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“Police captain’s transfer continues to create sparks at Macon City Hall” macon.com 7/23/2007

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From an article by Matt Barnwell posted on today’s macon.com:
Meanwhile, (Macon City Council) has been luke warm at best to the idea of privatizing garbage collection…
(Council member Ed) DeFore told administration officials they still do not have enough votes on the council to pass privatization.
“They’re not going to do it,” he said. “And y’all can [...]

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From a letter to the Used-To-Be-Macon Telegraph this morning from George Couto:
Macon City Council may look different, but it still acts the same. After the last election I feel the people of Macon made their thoughts pretty clear. But, once in office the council takes on a mind of its own.
The city is shrinking; Macon’s [...]

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> —–Original Message—–
> From: James Timley, Macon City Council President Pro Tem
> Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2008 9:10 AM
> To: Virgil Watkins, Jr.; Nancy White, Lonnie Miley, Larry Schlesinger
> Subject: Public Safety Committee tour of massage parlors
>
> Dear Public Safety Committee members,
>
>After last week’s raid on the eight massage parlors, I think the Public Safety
>Committee [...]

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From: Mr. David Appiah
Intercreditor Bank of Ghana, Ltd.
Two Thorpe Road
Accra Ghana
Dear friend in Macon, Georgia, U.S.A.,
I am Mr. David Appiah, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of the Intercreditor Bank of Ghana, Ltd. With due respect and regards, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will [...]

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I’m on thin ice here, I acknowledge, and welcome someone with understanding and knowledge greater than mine. But consider these items drawn from disparate sources:

The 2005 SPLOST will have raised its goal prior to the 2009 target date: “This SPLOST is set to run until March 2009, but officials say that by the end [...]

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Mayor Reichert has proposed a budget to Macon City Council that includes the privatization of the city’s garbage services. Bibb County uses a private garbage pickup service and a nine year old study indicated that almost half of the Georgia cities responding used private garbage services.
But City Council has balked, saying it wants more [...]

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To privatize garbage collection or not to privatize garbage collection - that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the body politic to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous public works employees who may face normal private enterprise employment practices, including drug testing,
Or to take arms against those who would create a sea of troubles for [...]

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“I was worried for a while,” longtime city councilwoman Elaine Lucas said.
“It just didn’t feel right,” councilman Rick Hutto added.
“I’m new around here but I could tell something was wrong,” added City Council member Erick-Woods Erickson.
What they’re talking about, of course, is the recent apparent correction in relations between Macon’s Mayor Robert Reichert and [...]

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