Probation Figures

I have heard lots of rumors lately of "The probation department has brought in over $100,000 in probation fines already", and "It was closer to $29,000 in actual probation fees without all the other stuff added that had nothing to do with probation", so I decided to get the information for myself. I went to the clerk of court's office (you know, the person Jennifer is supposed to turn all those probation fines over to) and got the figures for myself. Here is what I got.

STATE COURT

January...........$15,348.95 from the sheriff's office, $8,832.60 of this was the county's

February.........$0.00 turned in

March..............$0.00 turned in

April................$5,484.99 from the sheriff's office, $3,094.43 of this was the county's

$2,550.96 from the probation department, $1,769.35 was the county's

May...............$2,029.00 from the probation department, $1,269.99 of this was the county's

June..............$2,309.58 from the probation department, $1,522.36 of this was the county's

July...............$11,409.42 from the probation department, $6,616.65 of this was the county's

August..........$2,948.13 from the probation department, $1,978.11 of this was the county's.

For State Court, the total collected by the probation department is $21,247.09

SUPERIOR COURT

January.........$90.00 from the sheriff's office, none of this was the county's

February........none collected

March............none collected

April..............$56.00 from the sheriff's office, none of this was the county's

May..............$645.00 from the probation department, $376.25 of this was the county's

June.............$224.00 from the probation department, $71.00 of this was the county's

July.............$197.00 from the probation department, none of this was the county's

August.......$214.59 from the probation department, none of this was the county's

Total Superior Court collected by Probation Department...........................$1,280.59

In partial payments, I was given the following information:

From 1/01/08 - 12/31/08 $58,756.54 in criminal partial payments were collected (by our sheriff's office, since the probation department hadn't yet been made) for State Court. $36,413.32 of this was the county's.

From 1/01/07 - 12/31/07 $84,582.33 in criminal partial payments were collected (by our sheriff's office, since the probation department hadn't yet been made) for State Court. $47,019.78 of this was the county's.

I was also given a chart that breaks down all the fines collected by month. One of the items on this chart is probation. Plain as day, it says PROBATION. The amounts per month for Probation are as follows (and remember, it was April before the probation dept. started collecting).

March................ $1052.50 (Superior Court), $1,264.47 (Municipal Court)

April...................$200.00 (Superior Court), $1,553.25 (State Court), $1,525.50(Municipal Court)

May...................$206.50 (Superior Court), $2,396.32 (State Court), $3,040.40 (Municipal Court)

June..................$94.50 (Superior Court), $3,516.55 (State Court), $3,663.70 (Municipal Court)

July..................$368.00 (Superior Court), $2,707.96 (State Court), $3,320.42 (Municipal Court)

August.............$190.00 (Superior Court), $2,209.88 (State Court) $2,548.46 (Municipal Court)

Now, I know Barbie claims to be smarter than the universe, but by my calculations that does NOT add up to over $100,000! And Probation wasn't even collecting for part of this time period! Even if you add in the court fines collected during this time -Which have NOTHING to do with probation - ($55,400.77), the amount STILL doesn't come up to $100,000. The total with the court fines is $85,258.78. This is including AT LEAST $8,592.09 that was collected before April (when the probation dept. started collecting). No matter how you slice it, Barbie's claims do not add up! Either she's using some new math that comes out to different totals than the rest of us mortals are use to, or she's lying. I'll leave it to you to decide which.

Oh, and just for the record, if you'll look at the 07 and 08 totals, you'll see that Mrs. Fulford and Mr. Cook WERE turning the probation money in! How else would those figures be so high?

County Commissioners Meeting

Just wanted to let all of you know I haven't forgotten to post a report on last Thursday night's "meeting". I'm still going through the video, it's just taking a lot longer than I thought it would. Barbie and company mumble so nobody will hear them, so I have to listen to each little bit several times to figure out what they are mumbling about. Just another way they try to hide what they are doing. if I had destroyed this county like they have, I'd try to hide it too! Please continue to be patient with me. I'll have the report on here soon.

City Salaries

Today in the Miller County Liberal, our "mayor" said in his article, "Don't rely on the 'As You See It' column. Don't rely on the editorials from this newspaper. Don't rely on what you read in my column. Go ask. Go find out. Go to City Hall and ask for things that you are unsure about." Well we did that. We wanted to know for sure what certain people in the city and county were making, so we found out. It cost us dearly to find out for the county, but the city figures are "compliments of Cory Thomas", straight from the city clerk. I think you might be surprised and a little sickened at what some of these people are paid for their "services".

