Please join the Monticello-Jasper County Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday, June 23, 2015 for an open house in the Visitors’ Center (119 West Washington Street) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.We will be sponsoring “Our Community – A Town Hall Meeting.” This event has been organized to feature Jasper County and all the services the…
Unlike the United States Congress, which meets in Washington, D.C. year round, Georgia is considered a part-time legislature. As a “part-time” legislator one of the most common questions I receive is, “what do you do for the rest of the year?” While a 40 day session does not sound like much, there is actually a…
The Jasper County Commissioners and officials from Monticello and Shady Dale will be at a town hall meeting next Tuesday, June 23, beginning at 5 p.m. At 6 p.m., the officials will hold a panel discussion moderated by Jim Dove with the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission. Before the panel discussion, county departments and agencies will…
More than 20 citizens attended the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night and two citizens spoke to the board during the public comment portion about teacher conduct and actions at the beginning of the meeting. After conducting business, board members went into closed executive session for personnel for over an hour and returned to public…
The Jasper County Commissioners held two public hearings on the proposed 2016 budget Monday, and very little “public” attended the meetings. At the 9 a.m. meeting, only commissioners Carl Pennamon and Craig Salmon were there to hear public comment. Commissioner Pennamon reviewed the proposed budget and five-year history then asked for comments. Mike McClanahan, who…
PHILLIPS WORKMAN WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IN TEXAS What happens to a former President when his time in the White House draws to a close? Does he simply go home? How does he continue the work that was his passion in public life? This spring, a local student had the opportunity to see the answers to…
A Jasper County grand jury convened Friday, June 5 to review numerous criminal indictments presented by District Attorney Fred Bright. The 19 member grand jury issued true bills (found sufficient evidence to seek prosecution) for the following criminal indictments including: Anthony Joshua Flynn and Robin Maryann Cobb, true billed on nine counts including trafficking in…
Well, it’s time. Soon after undertaking the remodeling and renovation of the old Tillman House Restaurant to be The Monticello News office, I told all those interested we’d have an open house when we completed the project. Well, as projects of this size go, we’re still not quite done…but we’re very close, and in fact…
As soon as you get off the plane, you know that you are in Fantasy land, no, not the one with the mouse. Ding, ding, ding, the unmistakable sound coming from the slot machines lining the airport concourses welcome you. You’re soon going to discover that there are slot machines every where in Las Vegas,…
Recently I read two books about World War II. In school we all studied world history and this particular war at some point and time. Many times in school we would think to ourselves these thoughts about our classes: What does this have to do with me? Why do I have to learn this? This…