“The county would be free to name the account whatever they want. The law defines what these funds can be used for, but you county commissioners have the final decision on how these funds are actually used, as long as it’s within the law.”
“The main thing, I want to give Mr. Chunn credit for our academics. We do that every single day. I use that mantra with my students: This is an academic school.”
“It’s going to take money. You’ve got to have somebody identify these people and then move the process to get them indicted. You might spend $100,000, $200,000 .. but if you spend those kinds of funds, you could save several million.”
“I definitely believe in personal growth. Do not stay in the same place forever. Find something new that you can do.”
We have to invest more in smaller cities and rural areas or else Atlanta is just going to be overpopulated and it’s going to crumble. I know there are a lot of people living in Atlanta who would like to be living in Albany, to be living in Parrott (but) they didn’t have the opportunities there."
“The city is extremely concerned. We have got to take immediate action to remedy the situation. You don’t want a building sitting vacant. It's going to deteriorate fast."
The Albany City Commission has agreed to extend to the Woodmont Lodging Group a $600,000 loan to develop architectural plans and get a guaranteed maximum price for the construction of a downtown hotel project.
“We’ll have the latest four-wheelers, side-by-sides … Kawasaki, Honda, Polaris and more/ There will be small recreational land management equipment from Kubota, Koyote, Mahindra. There will be a lot of different things … campers, just a lot going on.”
“How do we handle these requests. We’ve had people come before us. I think we need to put some order to it once and for all (when) we get approached.”
“People in this community know who I am from my works,. They know I’m a firefighter and know I have been serving people as a firefighter."
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