Citizen Newsletter #244 Sat, January 29, 2011 9:51:14 AM

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The Citizen Newsletter

Issue # 244 January 29, 2011

The Conservative Voice of Henry County

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• News & Announcements

• Mall on Jodeco in Trouble Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
• BJ Mathis and the Mall Ronald Reagan
• More Government or Less
• SPLOST; a bad deal
• Your Voice To Henry County Georgia Republicans
• St. Patty’s Run – Sacred Journey
• Henry GOP Qualifying As February approaches, all efforts in the Henry County GOP will be on
• The Hack Line getting conservatives in Henry County involved in the party through
• 3DCC News our Mass Precinct Meetings. These meetings will all take place on
• The Henry Players Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. As I have previously
• Adult Entertainment Laws mentioned, citizens ask how they can get involved in the local party. A
great start is participating in the Grassroots efforts of the GOP by
organizing your voter precinct. At the Mass Precinct Meetings, each
precinct will elect their delegates and alternates for the March 12,
2011, County Convention.

Registration will open at 9:00 AM on February 12, 2011 at the Eagle's

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Your Support is Appreciated Mike Eddy
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SHOPPING MALL ON JODECO IN TROUBLE

the Hack Line REPORTED

WE HATE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN ANY WHERE, ESPECIALLY IN HENRY COUNTY, GA. ATLANTA DEVELOPER SHI SHAILENDRA IS BEING ACCUSED OF
FRAUD BY HIS INVESTORS.
THE POTENTIAL MALL IS SOMETHING HENRY NEEDED. WE SPEND MUCH OF OUR SALES TAXES ELSEWHERE AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION
RIGHT OFF I75. ATTENDING SOME MEETINGS IN YEARS PAST THE POTENTIAL FOR A EXCELLENT DEVELOPMENT WAS THERE.
MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT OUR CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOC [ELIZABETH “BJ” MATHIS ] AND HER TIES TO THE PROPERTY IN HER
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. TRUE OR FALSE SOME CONTROVERSY HAS SURROUNDED HER, THE PROPERTY AND SHI SHAILENDRA.
MATHIS-NEW.JPG HENRY BOC CHAIR, BJ MATHIS
FROM THE AJC:
IN SUITS FILED IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA, SHAILENDRA, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE SHAILENDRA GROUP, IS ACCUSED OF TAKING
INVESTOR CASH FOR HIS OWN USE, MISMANAGING AND CO-MINGLING FUNDS AND SELLING PROPERTY AT TIMES TO OTHER ENTITIES HE CONTROLLED
WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION AND POCKETING MUCH OF THE PROCEEDS.THE SUITS REVOLVE AROUND PROPERTY INTENDED FOR A SHOPPING CENTER IN
HENRY COUNTY, AS WELL AS LAND INVESTMENTS IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA AND FLORIDA.
ONE GEORGIA SUIT CLAIMS SHAILENDRA NEVER DEPOSITED TWO MEMBERS’ INVESTMENTS, OF $450,000 EACH, INTO THE COMPANY’S ACCOUNTS AND
INSTEAD USED THE MONEY HIMSELF. SHAILENDRA OR COMPANIES HE CONTROLS ALSO TOOK UNJUSTIFIED CONSULTING AND OTHER FEES, THE SUIT
CONTENDS.
IN ONE INSTANCE, SHAILENDRA IS ACCUSED OF SELLING A PORTION OF LAND OWNED BY ONE COMPANY HE OWNED TO ANOTHER THAT HE AND HIS WIFE
KIRAN CONTROLLED, WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE INVESTORS. THE PROPERTY, THEY CLAIM, WAS SOLD TO THE SECOND COMPANY AT BELOW MARKET
VALUE.
THE SUIT CLAIMS SHAILENDRA TREATED THE ASSETS OF ONE OF THE INVESTMENT FUNDS “AS HIS PERSONAL CASH MACHINE.”
HTTP://WWW.AJC.COM/BUSINESS/LAWSUITS-FLY-AFTER-LAND-818328.HTML
ACCORDING TO 2004 BUSINESS PLANS INCLUDED IN THE LAWSUITS AGAINST SHAILENDRA, THE INVESTING PARTNERS SOUGHT TO BUILD A $1 BILLION
EMPIRE, WITH EACH PARTNER INCREASING HIS NET WORTH BY $100 MILLION OVER A DECADE.

