Jackson County files lawsuit against basin authority

Thursday, October 16. 2008
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners met behind closed doors with the county water authority for one hour Monday morning before voting to file a lawsuit against the Upper Oconee Basin Authority over the county’s share of the Bear Creek reservoir.

The BOC voted for the law firm of Balch and Bingham to file the lawsuit to “verify and establish the county’s share of the reservoir.” Bruce Yates made the motion and commissioner Dwain Smith and chairman Pat Bell voted in favor of it. Commissioners Jody Thompson and Tom Crow were not at the meeting. [Full Story »] 

Bar owner suing neighbor over letter to editor, access

Thursday, June 19. 2008
Jefferson business owner Mike Carron has filed a lawsuit in Jackson County against Chris Roper claiming that she libeled him in a letter to the editor she sent to The Jackson Herald. He is asking for $750,000 in damages.
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Jefferson store owner sues state over sex offender law

Wednesday, May 28. 2008
A Jefferson store owner has sued the state because he can’t work at his business which is located within 1,000 feet of a church. Narinder Chahal, Lawrenceville, is a registered sex offender and is not allowed to work at his business, Chicken King, which is located across from the First Christian Church of Jefferson.
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