From the Douglas County Sentinel: Tea Party to protest BOE pay: School board second-highest paid in state Martinez said what the Tea Party found in talking to hundreds of people at September Saturdays was that citizens weren’t aware of the large gap in pay between the Douglas County BOE and other similar-sized school systems. Haskell […]
Douglas County
Congress is the least of our problems
Amanda Swafford, former Flowery Branch, GA city council member, has some advice for you. I think she’s dead on. If you’re not registered to vote or you’re not sure who your city, county or state reps are, please do something about it now. https://www.facebook.com/Swaff/posts/10151922546508545
It's easier to dream big with O.P.M.
Believe it or not, I don’t have a big problem with the planned Foxhall Resort development. I am not as negative about it as some of my friends, or my husband, who think it’s completely preposterous to locate a resort property in Douglas County, Georgia. I do think it’s a very risky venture, and that […]
Board of Commissioners meeting – Foxhall Resort resolution discussion
This is the portion of the October 1, 2013 Douglas County Board of Commissioners meeting covering the board’s discussion of the resolution to allow the commission chairman, Tom Worthan, to enter into discussions with Foxhall about financing. Note that it was shot with a camera phone and is not the best quality. It is what […]
And you wonder why I want to leave
Yesterday I used my camera phone to make a ghetto-style video about issues I see with Douglas County’s involvement in a resort and conference center at Foxhall Farms. I put it out on Facebook, and it seemed to help people see that there was a problem, so that was good. I wrote a blog post […]