SHAILENDRA WOULD CONTROL THE DAILY OPERATIONS. WHILE THE PLAINTIFFS ARE ACCOMPLISHED IN THEIR OWN FIELDS, THE LAWSUITS CLAIM
SHAILENDRA TRADED ON HIS REPUTATION TO DRAW IN PASSIVE INVESTORS WHO WOULD NOT QUESTION HIS MOVES.

CARLENE KIKUGAWA, A FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT HIRED TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE PLAINTIFFS, SAID SHAILENDRA’S ACTIONS “EXHIBIT
CLASSIC ELEMENTS OF A REAL ESTATE PONZI SCHEME ,” WHERE EARLY INVESTORS RECOUPED BIG RETURNS PAID FOR BY INVESTMENTS MADE BY LATER
PARTNERS.

KIKUGAWA, A PARTNER WITH SINGER LEWAK IN LOS ANGELES, SAID HER ANALYSIS HAS FOUND AT LEAST $25 MILLION HAS BEEN INVESTED AND LOST
BY NAMED PLAINTIFFS AND OTHERS, AND THAT INVESTORS ARE SADDLED WITH AT LEAST $55 MILLION IN PERSONAL GUARANTEES ON DEFAULTED LOANS.

BJ Mathis and The Mall

Excerpts from previous editorials 2007-2008. Read more by searching at www.jasonpye.com

Remember this from “New Mall on Jodeco Road”:

We have all heard about Shai Shailendria’s proposed MALL on Jodeco Road. It is the reason so much political effort
was put into widening the bridge – and why adding lanes to I-75 was not a high priority. Not to mention proposed
SPLOST projects that will provide access roads for MALL traffic.

Not to mention the one-time offer by GDOT to temporarily switch money from the bridge to lanes. (Which Jason
Harper so vehemently denied in his mass email, and BJ Mathis is now denying in her TV show) Taking $18 million
from the bridge project would have delayed the bridge for only two years. But GDOT was prepared to bring in $70
million from out-of-Henry projects so that lanes could be added to I-75. The county rejected the offer.

It is now 2011 and we see the depth and sense of urgency felt by some Henry commissioners to appease the developer of
our new, needed shopping mall. Read on ……..

Ask anyone what they dislike most about living in Henry County, and most folks will say traffic congestion. We may like
options in restaurants and shopping. The two are closely linked. Looking at Jonesboro Road we now have an unending strip
of commercial zoning and traffic snarls that rival Hwy 155 further south or Henry Boulevard in Stockbridge. The point being
the drive for so-called economic development without proper attention to congestion has not helped.

Economic development is a key role of local government. However, continually adding retail stores, big box stores, nail
salons and chicken wings provides no help to area residents. Low paying retail jobs will allow cracker-box housing on
quarter-acre lots or apartments. That is what another mall will bring. More people and cars and certainly a greater strain on
roads and schools. Promoting this type of economic development serves no long term to improve median income or the
ability to draw better paying employment to our county. Low paying jobs force about 70% of Henry’s citizens to travel
outside the county for employment.

BJ Mathis’s plan to build new SPLOST III roads around the proposed mall. Few people cared that her District II
transportation plans were designed to benefit new development, and not resolve existing traffic problems. Not one time did
Mathis respond or make comments about her record as a sitting commissioner or her devotion to development and growth.
On every turn we heard “do it for the children,” and how “we must preserve” greenspace and quality of life.

Henry County government announced a Town Hall Meeting at the Henry County Administration Building on August 25, 2008
at 6:00 PM to discuss a request by Atlanta Retail Associates LLC/Bayer Group of 2222 Arlington Ave Birmingham Alabama,
about rezoning from RA to PD the 163 acres on the SW corner of Jodeco Rd and I-75. Land lots 77, 78, and 83. It is a
Concept Plan Review.

The developer has also purchased the property on the north side of Jodeco Road across from this site. The Planned
development of mixed use community anchored by a lifestyle retail center. Additional uses are as follows: office, general
commercial, residential, restaurant, and hotel.

