Tallapoosa to drill two new wells
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“The ideal situation is to drill two wells that will produce 100 gallons of water per minute, or more, of good water that does not need to be heavily treated,” said Tallapoosa City Manager Phillip Eidson.
The council approved a three-phase process that will cost the city $56,000. Phase one consists of hiring a geologist who will conduct a survey of the area and determine the most likely places water could be found. Phase two will see the actual drilling of the wells, and phase three will consist of connecting the wells to the existing water system, chlorinating the water, and initiating silt control.
“Establishing these wells will help supplement water for the city,” Eidson said.
Also, after several attempts to acquire funds from the Georgia DOT, federal grants, and the federal stimulus package, Tallapoosa Mayor William “Pete” Bridges says “we have exhausted every avenue” in an effort to improve the drainage ditch from Robertson Street to Kiker Street.
“The water trying to drain through there has cause several problems and damaged existing drainage pipes,” Bridges said.
The city has had no luck in acquiring outside funds for the project; therefore, the city has decided to fix it themselves. The project will cost $50,000 and will be conducted under the direction of Alan Morris and the Tallapoosa Public Works Department this fall.
In other news, the council approved a motion to transfer $42,900 from the city’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) fund to the library construction fund, which is held at Community National Bank. The funds make up the percentage the city was required to supply for the renovation of the library in order to receive a $400,000 grant. The grant and the city’s funds will be used for renovations at the Tallapoosa City Library, which should begin in spring of 2010. After a quick vote of the council, the library will also now be a smoke-free zone.
The city also plans to begin road work on Alewine, Lyon, Alabama streets, and U.S. 78 by late fall with the help of a $325,000 TEA grant.
The council also heard from a guest, Jerry Segal of Temple, who spoke about freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Segal cited recent actions in the U.S. Senate as his reason for addressing city councils throughout West Georgia, saying Senate Bill 34 endangers citizens’ freedom of speech by allowing the Federal Communications Commission to strictly regulate radio by dismantling the Fairness Doctrine. Segal says he supports the Fairness Doctrine, and people take their freedoms for granted.
“I’ve come to you because you are my voice and the voice of our children and grandchildren,” Segal said. “And they deserve to have continued freedom of speech throughout our lives.”
Segal questioned the leadership of Johnny Isakson and asserted that “the constitution is being attacked.”
Segal asked the council to consider passing a resolution similar to one recently passed by the Temple City Council to show their support for the Fairness Doctrine.
In the City Manager’s Report, Eidson said that Comcast has agreed to send out a technician to the area to address the many dangling wires around town. Comcast said they will also be auditing the area, going door to door to survey which channels each house receives in an effort to uncover channel leaks.
Lastly, the mayor and Eidson expressed their thanks to everyone who donated money for the Fourth of July fireworks show. Donations totaled $3,750.
Julius Genachowski Nominated To Chair FCC - Will He Be Obama's Communications Thug?
Link: http://www.pipelinenews.org/2009/Julius-Genachowski-Nominated-To-Chair-FCC-Will-He-Be.html
March 4, 2009 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org -
Ending months of speculation, yesterday Obama nominated the very Internet savvy Julius Genachowski, a key campaign strategist, to head the FCC.
If confirmed Genachowski will take over the reins of the Commission at precisely the time when team Obama has mounted a multi-faceted effort to destroy right-wing talk radio, the only area of the media in which conservative ideas predominate.
The choice of Genachowski must be viewed as confirmation of concerns, voiced on these pages in early November, regarding the then incoming administration's intended use of the Internet and of course its plans to muzzle prominent conservative critics. [see, Obama Moves Towards Total Control Via Internet Leviathan]
"Filtering into that creep factor, a more pressing concern. This one regarding the news of His Celestialness' strategy on media legislation and technology initiatives, specifically his intention to create a Federal Office Of Technology, an idea which gained much more traction when IAC executive Julius Genachowski was named to the transition team.
Lest one get the impression that this is merely a case of adding 1 1 and getting 3, Genachowski headed the study group which originally advanced the idea of a cabinet level technology czar. [see, Barack Obama: Connecting and Empowering all Americans Through Technology and Innovation]
Let's place Mr. G politically, is he an activist or something else? According to FEC filings he has traditionally been a big Dem funder, giving nearly 35k to various Dem candidates over the last 4 years. [see, Genachowski FEC].
By trade, Genachowski is a communication's attorney, most notably having served as chief counsel to Barry Diller's InteraActiveCorp [IAC] which has spawned a host of 'Net based companys including but not limited to: Ticketmaster, Expedia, Hotels.com and LendingTree.
Philosophically, judging from his associations he appears to be a very bright leftist with an already established power base throughout DC, see below:
"Before joining IAC, Mr. Genachowski was Chief Counsel to Chairman Reed Hundt of the Federal Communications Commission. He has served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter and, before that, to retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Mr. Genachowski worked in Congress on the staff of the Select Committee investigating the Iran-Contra Affair and also for then-U.S. Representative, now Senator, Charles E. Schumer. " [source, http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/julius-genachowski.shtml]
We had speculated at the time that instead of Genachowski, Obama would choose Henry Rivera to head FCC, with this caveat, "Though he could easily serve as Obama's Fairness Doctrine Grim Reaper, sharpening his scythe in preparation for the anticipated harvesting of Rush - given his first-hand familiarity with the FCC - that position seems to have already have been promised to Democrat Henry Rivera, whose departure from Reagan's FCC made clear the way to abolish the doctrine in the first place, during the mid 1980s."
