Gov. Sonny Perdue has amended his financial disclosure required by law to include a $550,000 vacation home. The property is on Lake Jackson he bought last year. The governor didn't disclose the purchase on the annual personal financial disclosure he filed in July. Butts County records show he bought the property on Sept. 27, 2007. Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley called the omission a staff oversight.
Showing posts with label Butts County. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Extradition for hiker's killer
Confessed killer Gary Hilton will be extradited to Florida. Today a judge in Butts County cleared the way for Hilton to face murder charges in that state. Hilton is serving a life sentence in Georgia for the murder of hiker Meredith Emerson in January in north Georgia. Hilton faces the death penalty in Florida in the slaying of a nurse.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Massive tire fire forces people indoors
Smoke from a massive tire fire has prompted officials in Butts County to tell people to stay inside. The fire started yesterday at Tires Incorporated in Jackson, and covered an area about half the size of a football field. Firefighters say they have the blaze contained.
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