Let’s not forget the Jodeco Bridge, which is now going to soak Henry Countians for about $70 million. This project has been
sacred to Mathis since Shailendria Group announced the mall on Jodeco Road. (Remember that Shailendria said the bridge
was a requirement for him to proceed – and Mathis sent a letter to Georgia DOT prioritizing the bridge over adding lanes to
I-75) Mathis dedicated SPLOST III funds for three roads that will service that proposed mall. For the record, Jodeco Road
WILL NOT be widened past the new development east of the current bridge. The Campground Road Connector WILL NOT
include four lanes, but only two.

Henry County NEEDS this shopping mall. Henry County NEEDS another low-pay, high-density development. Nobody should
consider South Point Mall on Hwy 20 that has only a Penney’s and Kohl’s and about 100 acres of empty space between
them. Nobody should consider the traffic congestion our two-lane Jodeco Road will suffer. Let’s not forget the Jodeco Bridge,
which is now going to soak Henry Countians for about $70 million.

This project has been sacred to Mathis since Shailendria Group announced the mall on Jodeco Road. (Remember that
Shailendria said the bridge was a requirement for him to proceed – and Mathis sent a letter to Georgia DOT prioritizing the
bridge over adding lanes to I-75)

Mathis dedicated SPLOST III funds for three roads that will service that proposed mall. For the record, Jodeco Road WILL
NOT be widened past the new development east of the current bridge. The Campground Road Connector WILL NOT include
four lanes, but only two.

Henry County NEEDS this shopping mall. Henry County NEEDS another low-pay, high-density development. Nobody should
consider South Point Mall on Hwy 20 that has only a Penney’s and Kohl’s and about 100 acres of empty space between
them. Nobody should consider the traffic congestion our two-lane Jodeco Road will suffer.

More government or less? 2011 State of the Union address

By Tony Cain
Tony Cain’s articles can be found at The Henry Neighbor and Marietta Daily Journal

I am glad I listened to President Barack Obama's third State of the Union address. I am glad I listened to the Republican
response. But I am most glad I am no longer fooled by any of it.
At age 54, I now listen to plans, programs, schemes, dreams, positions, promises, visions and revisions - and I am not
swayed. I am not tempted to take the bait. Been there, done that.

Maniacs have stood before me making wild declarations for a ridiculous, ludicrous, impossible future that existed only in the
outermost reaches of their minds. I've heard their mighty plans to bring about a new world order, and seen nothing come of
it, probably for the best. The dreary chain of broken promises, unfulfilled dreams and mad notions seems endless.

I assume the president's speech was meant to be uplifting, lofty and an attempt to unite a divided nation so we can move
forward together. Yeah, right.

After two years of throwing down the gauntlet, the president now wants us to be friends. Perhaps his change in attitude is
because of the shellacking (a colorful word that means utterly defeated) he admitted he, his supporters and his policies took
in the November elections. I am in no mood to be pals. I don't think other people are, either.

I must fight. I have to fight. If Big Brother gets any bigger, we are doomed.

A staggering national debt of $14 trillion looms over us and future generations, not counting trillions spent fighting decades
long wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and wherever else we are told we should be the world's policeman. The escalating,
unpayable debt of cities, counties and states sinks us daily, while unemployment, personal debt, home foreclosures and
bankruptcies are plagues that seem to have no end.

And the president of the United States has the audacity to stand before us with a straight face and espouse a failed,
delusional philosophy that the way out of this mess is to keep doing what we have done - spend more borrowed money.
Does he actually believe we can escape our problems through bigger, more expensive, more expansive, more powerful
government? Apparently so.

We haughtily claim to be a free people, but in reality we are indentured servants. Because of what we have done and failed
to do, our children and grandchildren will wear the yoke of debt slaves. We have sold ourselves for an unworthy illusion.
More of the same will solve nothing; it will only continue and prolong the problem.

The wise have always asked what is truly necessary for a good life. Getting what we think we want rarely brings satisfaction.
Real peace comes from a deeper source.

March 15, 2011, I choose to vote 'no' to another SPLOST. I will continue to vote no to all SPLOST until government has been
reined in, controlled, humbled and is again truly mine.

