Jobless rate dips in Madison Co.

MadisonJournalTODAY

RSS Feed

Email Alerts

Facebook

Jobless rate dips in Madison Co.

Posted by

Staff Writer

in News

Friday, July 9. 2010

Comments (6)

The unemployment rate dipped slightly in Madison County in May, according to figures released recently by the Georgia Labor Department.

Madison County’s jobless rate was 7.8 percent for May, down from a revised rate of 8.1 for April and slightly lower than the county’s 8.0 rate for May of last year.

Madison County has a labor force of 15,713, with 1,232 unemployed in May, the labor department reported.
Georgia’s unemployment rate for May was 9.9 percent, while the jobless rate for the Athens area was 7.4 percent.

Trackbacks

Trackback specific URI for this entry

No Trackbacks

Comments

Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)

#1 Anonymous on 07/09/10 at 07:54 AM [Reply]

Why is it that Madison County can not get a business like the one Jackson county just got that will bring 400 new jobs?

#1.1 Anonymous on 07/10/10 at 09:11 AM [Reply]

You want to know why we are not getting businesses? One, we are just now getting a sewer system in Hull, but the main reason is the Board of Commissioners.
The BOC rely on votes to get re-elected. So, they must adhere to their fellow constituents wants. We have obtained a certain "reputation" if you will, within this county. People do not want to build in our county due to the political oppostion that they face.

For instance, the organic egg farm owner faced considerable public humiliation from John Pethel and Stanley Thomas at the BOC meeting. Many people are not going to take the wrath of uneducated idots that have overinflated egos.

If you want to see more development in this county, go to the polls, vote the incumbent out, AND START OVER!!!!! Please.

#1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/10/10 at 10:50 AM [Reply]

Not exactly true. The owner of Sunrise Golf Course asked for rezoning to build a retirement community and the BOC gave him EVERYTHING he wanted. He GAVE HIS WORD he would have it done in "2 years." Well, it's been about 2 years, and I can't see that the owner has done ANYTHING. He should be in jail.

#1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 08/12/10 at 04:25 PM [Reply]

Why hasn't the owner of Sunrise built the retirement community he said he was going to build? Pretty sure the rezone is supposed to revert back after 6 mos. or 1 yr. if you don't get your permits and get started. I guess the zoning has reverted back. Can't believe anything Sunrise man says.

#1.2 jk on 07/10/10 at 12:57 PM [Reply]

The reason we can get no businesses here is because we have a bunch of commissioners with NO business sense! Backward attitudes, good ole boy mentality has got to go. What kind of business and education level do our commissioners have?

#2 Gwen on 07/09/10 at 10:39 AM [Reply]

Why do all tell dfacs that they are not any job and they
to help people that is jobless?

Add Comment

Name
Email
Homepage
In reply to
Comment: E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications.

To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly.

Enter the string from the spam-prevention image above:
Phone*

What is eight minus three?
: Remember Information? Subscribe to this entry
: Submitted comments will be subject to moderation before being displayed.

Community

Madison Community

Jobless rate dips in Madison Co.

MadisonJournalTODAY

Jobless rate dips in Madison Co.

Recent Stories

Recent Comments

Sister Sites

Archives

Community

Keyword Tags