At Monday morning’s county commission meeting, retired attorney Jim Hudson addressed the commission about the ongoing controversy surrounding security breaches in the Coffee County elections office in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Over the last several months, Hudson has addressed the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration during its meetings. In the June meeting, he presented a resolution to the board asking that the elections board bring in an independent counsel to investigate the breaches. During a special called meeting on June 20, the board voted on but did not approve the resolution. …
Author: Robert Preston, Jr.
At Thursday’s city commission meeting, commissioners adopted the FY ’24 budget in the amount of $130,190,566. The city held the public hearing for the budget at the June 12 meeting. No citizens stepped forward to make any comment for or against the budget. The city has allocated $19,815,380 for the general fund, which includes $7.2 million for public safety (animal control, police, and fire). Utilities is the largest line item at $59,109,912. The Other Funds category, which includes a variety of line items including SPLOST funds and various grants, is the second largest section of the budget at…
At Thursday’s city commission meeting, commissioners adopted the FY ’24 budget in the amount of $130,190,566. The city held the public hearing for the budget at the June 12 meeting. No citizens stepped forward to make any comment for or against the budget. The city has allocated $19,815,380 for the general fund, which includes $7.2 million for public safety (animal control, police, and fire). Utilities is the largest line item at $59,109,912. The Other Funds category, which includes a variety of line items including SPLOST funds and various grants, is the second largest section of the budget at…
At Thursday’s city commission meeting, commissioners adopted the FY ’24 budget in the amount of $130,190,566. The city held the public hearing for the budget at the June 12 meeting. No citizens stepped forward to make any comment for or against the budget. The city has allocated $19,815,380 for the general fund, which includes $7.2 million for public safety (animal control, police, and fire). Utilities is the largest line item at $59,109,912. The Other Funds category, which includes a variety of line items including SPLOST funds and various grants, is the second largest section of the budget at…
At Tuesday’s special called meeting of the Coffee County Elections and Registration Board, the board did not adopt a resolution calling for independent counsel to investigate the alleged security breaches of the elections office that occurred in January of 2021. Board chairman Wendell Stone read a statement on behalf of the board that he asked the board to adopt as its official statement regarding the alleged breaches. The board did not adopt that statement, either. Stone’s statement is included in its entirety at the end of this story. The board also introduced new attorney Ben Perkins…
At Tuesday’s special called meeting of the Coffee County Elections and Registration Board, the board did not adopt a resolution calling for independent counsel to investigate the alleged security breaches of the elections office that occurred in January of 2021. Board chairman Wendell Stone read a statement on behalf of the board that he asked the board to adopt as its official statement regarding the alleged breaches. The board did not adopt that statement, either. Stone’s statement is included in its entirety at the end of this story. The board also introduced new attorney Ben Perkins…
You know how sometimes you witness something that just doesn’t feel right? Even if you’re invited, you feel as though you’re privy to something that you shouldn’t be seeing? I experienced one of those incidents Sunday afternoon at Faircloth Field in Douglas. Around 6 p.m., what should have been one of the biggest events in the history of the Coffee Lady Trojans softball team took place. Jimmy John Liautaud, billionaire founder of Jimmy John’s restaurant chain, and his wife Leslie, visited Douglas to see firsthand a project their family foundation funded. The Liautauds, through their foundation,…
You know how sometimes you witness something that just doesn’t feel right? Even if you’re invited, you feel as though you’re privy to something that you shouldn’t be seeing? I experienced one of those incidents Sunday afternoon at Faircloth Field in Douglas. Around 6 p.m., what should have been one of the biggest events in the history of the Coffee Lady Trojans softball team took place. Jimmy John Liautaud, billionaire founder of Jimmy John’s restaurant chain, and his wife Leslie, visited Douglas to see firsthand a project their family foundation funded. The Liautauds, through their foundation,…
According to a recent press release from Governor Brian Kemp, the City of Douglas and Coffee County are among the Georgia communities that will receive funding from the State of Georgia for projects that improve parks, recreation facilities, sidewalks, and healthy food access that were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Douglas and Coffee County will receive $4,577,848.00 in grant funding to use toward the rehabilitation of Huckaby Complex, Roundtree Park, and the soccer field. “We are appreciative of Governor Kemp and the General Assembly for working together during the pandemic to help Georgia communities,”…
According to a recent press release from Governor Brian Kemp, the City of Douglas and Coffee County are among the Georgia communities that will receive funding from the State of Georgia for projects that improve parks, recreation facilities, sidewalks, and healthy food access that were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Douglas and Coffee County will receive $4,577,848.00 in grant funding to use toward the rehabilitation of Huckaby Complex, Roundtree Park, and the soccer field. “We are appreciative of Governor Kemp and the General Assembly for working together during the pandemic to help Georgia communities,”…