SPLOST; a bad deal for taxpayers

By Tony Cain and James Bell

We oppose SPLOST. In Douglas County we fought and helped defeat SPLOST initiatives. Now we are fighting the proposed
Cobb County 2011 SPLOST.

Our opposition to this tax is because current SPLOST law is bad law. While supporters tout the benefits of SPLOST, its many
pitfalls are down played. There are real dangers to taxpayers if a SPLOST passes.

Supporters often erroneously state that SPLOST is a “one-cent sales tax” and that it is "just a penny," thus making it sound
mild and innocuous. It definitely is not! SPLOST is a one-percent sales tax on everything we buy. That means seniors on
social security must pay it at the grocery store and young people just starting in life must pay it as well. It is also added to
everyone's already high utility bills. Statewide, this one-percent tax lifts billions of dollars out of our pockets and puts those
billions into the pockets of special interests chosen by politicians.

There has long been abuse of SPLOST by city and county officials. As stated in the title, the original intent of state legislators
for the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax was as a special tax for special purposes. It was meant to be used to build
capital projects that local governments could not otherwise afford. Tragically, government officials have thwarted the original
purpose of SPLOST, omitted the "special purpose" designation, and turned it into a revenue enhancement scheme and
fantasy building bonanza. Sadly, what could have been a useful tool for local governments has been perverted into an out of
control tax that threatens to bankrupt us all.

SPLOST projects themselves have degenerated from sometimes justifiable government facilities to unbridled projects like
$150 million prisons, $100 million courthouses, $100 million performing arts centers, $20 million swimming pools, multi-
million dollar gymnasiums, tennis courts and horse stables. With a total disregard for need or costs, miles of concrete have
been poured for unneeded, unused sidewalks to nowhere. Eight-lane highways have been slashed through what were once
quiet, residential neighborhoods.

This waste of taxpayer money is criminal, the interference by government in the free market, private sector is economically
dangerous and our quality of life has been eroded, not enhanced by SPLOST. Our lives are being slowly and relentlessly
ruined by a government grown far too rich and powerful.

SPLOST was sold as the goose that would lay the golden egg for local communities. We now know that although capital
projects can be built with SPLOST dollars, they must be maintained and operated with general fund dollars. Those costs
have become astronomical. The only way to pay them is with a tax increase.
The Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), a lobbying group for county commissioners that we pay for,
drafted and lobbied for the current incarnation of SPLOST. Their own SPLOST guide booklet for commissioners (available at
www.accg.org) states: “County and municipal governments may not use SPLOST proceeds for operating expenses or
maintenance of a SPLOST project or any other county or municipal facility or service.” Yet, that is exactly the purpose for
which much of SPLOST money has become.

Cobb County is a good example of this. County officials are promoting the proposed 2011 SPLOST as “Preserving our
Future.” With this hype, government officials have openly admitted their intent to maintain previously constructed SPLOST
projects with new SPLOST dollars in direct violation of SPLOST law! The profusion of SPLOST projects has become too
expensive to sustain. How convenient for an ever-expanding, bloated bureaucracy with its accompanying salaries, perks and
pensions to perpetually pay routine maintenance costs out of a SPLOST, thus leaving more tax money for themselves.

Abandonment of promised SPLOST projects is an ongoing problem. Local officials want residents to believe they can "tweak"
project lists to correct problems. But what officials are doing is more than tweaking; it is in violation of law. Promised
projects cannot be abandoned but must be completed.

The ACCG handbook reads, "The approved projects could be scaled back but not abandoned. A local government must make
up any shortfall from their general fund or other funding sources." The reason for this part of SPLOST law is obvious. It was
an attempt by the legislature to keep local politicians from over promising projects to entice voters to approve a SPLOST.
Local officials are blatantly and repeatedly ignoring the law.

What government officials euphemistically call “deferment of projects” from a previously approved SPLOST to a future one is
also an ongoing problem. An example of this is the illegal elimination of two schools by Cherokee County from a voter
approved list because projected SPLOST revenues in the county are down 24%. Now school officials want a new SPLOST to
pay for these previously promised schools. Again, this is in violation of state law.

But who will enforce the law? Who stands guard to make sure SPLOST law is obeyed?

