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“Macon police recovered marijuana hidden in the crevice of a man’s buttocks early Thursday morning after stopping a car for a seatbelt violation, according to the Macon police.”

“Marijuana recovered from Macon man’s buttocks during arrest” macon.com 8/1/2008

“A 17-year-old Macon teen has been charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass after he was caught [...]

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An ode to the November elections (theme by Gladiolus):

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MEMORANDUM
From: Jim Davis, Chief Appraiser, Macon-Bibb County Board of Tax Assessors
To: Tyler CLT Company
Subject: Bibb County Tax Revaluations
Date: May 29, 2008
Bibb County has engaged Tyler CLT Company to perform appraisals of properties for its planned 2009 revaluation. Our agreement includes the stipulation that these appraisals be performed using the so-called “drive-by” technique. [...]

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Some folks who live in Monroe County like to tell folks in Bibb County how bad we’ve got it. But things aren’t exactly peachy in MoCo. This comes from an article published today in the online Monroe County Reporter:
The collective groan heard around Monroe County Saturday was the sound of taxpayers getting new [...]

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The WMCC News Big Number today (thanks, Hardball) is - 2009.
That’s when the Bibb County Board of Tax Assessors announced today that new property tax revaluation notices will be delivered to Bibb County’s property owners.
That’s right, we’ll be seeing our first reval next year since, let’s see, the year 2000. That’s eight years [...]

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“Bibb to pay $1.95M to fix flawed tax digest” macon.com 9/5/07

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Keich Whicker at The Telegraph reports that the Bibb County Commission has selected John Goolsby, Jr., Glenn Hayden, Jean Haygood and George Thomas as the four new replacement tax assessors to replace the recently canned assessors.
The new tax assessors-to-be will have to undergo a 10-year background check, may not owe any back taxes, must withstand [...]

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Will I get another property tax assessment notice after all the bad things said about the tax assessors’ office on this website? Lord, I told my wife to quit writing all those those things about the tax assessors every time I went out of town. But did she listen to me?
Now I might [...]

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An Editorial Comment

WMCC News is constantly monitoring the political, fiscal and social landscapes of our community. But we are seeing trends that are beginning to give us pause.
We have learned to accept, and even take in stride, such blunders and threats to the order of things as the mayor appointing felons to the Housing [...]

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