Yearly Salaries:

Lisa Flowers..................$21,840.00
Teresa Kirkland...............$25,022.00
Kesha Lavette.................$38,000.00
Cory Thomas...................$56,000.00
Scott Cleveland...............$23,478.00
Charles Griffin...............$25,155.00
Kenneth Kirkland..............$30,784.00
Chris Medina..................$26.094.00
Richard Morgan................$34,528.00
Hollis Smith..................$29,783.00
Dan Stone.....................$34,457.00
Lonnie Wade...................$28.151.00
Scott Worsley.................$48.000.00
Craig Tully...................$54,395.00
Lindsay Grant.................$21,632.00
Jason Williams................$19,240.00
Steve Perkins.................$27,040.00
Charles Wallace...............$24,960.00
Jeff Dancer...................$31,200.00
Shannon Dunaway...............$38,000.00
Daryl Westry..................$21,632.00
Sam Gardner...................$44,990.00
Emanual Haire.................$21,632.00
Terry Miller..................$21,632.00
Jeff Fleming..................$37,000.00
Roy Phillips..................$22,360.00
Toni Privett..................$16,640.00
Winston Trively...............$50,000.00
Luanne Brackin................$32,000.00
Jennifer Moore................$37,000.00

Hourly paid employees:

Willie King...................$9.00/hr
Jason Wells...................$15.00/hr
Brandon Mathis................$7.25/hr
Julie Calhoun.................$7.25/hr
Chris Chambliss...............$10.00/hr
Daniel Haire..................$7.25/hr
Roger Haire...................$8.00/hr
Patrick Haverty...............$7.25/hr
Mindi Merritt.................$7.25/hr
Andrew Poff...................$8.00/hr
Nic Rawlings..................$7.25/hr
Jeremy Reardon................$7.25/hr
Kyle Roberts..................$7.50/hr
Ashley Sammons................$7.25/hr
Blake Shephard................$8.00/hr
Major Skinner.................$8.00/hr
Hilton Lashley................$10.40/hr

Monthly Salaries:

jerry Chapman.................$500.00
Algin Merritt.................$250.00
Jimmy Phillips................$150.00
Ken Roberts...................$150.00
ReCarlos Williams.............$150.00
Ronnie Rentz-Attorney.........$400.00
Danny Shephard-Judge..........$600.00
Keith Day - Solitor...........$300.00

Luther Clearman...............$25.00
Ruth Merritt..................$25.00
Burnell Grant.................$25.00
John Lewis....................$25.00
Jewel Worsley.................$25.00

I'm trying to figure out why some of our "councilmen" get one salary and others get more. I guess that's just one of the mysteries of Colquitt. Once again, our law enforcement (who put their lives on the line) get shit on, so people like the golf pro can get a huge salary. This county and city desperately need to get their priorities in order!!!!

On the Right Track

I know now, without a single doubt, that I am on the right track with what I have been posting. How can I be so sure? Well, almost all the county employees have thanked me for posting the salaries and proving what they've been saying all along, Barbie, Judy, and the rest of the county commission are highly pissed (which is ALWAYS a great sign I'm doing the right thing), but most importantly, the Miller County nutcases have started the "Run Bea and Mildred out of town" bullshit again. Any time I hit on the truth (which Barbie NEVER wants told), they always start their little "We're going to run them out of town" talk. So, let me say this one more time for clarity: 1. We are already in the process of leaving (hoping to be GONE by the holidays). 2. We are NOT leaving because of any of you fools, but because we don't care to live in a county where there is nothing to do, no jobs, high taxes, gnats, and no local government. (oh yeah, and Barbie and the rest of the fools live here) 3. Even after we leave, we will STILL be taxpayers here until we sell our property. This means I will STILL be talking about our stupid "officials" and what they are doing to destroy this county. The ONLY way to shut me up is to pay us what we want for our property, and even then there are no guarantees. I know we live in Miller County, but I still have freedom of speech. Deal with it!