This leads us to the main problem with SPLOST: There is no state oversight and enforcement of this tax. There are no
penalties for failure by government officials to obey the law. Amazingly, city, county and school systems that benefit from
SPLOST are allowed to police themselves! Citizens must personally shoulder the cost of expensive litigation if they wish to
enforce SPLOST law. To give credibility and accountability to SPLOST, this blatant loophole in the law must be immediately
eliminated by the Georgia General Assembly.

The voting date for upcoming multi-county SPLOST throughout Georgia will be March 15 and the several weeks of early
voting prior to that date. Special elections are a ploy used by officials to take advantage of low voter turn out to get a
SPLOST passed. The 2005 Cobb SPLOST passed in a special election by only 114 votes. Total voter turnout was 10%. That
means that a 5% minority of the registered voters put a tax on an entire county. In Douglas County a SPLOST was twice
rejected by voters. In 2009 Commissioners brought it back a third time. Less than 10% of registered voters participated and
a $150 million SPLOST passed by a mere 32 votes. A SPLOST should not be enacted unless a majority of registered voters
approve it in a General Election.

The costs of special elections statewide is millions of dollars. By placing a vote for a new Cobb SPLOST in a special March 15
referendum instead of in the November General Election, Cobb taxpayers alone will pay an additional $400,000 in election
costs for a ballot for which there is only a single issue - SPLOST. The Georgia General Assembly should restrict SPLOST
votes to General Elections.

SPLOST can run from one to six years. Most SPLOST are put on the ballot for the full six year limit. Many officials are voted
out of office or leave for other reasons long before a SPLOST ends. This is obviously a problem and encourages a lack of
accountability. SPLOST should not be allowed to run more than the term of office of a commissioner. And, commissioners
should not be allowed to bring SPLOST back again and again, year after year after voters reject them. A good rule for
SPLOST would be that it must be approved by a majority of registered voters every two years during the election and then
at the mid-term of office for county chairman. If voters truly want SPLOST projects and are satisfied with the performance of
officials, they can approve this tax every two years. This forces accountability upon local officials.

In this session of the Georgia General Assembly, lawmakers have a grand opportunity to reform bad SPLOST law, plug the
loopholes and rein in what has become a money addiction of local governments. Local governments must be made
accountable for how they spend our money. Until this happens, voters should send a message by voting 'no' to all SPLOST.

SPLOST was intended to help local governments with needed local projects. That intent has been abandoned. Our
government does not have a revenue problem; our government has a spending problem. Allowing SPLOST to continue as it
is now formulated will only prolong the problem.

This article was jointly researched and written by Tony Cain and James Bell
 YOUR VOICE

Biscuits & Brunch Connecting Henry Executive Director Denese Rodgers is leaving the agency after
seven years. She and her husband are planning to move to Panama, to continue their
volunteer efforts.
149 Burke Street
Stockbridge, GA 30281 By Jason A. Smith
(770) 507-6800 jsmith@henryherald.com

Cemetery Research
Group

www.crghenry.org
Friends and colleagues of a notable figure in the Henry County
community, gathered to express their appreciation for her, as she begins the next phase
Signature Broadcasting of her volunteerism career.
Network – SBN TV
We’re all about you! Rodgers has worked for seven years with Connecting Henry, an organization dedicated to
http://sbn-tv.com/ networking with social-service, faith, business and government entities in the area to help
community residents.

Read more:
http://www.mycountypaper.com/henrydailyherald/headlines/Henry_Countys_biggest_heart_is_leaving_114770819.html

Mike Moon @ FaceBook

94-A Woolsey Road
It is amazing what God can do in our lives if we just give Him the chance. But we must
Hampton, Georgia 30228 open our hearts and minds to the Word so He may teach us the lessons we need to learn.
770-946-0043 So if your ready He is waiting. Have a wonderful night before the new day comes.

McDonough Arts 2011 Herman Talmadge III @ FaceBook

events
For more info contact:
Debbie Withers 678/522-
4020 or
debwithers@gmail.com
The Georgia state budget will detail as little as 3 % of the state’s spending. Everything
else will appear on one line called continuation without detail or description. We cannot
responsibly vote on a budget when the 90% or more of the spending is hidden from us.
Senate Bill 1 moves us to a system to a zero based budgeting. All expenses, including
those approved in earlier years, will have to be re-justified.

http://www.mcdonougharts.net
Please let Henry County citizens know that an adorable country home in Jenkinsburg
is up for rent.