Determining where Genachowski comes down on "local content" a different route to establishing the "fairness doctrine," which has become pejorative, is pointless, as Mr. G seems to have fastidiously avoided any public discussion of the term or any associated phrases.
We believe that policy in this area will be set by Obama and not delegated, which is why it is exceedingly important that these issues be raised during the confirmation hearings for the FCC chair.
With the Obama team's concerted attack on Rush in full view it's difficult to imagine why Obama will not also use the tremendous power to regulate communications which Mr. Genachowski will wield to throttle his right-wing critics.
Viewing the Obama technology plan which was written by Genachowski we can't help but be alarmed at the direction that communication regulation might well take in establishing what we referred to in the above referenced piece, "a nation of cybersurfs."
Funds have already been committed in the "stimulus" bill to build internet communications infrastructure and as has been evident even at this roll-out stage of the Obama administration, everything these folks do has lefty strings attached. For this reason conservatives and traditionalists should be wary of every technology initiative coming out of FCC or the WH tech team, even the much bandied-about "net neutrality," which can be interpreted in wildly varying manners.
It will fall to the few stand-up senators remaining on our side to grill Mr. Genachowski as to exactly what the Obama plan is regarding "local content," and other politically charged issues when the Commerce Committee opens hearings on the FCC chair.
The GOP members of the committee are, Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), Olympia J. Snowe (ME), John Ensign (NV), Jim DeMint (SC), John Thune (SD), Roger Wicker (MS), Johnny Isakson (GA), David Vitter (LA), Sam Brownback (KS), Mel Martinez (FL) and Mike Johanns (NE).
On the Dem side the committee members are, Chairman John D. Rockefeller, IV (WV), Daniel K. Inouye (HI), John F. Kerry (MA), Byron L. Dorgan (ND), Barbara Boxer (CA), Bill Nelson (FL), Maria Cantwell (WA), Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ), Mark Pryor (AR), Claire McCaskill (MO), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Tom Udall (NM), Mark Warner (VA), Mark Begich (AK).
Of note, of the 11 senators who voted against the most recent legislation to outlaw the fairness doctrine three of them sit on the Commerce Committee, Rockefeller, the committee chair, joined by Kerry and Dorgan. We feel that is significant. If the chair of this committee is willing to go as far as reinvoking the fairness doctrine - an extreme position, which few are willing to do publicly - then there is probably little support inside the committee to make sure that it won't be ushered in by Genachowski's FCC in some other format, most likely through local content regulations.
If the conservative movement doesn't get involved in determining the outcome of this nomination it will constitute a very serious failure.
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PAY ATTENTION ----------------------- Recall the great bill to stave off the return of the Fairness Doctrine ................... Calendar No. 12 111TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 34 To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 6, 2009 Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. THUNE, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BOND, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COBURN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. GRAHAM, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. KYL, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. VITTER, Mr. VOINOVICH, and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time JANUARY 7, 2009 Read the second time and placed on the calendar ------------------------------------------------ NOW, compare the above list of Senators who co-sponsored Senator DeMint's "Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009" last January with the following list of the GOP members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX), Olympia J. Snowe (ME), John Ensign (NV), Jim DeMint (SC), John Thune (SD), Roger Wicker (MS), Johnny Isakson (GA), David Vitter (LA), Sam Brownback (KS), Mel Martinez (FL) and Mike Johanns (NE). ------------------------------------------------ The point is that when the 25-member Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted last June to confirm Julius Genachowski as the President's choice to head up the FCC, there was only one vote against Genachowski. Here's a hint towards the identity of the person who was the sole vote against Genachowski. He is the author of S.34, the "Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009." --------------------------------------- At least THAT great Senator DID NOT cast an affirmative vote to let the fox into the hen house.
Here's the list of the members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) (Chairman): FAX (202) 224-7765 Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) (Ranking Member): FAX (202) 224-0776 Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine): FAX (202) 224-1946 Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.): FAX (202) 228-2193 Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.): FAX (202) 228-5143 Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.): FAX (202) 228-5429 Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.): FAX (202) 228- 0378 Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA): FAX (202) 228-2090 Sen. David Vitter (R-La.): FAX (202) 228-2577 Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.): FAX (202) 228-1265 Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.): FAX (202) 224-2237 Sen. Mike Johannas (R-Neb.):FAX (202) 224-4224 Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii): (202) 224-6747 Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.):FAX (202) 224-8525 Sen. Bryon L. Dorgan (D-N.D.): FAX (202) 224-1193 Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.): FAX (415) 956-6701 Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.): FAX (202) 228-2183 Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.):FAX (202) 228-0514 Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.): FAX(202) 228-4054 Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ariz.):FAX (202) 228-0908 Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.):FAX (202) 228-6326 Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.):FAX (202) 228-2186 Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.): FAX (202) 22?-???? Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.):FAX (202) 224-6295 Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska): ???? ------------------------------------------------- It's a matter of the First Amendment and freedom of speech. It's a matter of principle........... To that end, you know who is up for re-election in your state in 2010. ------------------------------------------------- Senator Johnny Isakson of Georgia will NOT be receiving my vote towards his 2010 re-election bid.
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Furthermore, I am NOT in favor of the Fairness Doctrine. Nor have I ever been a proponent of the Fairness Doctrine. The newspaper reporter, Amy K. Lavender/The Tallapoosa Journal who wrote that I was in favor of the Fairness Doctrine was incorrect on this point, and for her part, I believe she totally misunderstood the message I was making to the city council to whom I was addressing during their public comment portion of the meeting. - signed, Jerry Segal - December 5, 2009