LETTER: BOC should have to answer for budget

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Letter to the Editor
in Opinions
Tuesday, December 29. 2009
Comments (23)
Dear Editor:

The Board of Commissioners passed the budget for 2010 and they are very self-congratulatory about what an austere budget it is.
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County budget down 5.4 percent in 2010

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Top Stories
Wednesday, December 23. 2009
Comments (4)
Madison County’s budget will be down 5.4 percent in 2010. [Full Story »] 

BOC eases age restriction on mobile homes in medical hardship cases

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Zach Mitcham
in News
Friday, December 18. 2009
Comments (5)
Madison County commissioners agreed Dec. 7 to relax age restrictions on mobile homes moved into the county in cases of medical hardship. But once the medical hardship is over, the mobile home must be moved. [Full Story »] 

BOC keeps money in cupboard to weather state cuts

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Top Stories
Monday, December 7. 2009
Comments (2)
The word from the state is bleak. Expect more cuts.
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County budget talks winding to a close

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Top Stories
Monday, November 30. 2009
Comments (13)
Madison County commissioners will soon pass their 2010 budget with some painful cuts, but no job losses. [Full Story »] 

Commissioners approve display of Ten Commandments, other historical documents

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Top Stories
Friday, November 6. 2009
Comments (6)
Nine framed historical documents have been placed on county courthouse walls. [Full Story »] 

Spence sentenced

Posted by
Margie Richards
in Top Stories
Wednesday, November 4. 2009
Comments (3)
... testifies Fortson was accomplice; Fortson vehemently denies allegation

Former deputy county clerk Melinda Spence was sentenced in Madison County Superior Court Oct. 27 to two years in prison and 18 years probation for two counts of felony theft by taking. [Full Story »] 

The tricke of pennies

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Top Stories
Wednesday, October 21. 2009
Comments (0)
A look at sales tax figures a year after the economic collapse

The stock market and the economy took a screaming nosedive in Sept. 2008. [Full Story »] 

BOC turns down noise restriction

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Top Stories
Monday, October 12. 2009
Comments (2)
What’s more important, the freedom to make noise or the freedom not to hear it? [Full Story »] 

BOC awards bat removal contracts

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in News
Wednesday, October 7. 2009
Comments (4)
Madison County commissioners have become familiar with the word “guano” in recent weeks — too familiar. [Full Story »] 
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