Kimberly Smith (432) 352-6649)

State budget cuts At a recent Rotary Club of Peachtree City meeting, Georgia Department of
Transportation Commissioner Vance Smith spoke on the department and how it has been affected by the
economy.

Read More: HTTP://HEN.NN.MARIETTA.NEW.ADQIC.COM/STORIES/TRANSPORTATION-CUTS-MAY-TOTAL-1-BILLION-AGAIN,167579

CITIZEN NOTE: During the Primary Election in 2012 Georgia voters will be asked to approve a Regional
Transportation Tax – a new 10-year sales tax ADDED TO the already high state, local and special sales
taxes we pay.

Whether we are taxed directly by the State of Georgia or by a self-imposed special tax does not matter. It
is our money they want.

The campaigns have started. The bureaucracies are in place. Please Vote No to any new taxes.

LOOKING BEYOND MIDNIGHT - HOPE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND THE REST
 Thanks John Hembree. Those of us that have found ourselves unemployed through no fault of
our own need hope, not brow beating because we receive unemployment insurance benefits.

For others of you that are struggling through the job search mine field, check out
http://www.crossroadscareer.org/.

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

HENRY GOP

As I have previously mentioned, citizens ask how they can get involved in the local party. A great start
is participating in the Grassroots efforts of the GOP by organizing your voter precinct. At the Mass Precinct
Meetings, each precinct will elect their delegates and alternates for the March 12, 2011, County
Convention. We need citizens to get involved! Please share this information with friends and make
arrangements to participate in the Mass Precinct Meetings.

Henry County Republican Party to Hold Precinct Mass Meeting

On Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., the Henry County Republican Party will convene
Precinct Mass Meetings to elect Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the Henry County Republican Party
Convention.

All Henry County residents who are legally registered to vote and believe in the principles of the
Republican Party are urged to participate in the process.

Registration will open at 9:00 AM on February 12, 2011 at the Eagle's Landing Church of God, 1640
Highway 42N, McDonough, GA 30253.

Mike Eddy
Chairman, Henry GOP

Is this how our tax dollars should be spent? Another government program that
is already provided by the private sector?

Sacred Journey

1st Annual St. Patty’s Day Run benefitting the Sacred Journey Hospice Foundation

Join us for the 1st Annual St. Patrick Day 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk benefitting the Sacred Journey Hospice Foundation.
The foundation is a non-profit arm of Sacred Journey Hospice in McDonough. The foundation provides scholarships
for students in the medical field and hosts a summer camp for kids that have lost a loved one, but the main focus of the
foundation is to provide financial support to families in hospice care – from paying utilities, buying groceries or handling
a portion of funeral expenses. I invite you to visit the website to learn more about the foundation.
www.sacredjourneyhospice.org.

Saturday, March 12
2:00 Registration
3:00 5K Race
3:15 1 Mile Walk
3:15 Leprechaun Leap

Race begins in the parking lot of Salem Baptist Church. 1724 Highway 155N, McDonough

Costumes encouraged! Prizes awarded to top three participants with the most St. Patty’s Day spirit!

Sponsorship Opportunities are available.

Memorial Footsteps: Honor the memory of a loved one by purchasing a footstep in their name.
Footsteps are $10 and will line race course.
For sponsorship information or registration forms, visit us online at www.sacredjourneyhospice.org

Sponsorship: http://www.sacredjourneyhospice.org/SJHF_Sponsor.pdf
Registration: http://www.sacredjourneyhospice.org/SJHF_Entry.pdf

Henry County Republican Party Qualifying

Henry County Republican Party to Hold Precinct Mass Meeting

On Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., the Henry County Republican Party will convene Precinct Mass
Meetings to elect Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the Henry County Republican Party Convention.

All Henry County residents who are legally registered to vote and believe in the principles of the Republican Party are
urged to participate in the process.

Registration will open at 9:00 AM on February 12, 2011 at the Eagle's Landing Church of God, 1640 Highway 42N,
McDonough, GA 30253.

All delegates or alternates must provide valid Georgia photo identification and should bring a copy of their voter card or
provide a copy of precinct information through the Georgia Secretary of State's Office Website at www.sos.ga.gov.