Now, on to other matters. There was a county "commissioners" meeting last night. I will have a full report later, but I did want to go ahead and let all of you know one thing that happened. Remember a few months ago when the probation job was created for Jennifer Moore, just because she's Barbie's cousin, and she didn't win the Clerk of Court election? Remember how the county spent lots and lots of money to renovate the old Tully's building for her? Remember how her husband, Andy Moore, abandoned his job as Road Dept. Supervisor and worked on the building for her? Well guess what? Last night it was announced they are moving her to the Health Dept. building! Yes, that's right! They are moving the mental health section out of Miller County (how ironic, since our county commissioners ALL need a mental evaluation), and moving her into the building. Apparently, they got tired of everyone seeing her do nothing but sit outside and smoke, so they are going to put her over there to try and hide it now. Or maybe Barbie is going to use her to spy on the Sheriff. Who knows at this point what Barbie is doing? She doesn't even know herself!

I will try to go through our video of the "meeting" this weekend, and get a full report of what happened very soon. They hate it when I do that! LOL I will say, I think this whole mess about Barbie blackmailing the elected officials and their employees (and stealing their hours and withholding benefits) is about to come to a head. Barbie is scared, as she should be. Should be fun to watch!!!!!

More County Figures

Most people have thanked me for putting the county salaries on here, and asked me for any other information I could gather (since our county commissioners seem to want to hide everything they can from the public). These figures were given to the people who attended the budget "hearings" a few weeks ago. It's broken down by department and is the proposed budget for 09-10. The information in parenthesis is the change (+ or -) from the year before, and the reason for the change.

Commissioners Department...........$130,501 (-$23,219, reduced contingency)
Clerk of Commissioners.............$55,741 (+$4,391, no reason given)
Registrar..........................$29,290 (-$9,023, non election year)
Elections..........................$14,145 (-$23,815, non election year)
Financial Administration...........$82,895 (-$27,828, cut clerical position)
Tax Commissioner...................$128,564 (-$7,508, longivity reduced)
Tax Assessor.......................$138,373 (-$8,965, cut contract labor)
General Government Building........$102,937 (-$27,700, reduced maintenance)
Clerk of Court.....................$129,136 (-$28,010, overtime/longivity reduced)
Superior Court.....................$33,064 (-$50, no reason given)
State Court........................$49,334 (-$300, no reason given)
Magistrate Court...................$63,670 (-$2,515, overtime cut)
Probate Court......................$72,388 (-$1,040, no reason given)
Juvenile Court.....................$109,603 (-$1,700, no reason given)
Public Defender....................$29,500 (+$1,000, no reason given)
DTF Crime Control and..............$15,240 (no change)
Sheriff's Department...............$552,906 (-$76,269, cut overtime and position)
Jail Operations....................$643,610 (+$41,460, move admin fr probation)
School Resource Officers...........$40,179 (-$35,589, cut position)
Detention Officer and Work.........$80,047 (-$3,100, cut overtime)
Probation - Joint..................$35,000 (-$48,429, combined with city)
Fire...............................$51,296 (-$70, no reason given)
Emergency Management Service.......$698,700 (+$12,541, no reason given)
Coroner............................$12,558 (no change)
E-911/Dispatch.....................$232,963 (+$21,610, Baker Co. Revenue)
Animal Control.....................$750 (no change)
Emergency Management (EMA).........$43,193 (+$16,055, storm emergencies)
Road Department....................$639,643 (-$53,800, cut position/overtime)
Dumpsites..........................$126,638 (+$13,214, increased garbage)
Landfill - Closure and.............$7,244 (no change)
Inert Landfill.....................$600 (no change)
Family Connection..................$50,000 (no change)
Health Department..................$132,070 (-$1,000, no reason given)
Indigent Medical Care..............$182,350 (+$500, no reason given)
Welfare and Assistance.............$1,500 (no change)
DFACS - Building and Plant.........$111,380 (-$900, no reason given)
Senior Citizen Center..............$1,100 (no change)
Recreation.........................$31,500 (-$26,000, combined with city)
Golf Course........................$20,000 (no change)
County Extension Services..........$39,716 (-$400, no reason given)
Forest Resources...................$2,560 (+$206, no reason given)
Building Inspection................$23,237 (+$7,710, full time contract position)
Chamber of Commerce................$7,500 (-$7,500, reduced)
Broadband Program..................$1,500 (-$6,000, reduced)
2006 Commission Deficit............$55,000 (-$11,000, reduced)

The figures that sicken me the most are the amounts given to the golf course, as opposed to the tiny amount given to the senior citizens center. These people have worked their entire lives, and deserve a place to go every day. If we can spend $20,000 on a golf course, then we can give more than $1,100 to this center. They had to practically beg for money to have their air conditioning fixed this year! Frankie, Barbie and the rest had better realize some of them are already in that age bracket, the rest are very close. I wonder how they'd feel if they were treated that way?

