DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED

The next time someone criticizes
Judge Moroz for being too heavy
handed re: DWI tell him to contact
Lt. Governor Taylor. Recently Mr.
Taylors son was involved in a fatal
automobile accident.

If a police officer had spotted and
pulled over Mr. Taylors son 5 minutes
earlier, the sons best friend would
still be alive. (See Georgia Times
Union Saturday August 27th).
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NO NEW TAXES FOR 5 YEARS
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How would you like "No new taxes"
for 5 years? Read Fridays edition of
Camden Ga News. "The eyes and ears
of Camden County".

When is a tax increase a tax increase?
Read Fridays edition of Camden Ga
News. "The eyes and ears of Camden
County".
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AT WILL EMPLOYMENT UPDATE
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I am advised by the County Clerk that the
matter has been turned over to the County
Attorney. After he gets through with it,
it will be advertised in the Tribune and
Georgian for a public hearing.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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L. Writes about Steve Berry letter:

Dear Mr. Feller
I recently received a letter from
Commissioner Steve Berry where he brags
about his voting record on taxes. He must
think I and yawl have no memory.

Well lets see, the Soccer Courts were
supposed to be $95,000. They turned out
to be $187,000. He pushed thru Winding
Road only $500,000.00. (5 Families
live there)

In both cases his personal clients benefited.
I remember Sandy, because you kept
talking about it. So we do listen to whats
going on and whats being said.

As far as taxes I still remember what you
said. If your tax bill is higher than the
year before, you got a tax increase.
Well it did and I got it! In the neck!!
Keep up the good work.

B. Writes about AT-Will:
E. B. Herrin is a tyrant. When he got
in this time he fired Barry King, Denise
Etheridge, Frank Etheridge and forced
out the Road Dept. Manager and the
County Manager Mr. Akridge. Now he
wants AT-Will Employment. I hope
somebody runs against him next year.
I can't vote in his election. But I
surely will send money to anyone who
runs against him!

C. writes about blog:
I honestly believe a blog is a wonderful
avenue to express yourself, a First
Amendment byproduct which is used
by many to express, explain, and
sometimes bitch and moan. I would
just like to give my opinion to you in
regards to your blog if I may.

First, I find only one difference between
yourself and Denise Taylor. You hold an
elected position and she does not. Other
than that, the similarities are bountiful.
It is one thing for Mrs. Taylor to talk down
about the local government and its
officials since she is talking ONLY as a
citizen of Camden. You on the other
hand sir are holding a very powerful
position in our land. You have the
ability to transform this county into
an ideal piece of land with intelligent
moves and strategies. With this power
must come some personal restraint. That,
you have not shown when you preach the
wrongdoings of your colleagues instead
of doing your 1/5 part in the commission.

Please start thinking a little harder before
you begin another session of finger
pointing. As a citizen, I don't want to
have a commissioner finish out his
tenure by bitching and moaning instead
of working until the job is done. And
don't worry, there are three other
commissioners I am not happy with
either.

Thank you for hearing my $0.02,

Mark McAnaw writes about
political parties:
Hello Sandy
I believe our Government should be
for the People and " by the People ".
Right now a good portion of our
community are Military or Federally
paid Civil Service personnel. Think
of all of the Federal Installations in
our area, Kings Bays Navy Submarine
Base, Cumberland Island National
Seashore Okefenokeekee National Wildlife
Refuge, Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, the Navy Bases in
Jacksonville ( whose employees are
living in Camden County because of
its quality of life ), and other places
that have Federal Government employees.
By law, we are not able to serve in elected
positions where you have to declare a
political party preference.

If we make having a political party
preference in local government races a
requirement, we make a portion of our
community unable to participate. We
risk losing a lot of experienced and
motivated people if we exclude them
from the process. Think about what
would happen if all of the Federally
Employed people of Camden County
stopped being active in our community.
What would happen to our schools where
there are partnerships between schools
and submarines, how would our roads
look when the adopt a highway went
away, think of all the Community
volunteer groups we participate in
(volunteer fire departments, civic clubs,
Habitat for Humanity, City Government).
I would like to see ALL local races, City
Council, Mayor, County Commissioners
and School Board, elected without a
political party declaration.

I hope the School Board and any other
local governments or offices will think
long and hard before changing the way
they elect their members.

Thank you

N. Writes about BRAC decision:
Well thanks (for nothing) Jimmy
Carter! I sure hope the terrorists
never bomb the Gold Star Highway
Bridge the subs wouldn't be able
to get out of the base!

R. Writes about AT- Will:
Commissioner Feller,

You are going to start hearing from me a
lot in regards to the Camden County
Board of Commissioners considering the
adoption of an At Will Employment
policy. This is very wrong!

Briefly, At Will Employment means that
a worker can be fired for a good reason, a
bad reason, any reason or no reason at all.
And then the onus is placed on the
discharged worker to prove in court that
an illegal reason such as discrimination
existed. Also, the discharged person will
have to prove in court that he was in a
permanent position to begin with as
opposed to a temporary position. Wow!
Legalized discrimination? Our county
emarentees aren't permanent employees?
I guess they won't be. How is a person
supposed to pay for legal representation in
these cases when they can't even make the
mortgage, the car payment or feed the kids?

So a person who has been a good worker
for the last 25 years, always gets to work
on time, the job is always done right, sick
days are kept to a very minimum, all of the
sudden has a family member get sick.
They have health insurance but their
family healthcare costs are hurting the
system. Let's just fire them for no reason
at all to make those healthcare costs go
away. And the worker has to prove that
they weren't going to be fired anyway. I
guess that we'd better make sure they we
don't get up in years while were working
for Camden County. They'll fire you for
having healthcare costs that are too high.
What about the folks who are not fully
vested in their retirement plans? If they
get fired, they'll only get a percentage of
the interest that their money earned.
Yep. They invested the money, but
they'll only get a percentage of the
interest. And the rest of that money
will go pay for someone else's retirement.

We've seen the hurt caused by At Will
Employment when the Sheriffs Office
fired a bunch of employees some months
ago. Do we know the reason? That's the
point, there doesn't have to be a reason.

Now these politicians are going to tell
us that these things will never happen.
Will you bet your future on a
politicians promise?
County employees, are you non-permanent
employees? Are you willing to work only as
long an appointed bureaucrat (the county
administrator) says it's O.K.? Make
yourselves smart about by At Will
Employment. Look it up on the internet
or at the library and see how it will affect
you. Get your family and friends to start
writing letters to the Commissioners, to
the Editor of the Tribune-Georgian and
to Commissioner Fellers weblog. Show
up every other Tuesday night to Woodbine
and tell the commission that it's wrong.

But if you do take an active part, have
your escape plan ready because they will
fire you for no reason at all. It's only
your job that you're fighting for. And even
if you don't take an active part and they do
adopt this policy, I'd recommend that you
do move to a job with more security before
it's too late.

We need to stop this At Will Employment
initiative now! We need to keep our
dedicated county workforce in place.
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Sandy Sez: With reference to
C. letter. I thank him/her for
taking the time to express his/her opinion.
However, in this case what he/she
suggests is unfortunately
impossible. I serve at the pleasure
of the people. When my fellow
Commissioners choose to put
forward an agenda not in the
publics best interests, I regrettably
must speak out. With me the people
come first. At any rate again thank you
very much for your input.

Sandy Feller

County Commissioner

District 4

"Working for the future without forgetting the past"