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Disgraceful Schools in a Wretched Zone
The Macon County Commissioners are going to apply for QZAB funds for Union Academy. It sounded like one of those federal thingies where people get paid to whine. I checked…
Macon County Board of Commissioners
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Mathematicians Located in Macon
The Macon County Commissioners did some math and concluded, as bankrupt local governments didn’t, that they ought not bleed themselves to a sad end with unfunded liabilities in the form…
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Sometimes You Don’t
Principal Chief Michell Hicks appeared before the Macon County Board of Commissioners to request that the Nikwasi Mound be returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The mound made news…
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Make It Real or Vagettaboutit
In the headlines these days are a lot of reports about budget strategies. Various government entities lack funding, and so they are appealing to the masses for support in their…
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Little Beleaguered Debtlings
The Macon County Commissioners wish to buy a plot to create “a sprawling baseball and recreation complex.” The parcel would cost $550,000, and for another $550,000, it could be improved…
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Safe on the Planning Throne
The Macon County Board of Commissioners decided not to impose retroactive term limits on planning board members. Any changes to affect the composition of a board appear targeted to personalities…
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On Redistricting, Term Limits, &c
The Macon County Commissioners agreed to move forward with limiting terms of planning board members. One would immediately suspect some other-party dude was hanging around too long.
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Is the Price Right for Studying Right-Sizing?
The Macon County Commissioners approved a $33,000 classification and compensation study. It will help county leadership right-size the number of people employed and what they get for their services.
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Not What, but How
Published details are sketchy, but the Macon County Board of Commissioners are divided over whether or not the county plan should include a steep slopes ordinance, and what form it…
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Catch Me If You Can
The Macon County Commissioners recessed fifteen of their first nine (calculations not provided in article) meetings this year, and then two more thereafter. Though this is not illegal, the press…
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Crazy
The Macon County Board of Commissioners wishes to create a mental health task force. Commissioner Ronnie Beale said his encounters with the mental health system (from a provider’s standpoint and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Macon County doesn’t need a land-transfer tax increase
The Macon County commissioners are asking voters to approve a 200 percent increase in the real estate transfer tax on November 6. But the county has about $21.6 million over…