I also have some other county information that I am looking over and will share with you at a later date. And we have requested some information from city hall. It is time the public knew what was going on with their tax monies! Our taxes are the highest in this area and we need to do something about it! Any time I write or say something that upsets Barbie, Cory or most of the other city/county officials, I know I'm on the right track, since they have tried at every turn to hide what they are doing. I'm proud to say I am one person Barbie can't control or intimidate. This is my blog, and I control what goes on it. As I've been accused of doing twice in the last week, I'm "stirring it up"! Somebody needs to!

WOW!

Well it looks like my last post really woke up some sleeping dogs! Had several emails (thanks for all the positive comments and thank-you's) and some of them were NOT nice! I have laughed until my sides hurt at just how upset some people are because the truth is now out there for everyone to see. No matter how upset some people get, these figures will not come down. And any other information I feel the people should know will be posted as well. I will not be intimidated by anyone. My sister in Canada worries about me, because she knows what kind of idiots we have living here, I've told her I'll be fine, and I will. I love you Brenda! Thanks for worrying about me ;o)

Now, on to other topics. I see George Williams will once again be city councilman, since nobody else ran against him. I have feelings on this, but I will keep them to myself. No need saying anything until I see what he does this time around. It is disappointing to see our political offices simply being bought because people have been mentally, financially and emotionally beaten down to the point that they don't dare run for office. They just don't care anymore.

At least we'll have a race for the other council seat. Hopefully we'll get someone in there who is ready to make some changes. Even though they aren't in my district, I would love to talk to them. I have some questions I would like to get the answer to. I know I'm leaving (hopefully very soon), but until I do I am still a citizen of this town (no matter how much some people wish I'd just fall off the face of the earth) and I have a right to have my concerns heard. I just hope whoever gets this office is ready to stand up and fight. He will have to if he wants to make a difference.

By the way: It's now September and I haven't heard a word about when the "Festival of Southern Culture" will take place. Just wondering what's going on there. Could it be that there won't be one this year? Just asking!

Oh, and one more thing before I go. I understand Clyde made a statement at the last county commission meeting that Colquitt can't support all the restaurants we have, so he thinks the commission should start shutting some of them down. First of all, I don't believe they have that right or authority. If we are going to start shutting some of them down, shouldn't the ones he is associated with be the first to go? I would suggest to our "leaders" that it might be a good idea to keep their noses out of the private businesses unless they want to be sued individually. Of course the county would end up paying for their defense (like we almost had to do in another situation I can think of).

Well, That's it for this edition. Will be keeping my eyes and ears open. If anything else comes up in the crazy community we call Colquitt, I'll let you all know. I understand some people in the commissioner's office are vowing not to let us have any more information. If they want to fight with the State Attorney General's office over the Open Record Act, let them go right ahead. I've filed formal complaints before and I can do it again. If Barbie doesn't believe that, all she has to do is ask Danny Shephard.

Good night, folks!

County Salaries

I know I haven't posted in a while, but as I have found out, moving isn't for wimps and it takes a lot of time and energy.

My mother received some information from the county commissioners' office the other day that I think all county taxpayers should be made aware of. She had to pay for this information, and they didn't give it up willingly. Once you see it, you'll understand why. It is disgraceful how little some of the county employees are paid (while risking their lives), when compared to how much Barbie's favorites are paid for sitting on their backsides! Below you will find the names and biweekly amounts each employee was paid on 9/01/09.


