Jerry Gunn Recent Articles by Jerry GunnThe Hall County Library Board Tuesday night meeting in called session voted to adopt a 20 percent cut in funding because of the $11.5-million deficit in the Hall County budget. The City of Oakwood Monday night joined the growing number of cities and counties to allow the voters to decide if they want Sunday alcohol sales. The Civil War came alive in Gainesville Sunday, with the "The Civil War in Northeast Georgia," presented by the Northeast Georgia History Center It was another packed house Saturday night in the historic Flowery Branch depot and the show once more was the proposed 2012 budget with its possible massive cuts and a possible tax increase to stop those cuts. Hall citizens and county employees turned out in force to support the proposed 2012 budget tax increase at a First Community meeting at Fair Street Community Center Saturday morning in Gainesville. Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell confirmed Friday that a possible tax increase is still on the table. Hall County Commissioners Thursday narrowly passed an amendment to the county's impact fee ordinance over objections from Commissioner Craig Lutz The Northeast Georgia Medical Center Foundation dedicated the Wilheit-Keys Peace Garden Monday at the regional hospital's north entrance. Gainesville officials decided Saturday to wait for a nice warm day in June instead of a cold rainy day last November to hold the public grand opening of their new Public Safety Complex; with the grand opening came a new song for the city. It was standing room only Thursday night in Clermont as Hall Commissioner Scott Gibbs hosted a town hall meeting in Clermont to discuss the 2012 budget with its possible tax hike in the face of a shrinking property tax digest, plunging county revenues and an $11.5-million deficit. Gainesville City Council is looking at a balanced budget with no tax increase again this year even in tough revenue times, but Thursday they split on sharing the city's budget surplus with the property tax payers. The Gainesville City Council Tuesday night approved plans for a Sunday alcohol sales referendum during the November city elections and signed off on the public consumption of alcohol downtown for certain events. Gainesville School Board members said Monday night they wanted more time to study a proposal for random student drug testing, so they tabled it until the next regular meeting. Hall Countians interested in launching a recall effort against south Hall Commissioner Craig Lutz and possibly Ashley Bell gathered in Oakwood at Curt’s Cafeteria Saturday morning. The bloody drama of the Civil War did not unfold in Northeast Georgia as it did in other parts of the south and in other parts of Georgia. In this part of the state there were pro-Union Southerners, there were mountain families concerned more with just daily survival rather than supporting the Southern war effort, and there was even a bloodless 'battle' fought between home guard troops and Interim Hall County Administrator Jock Connell said Thursday he would conduct a search for qualified candidates to fill his post permanently since he has decided he will not seek the job himself. Gainesville's Planning and Appeals Board Tuesday night approved variances to allow the proposed site of a regional Veterans Medical Clinic on McEver Road. Thirty-six jobs were cut Monday night during a Hall County School Board meeting at Chestatee High School. Hall County Commissioners will not be suspending impact fees but will be changing the ordinance in a revision discussed during Monday's work session. South Hall County Commissioner Craig Lutz said Monday afternoon in a way he’s encouraged that citizens are interested enough in county government to seek his recall, but he challenges accusations he did anything illegal when he began his term of office in January. Previous |1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | Next |
  
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