted against
commission chairman Greg
Tapley and District 1 com-
missioner Larry Evans, each
of whom was adamantly
against the monies being
used for internet.
Rowland said he was
unsure ffspending SPLOST
funds on intemet was the
right decision but said 80 to
90 percent of his constitu-
ents were in favor of spend-
ing on intemet, including
the county potentially
running fiber lines to entice
additional private intemet
service providers (ISP) to
locate in Monroe County.
Rowland likened his situ-
ation as District 2 commis-
sioner to an Old Testament
Bible story.
He said, "It reminds me of
its intemet shortcomings.
Development Authority of
Monroe County president
Be Gregory told commis-
sioners that high-speed
intemet is "mandatory" for
companies seeking to locate
in the count. Gregory said
even though commissioners
could never keep up with
the ever-changing intemet
technology, he said it's im-
portant that they set money
aside earmarked for intemet
infrastructure needs. Grego-
ry said the specifics are less
important than the measure
to take seriously the county's
intemet shortages.
"(President John) Kennedy
didn't ask for a plan ofhow
to get to the moon" Gregory
said. "He just said, 'We're
going to the moon' And he
didn't see the end of that.
But it happened because
we made a commitment
through leadership that
we're going to do something
that was important And I
think that's the important
part."
Emami said he's not
intending to run $750,000
worth of fiber arbitrarily,
saying a plan will be
developed for how best to
spend the available funds.
He pointed out that Bibb
County requires any com-
pany digging a trench in the
county to put conduit in the
ground while it's digging.
Emami said Bibb County
representatives have told
him they've received very
little pushback to the mea-
sure and suggested Monroe
said endorse connecting
all of the county buildings
on the same intemet service.
Evans, who said his
District 1 constituents were
adamantly opposed to
spending funds on intemet,
then suggested Emami and
Ambrose propose a special
district tax exdusivdy for
their constituents to pay
for the internet expansion.
Evans said districts out-
side the city could pay an
additional mill of property
tax rather than use sales tax
funds. Evans said he feared
that dtizens might reject the
SPLOST in November be-
cause they don't want to sub-
sidize other dtizens' internet
enhancements, noting that
the SPLOST's failure could
lead to a millage hike of an
estimated four mills to make
up for the lost revenue.
Tapley said he opposed
spending SPLOST monies
on intemet because Emami
had not yet provided a dear
plan for internet expansion,
a timeframe for meeting
the intemet needs of con-
stituents nor a price for how
much it would cost to pro-
vide internet infrastructure
for the whole coun Tapley
said there's no guarantee
that spending $750,000 on
intemet will enable citizens
to improve their internet.
Tapley also questioned
why the Monroe County
Board of Education has not
teamed up with the county
on intemet enhancements
since a significant argument
toward improving intemet
commissioners opposed
Evans' suggestion, and only
$500,000 was allocated for
recreation as opposed to the
$750,000 Evans requested.
Evans said the price tag for
an outdoor pod would be
about $250,000 while a full-
fledged natatorium would
cost about $1.5 million.
Ambrose said he opposed
the pool because Monroe
County wouldn't be able
to afford maintaining and
operating the pool Emami
agreed, saying Evans didrfi
have a dear plan for where it
would be located and added
that he didn't think dtizens
who live outside the dty
limits would use it frequent-
1y. Rowland then jumped in
and said District 2 citizens
were more interested in
intemet needs than a swim-
mingpool.
Evans replied by saying
there were objections to
opening the county's recre-
atio dep ent.30 years
ago but said its abig
success.
Evans said, "I remember
a particular comment a
person told me that then"
cows did not play basketball.
I said, 'Perhaps your kids
will."
Emami then suggested
that Evans request the City
of Forsyth to build the pool
in exchange for giving the
city back county-owned
land next to the Forsyth Golf
Course. Evans said he wasn't
opposed to that location for
a new pool, saying the city's
plan for an amphitheater at
the site didn't make sense
next to a quiet golf course.
Ambrose later rejected
Evans' appeal that the pool
would provide swimming
safety for county citizens.
Ambrose told Evans that
people frequently die in ve-
hide acddents and it doesn't
mean the county should
provide driver's education.
"We can't take care of
'everybody;,' Ambrose said.
,We've go ,tta, use some corn-
men sense.
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the United States a felony "We're not voting thisimpact it would have on
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fol should be before the king. Yes we do, we want a
judge: Madonna for ono, king. We want a king: God voting this moming to also cautioned spending
blowing up the White saw ,m the future that Saul have the money available if county monies on intemet
House. votes: 4 : wasnt going to be a very and when we see projects when broadband allocations j Residential & Commercial * We ServiCe All Brands I
out there that have a good are part of the new federal j Honest & Reliable Service. Licensed and Insured
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nmning a trench for some commissioners to include
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endorsed Brian Kemp for what you want. I w,a t you the way outto luliette and pod, possibly an indoor
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Govt. But C ey Cagleto know that I dont feel cally drop a conduit in the SPLOST. However, the other
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ing to trick Trump support-
ers with this flyer they call
the "Trump Voter Guide -
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to get it as quickly as you
think you are. I just don't fed
confident about that"
About 20 citizens, most of
whom supported intemet
spending, were in atten-
dance at Monday's meeting,
including Old Zebulon
Road resident Roy Hancock
who urged commissioners
to work on the county's poor
intemet service. Hancock,
who moved to Monroe
County from Cobb County
over a decade ago, said inter-
net can do more than any-
thing else to enhance growth
in a county or region. He
said as things stand current-
ly, it's nearly impossible for
a small business owner to
work from home in Monroe
County. He said he's even
Caryn Elaine Johnson
changed her name because
she wanted to sound more
Jewish. FAKE Hollywood
Liberal that is full of hatred.
Should be in prison. Hope
Jewish people would write
her a lette . LOL votes: 3
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liver mlcaed from considered moving out of
taff os votes 3 : Monroe County because of
cents on the dollar of what
it would cost for us to run
that trench oursdves, to me
that is a slam freaking dunk
right there. That is your tax
dollars well spent in my
opinion"
Emami then estimated
the cost of running conduit
with a tracer at about $1
per foot with the cost of
blowing fiber through an
existing conduit at an ad-
ditional $1.50 per foot for a
total cost of $2.50 per foot.
Ambrose said if the county
runs conduit and fiber lines,
which could then be leased
to private ISPs, he's confi-
dent that ISPs will want to
expand in Monroe County.
He said it's his vision to run
intemet to all of the county's
fire stations while Emami
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