Jimmy C. (Bo) Haywood........$107.71
G.C. Jinks, Jr...............$107.71
Frankie Phillips.............$165.47
Wallace Phillips.............$107.71
Barbie Womble................$207.72
Judy Powell..................$1615.38
Stephanie McLain.............$568.00
Elizabeth Ann Perkins........$707.50
Jennifer Williams............$1840.94
Carol Newberry...............$1842.11
Tamara Michelle Ivy..........$1730.77
Rhonda Wallace...............$815.00
Eilene Morgan................$319.00 (part time)
Katie Williams...............$800.00
Heather Curles...............$954.00
Shannon Grier................$680.00
Marsha (Gail) Johnson........$2144.68
Joyce Newberry...............$949.14
Brenda McNease...............$2706.03
Seth Everett Maxwell.........$1650.00
Shannon McCook...............$1046.16
Betty Meredith...............$1080.00
Wallace Keith Newman.........$1480.00
Robert Young Nicholson.......$1100.00
John Brad Cox................$997.04
Herbert E. Glass.............$2427.41
Dale Glover..................$1062.27
Robert F. Grier..............$1012.08
Barry J. Josey...............$1079.30
Thomas D. Mitchell...........$982.88
Benjamin Nix.................$1320.44
Mary Price...................$956.66
Wesley Shane Rathel..........$1106.16
Kay Smith....................$1024.26
Lavon T. Cook................$1118.36
Glenda Fulford...............$1000.00
David Allen George...........$1165.00
Marlin Jones.................$992.75
John Maloy...................$1077.50
Rhonda Warren................$1135.58
Melanie Williams.............$1081.02
Ronnie Charles Boyd, Sr......$932.56
Linda Michele Cox Alvarez....$1435.00 (includes overtime)
Kyle Brackin.................$832.00 (includes overtime)
Quentin Kente Carter.........$1266.75 (includes overtime)
Robert Clarke................$1120.00 (includes overtime)
Douglas Allen Cofty..........$1625.72 (includes overtime)
Michael A. Donelli...........$1817.06 (includes overtime and training salary)
Donald Freeman...............$1612.18 (includes overtime and asst dir salary)
Reginald Hall................$721.82 (workmen's comp)
Brandon Josey................$78.75 (part time)
Kevin J. Krivan..............$1415.78 (includes overtime)
Philip McCoy.................$1073.69 (includes overtime)
Erin CcStay..................$353.25 (part time)
Dennis Jarvis Perkins........$952.00 (includes overtime)
Carroll Edward Polk, Jr......$912.38 (includes overtime)
Thomas Ray Taylor............$1123.66 (includes overtime)
Eric Wimberly................$137.25 (part time)
Edward Eugene Burke, Jr......$768.38 (includes overtime)
Mendy Butler.................$811.13
Jennifer C. Cox..............$832.41 (includes overtime)
Jessica Glenn Hayes..........$895.50 (includes overtime)
Donald Mears.................$1073.75 (includes overtime)
David Scott Moore............$1038.46
Charles macon Moore, II......$1010.00 (includes overtime)
Craig Tully..................$184.62 (does not include what county reimburses city)
Deborah T. Henry.............$300.00
Ralston Blake, Jr............$960.00
Kolby Bush...................$960.00
Horace Jackson...............$1038.46
Milton Johnson...............$800.00
James Kelley, Jr.............$687.50
Charles Andrew Moore.........$1307.69
Deborah Pearce...............$880.00
Kenneth pickren..............$960.00
Rico Reliford................$957.00
Timothy Daniel Roland........$800.00
Harold Dean Smith............$988.80
Andrew Wallace...............$580.00
James Holmes.................$478.50 (part time)
Elix Jones...................$478.50 (part time)
Marleen Jones................$478.50 (part time)
Rebecca Leigh J. Thompson....$1230.77
Sharon Daniels...............$230.77
Timothy Moore................$539.93

In addition to this, the county pays (due on the 1st of month):
Danny Griffin................$1166.67
Cory Thomas..................$100.00
Ronald Rentz.................$350.00 (Juv Judge)
Ronald Rentz.................$4335.00 (Pataula Juv)
Danny Shepard................$1333.33
Danny Sheffield..............$125.58

If you notice, the registrar, probation staff, county attorney and others aren't on the list. Either Barbie and crew are trying to hide this information, or they aren't sure what they pay them. OR (and this is evil but probably more accurate) in some cases they have no intention of paying them again, and therefore I hope the employee files a complaint with the dept of labor.

I know this will upset some people because their salaries are being posted. They are public information and there is no need for anyone to pay more than $11.00 like my mother had to do in order to get it. I ask you to please look at the salaries for Carol Newberry and Judy Powell (both hand-picked by Barbie). Compare them to the salaries of our deputies, who put their lives on the line to protect us every day. It's a disgrace!