Henry GOP February Business Meeting February 1, 2011, 7:00 p.m.

The upcoming February business meeting will be held on February 1, 2011. Our guest speaker will be Tax
Commissioner David Curry. Among other important meeting discussion items, we will discuss the Mass Precinct
meeting on February 12. 2011 as well as the County Convention on March 12, 2011. Our meeting begins at 7:00 PM
and will convene at the Community Room in McDonough at 116 South Zack Hinton Pkwy.

Please feel free to contact if you have any questions. Mike Eddy, 678-641-2746 or mikeeddy@att.net.

the Hack Line

http://charlesmobley.wordpress.com/

Henry County GA Hit Hard

An AJC article caught my eye

Bankruptcies up in Atlanta area last year, some counties hit hard

“We experienced almost logarithmic growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when we were consistently ranked as one of
the fastest growing counties in the country,” said Taylor Rice, chairman of the Henry County Chamber of Commerce. “It only
follows that what drove that exponential growth is also driving the [bankruptcy] filings.”

3DCC News

Due to a change in internet service providers, SBN TV has been experiencing problems showing the “Agenda”
regarding our proposed Unified Code of Ethics (UCE) on Channel 22. We, as well as SBN-TV, apologize for any
inconvenience this may have caused you. Starting today (Thursday, 1-27-11), for those of you who do not have
Charter Cable TV, the regular Channel 22 broadcast of the show can also be viewed on SBN's Website,
http://www.sbn.tv/AGENDA.html.

The revised broadcast schedule of the “Agenda” on Channel 22 is as follows:

Wednesday - 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.

Thursday - 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.

Friday - 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.

Sunday - 12:30 a.m., 3:30 a.m., 6:30 a.m., and 12:30 p.m.

Be sure to share this with your friends.

Thanks for making our county a better place to live.

Charles
Charles Downey
Membership Secretary
3DCC, Inc.

The Henry Players

Come see Harper Lee's Classic - "To Kill a Mockingbird"

FEBRUARY 3RD – 6TH 2011

Thursday – Saturday 7:30PM
Sunday Matinee 2:30PM
 

At the Henry County Performing Arts Center

37 Lemon Street, McDonough, GA 30253
Tickets prices when purchased in advance
$12 Adults, $10 Children, Senior Citizens & Students
www.henryplayers.com

Cast and crew will be available for pictures and interviews during dress rehearsals at the PAC Tues. Feb 1st &
Wed Feb 2nd. If you are interested interviews and pictures with directors, cast and crew please contact me so
that I can make arrangements to have them available.

A. Kim Decker
770-922-0201 Home
678-346-0074 Cell

Henry reviews adult entertainment law

Henry Daily Herald

By Johnny Jackson
jjackson@henryherald.com

One week into a 120-day moratorium, county and city officials are sharpening their pencils to develop ordinances in
Henry County to restrict potential adult entertainment businesses, without violating the rights of owners to operate such
establishments.

“This type of business is certainly not compatible with our future plans for the area,” said Elizabeth “B.J.” Mathis,
chairman of the Henry County Board of Commissioners.

The moratorium was passed Jan. 18, on the acceptance of applications for permits, licenses or approvals related to
adult entertainment businesses in unincorporated Henry County.

Mathis said the moratorium was put into place to allow time for county officials to address the existing ordinance
governing the permits and licensing of adult entertainment businesses. She said the goal is for the commission to adopt
an updated ordinance with more restrictive rules, by the end of the 120-day period.
“From the county’s perspective, we’re going to make it as tightly restrictive as we possibly can,” she said. “It is
important that we protect our citizens and taxpayers to the greatest extend that we can.”

There are 50 locations where an adult entertainment business could be located in unincorporated Henry County,
through M-1 (Limited Industrial) and M-2 (General Industrial) zoning, she said, adding that officials are researching
different avenues to take toward making the ordinance more restrictive.

Read more:
http://www.mycountypaper.com/henrydailyherald/headlines/Henry_reviews_adult_entertainment_law_114770904.html

The Citizen Newsletter is provided by

Henry Citizens for Responsible Government

Larry Stanley, Editor
899 East Lake Road, McDonough, GA 30252
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