I know Terry Smith is the silent partner in Tcg holdings. Burt Clark is the front man. It is a company that develops land around Tyrone, So far, they can't get their foot in the door anywhere else in Fayette county. I have always felt it was kind of strange that a developers wife should be on the school board. Terry Smith also has some kind of plumbing co too. Burt Clark has also move to Brooks, but is developing Tyrone. Maybe Burt, and Gregg Powers want their kids in better school districts than ours, that are now over flowing and underscoring from all the new development. That is not a good statement about what even they think of their handy work.
If someone knows the name of THE company, it will be easy to put this rumor to rest, one way or the other.

but none came...either you back it up with the name of the company...or..you are a ....liar..in of story!!!

has some nerve. He thinks the law does not apply to him. So he doesn't plan to quit? The law is clear that his seat is already vacant. It will be interesting to see what is done about that. Why does he want that little job so bad? Very curious. Must be some side benefit he receives. I agree that we need some investigative reporting in this county. Wake up Cal and send someone to find out what is going on over at the school board. Powers went to great lengths to keep this job for some reason.

I've heard similar rumors regarding the land aquisition. The rumors I've heard include the above mentioned parties purchasing property and then recommending, and selling, said property to the Board at a huge profit. I also remember the middle school ordeal from a few years ago. That was an obvious abuse of power. So, who knows what the real deal is? It will be interesting to see what happens as this unfolds.

People wonder sometimes why some elected officials are so attached to their elected position, or why some people so badly want to be elected.

The world is, as we all know, divided between those who have a clue, and the clueless. Most of us don’t have a clue about the perks provided by public offices, but some insiders know a lot more than we do, and they keep mum.

Notice how people who hold certain government jobs complain of low salaries, while they enjoy pension plans that allow for very early retirement with very good pensions. Teachers could be viewed as being in that group.

Health insurance used to be a nice little fringe benefit, but it has grown into a huge benefit in light of today’s medical expenses. Health insurance is valuable. Very valuable. The more so if you, or a member of your family, has some expensive ailment.

Little part-time jobs like county commissioner and Board of Education member normally wouldn’t qualify for employer-paid health insurance, but in Georgia they generally do.

Buried in Georgia Code section 20-2-55(b) is a subsection which provides, “A local board of education is authorized to provide group medical and dental insurance for its members who elect to participate.” The statute goes on to provide for insurance on spouses and dependents too, and states that taxes may be expended for employer contributions required for insurance coverage of the members of the board.

Code section 36-1-11.1(a) states that “The governing authority of any county is authorized to provide, and to expend county funds for the provision of, group health, life, disability, and liability insurance (etc.) for members of the county governing authority … as well as for the dependents and beneficiaries of such officials…”

Getting into a good health insurance plan is difficult for some people, but getting elected into one can solve a lot of problems.

Of course, I don’t know the individual family circumstances of people who run for office or cling to their elected office, but a smart voter will look beyond the salary. There is more than a salary to be snorted out of the public trough.

(P.S.: Serving on the Fayette Board of Education pays $500 a month; the chairman gets $600.)

Yep. Good points indeed.

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Keeping it real and to the core of the issue, not the peripherals.