A Bad Rezoning For Miller's Mill Road

   "A Bad Rezoning For Miller's Mill Road"
It is not bad enough that traffic can be horrendous on Miller's Mill Road, now the Henry County  Board of Commissioners has decided to make the situation worse. They okayed the rezoning of the property on Miller's Mill Road between Berry Hill Airport and Moseley Park.  Hundreds of homes and condominiums are coming to the site.  Think about when they are having ball tournaments at Moseley Park and the added traffic that brings along with the traffic from these homes and you have a recipe for disaster.  The schools are already overburdened with students and these added homes will bring another load of children upon the area schools that will not be able to handle them.  The 4th district commissioner who pushed to get this development in the area said that it is the school's responsibility to make sure there are enough school's.  Spoken like a true democrat.  Yes, go up on school taxes on your homes to build more school space for more and more children.  Your tax dollars being shoved into a draw with a bottomless pit.  She will be our next ambassador to outer space.  No one on the BoC was listening to the public who were there to speak on the building of this ant hill.  They already had their minds made up.  They didn't give a tinker's damn what those residents had to say.  And with children in the audience, it should be called child abuse to watch their political leaders create such a debacle.  The BoC is nothing more than a yes person for the developers and big money.  Many have wondered how much they are making on the people from outside coffers.  Maybe a federal investigation into their checking and savings accounts is in order.  Especially, the one that cannot sit up straight in his chair.  That is nothing more than a rude human being saying I don't care about you as long as you pay and I will be glad to soak you every year day in and day out.  Henry County has turned itself into a wasteland of greed and piss poor planning.  Traffic, crime and lower property values are coming.  And the chance for a plane accident will always loom over those homes.  And do anyone at the BoC care? That answer is no.  

The Blog Staff.

The People Now See That Racism is Ruling The BoC About Nash Farm

 "The People Now See That Racism is Ruling The BoC About Nash Farm"
At the March 19, 2019, Henry BoC Meeting, the commissioners heard from Parks and Recreation Director Tim Coley about the upcoming Southern Jubilee Festival and Civil War Re-enactment that goes along with it.  According to the ordinances of Henry County they have to come to the BoC to ask if they can use black powder for the guns and cannons that will be used in the re-enactment.  The board voted 3 to 3 which caused the question to fail clearly along racial lines.  You can't have a re-enactment without the guns.  There would be no bullets or cannonballs in the guns just black powder.  What do they want them to do, use cap guns?  During the public comments, those who have permission to have the event from Henry County were clearly upset with the commissioners.  These people are members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  They are likely to file suit against Henry County for establishing this precedent because there is nothing in the agreement about having to go to the BoC for permission.  Also, the BoC in former years has allowed this event to take place without incident.  Now since there is a voting block on the commission they want to use their racist mind to obstruct an event that would bring money to Henry County.  Now it is likely to cost Henry County.  Even the county attorney alluded to this point.  The people in the audience could clearly see that there was some contempt by the board members with one another.  The commissioner for the district who likes to be called the "smoking hot boss" is nothing more than a racist who wants Nash Farm to go away.  She already got rid of the Civil War museum there and brought in some of her friends there for a farmers market at a better price.  The 5th district commissioner said he couldn't support a group who has ties to Nathan Bedford Forrest.  Now that is a big statement from a little-minded man who must think General Forrest is still living. (That could be from his being hit in the head playing football which he filed suit with the NFL about.)  If this is the case we cannot support him or his other colleagues who vote with him because of Malcolm X.  They cannot make the past go away and they cannot make the white race go away either.  All they are succeeding in doing is awakening a very large sleeping giant.  This type of political problem will only cause the sore that is festering in Henry County to grow and one day bust. 

Blog Staff. 

Insensitive Use Of 9/11 Images

Insensitive Use Of 9/11 Images 

It has been only 18 years since America was attacked by muslim extremist intent on killing as many people as they can. On September 11, 2001, they killed 3,000 people. In today's society with all the technology, there were cameras all over the place in New York City on that day that captured just about everything that happened that day. We have seen images that are so horrifying  that until now it was only seen by the first responders or the Military. 

As of late, I have seen countless use of some of the images such as a man falling out of one of the towers to his death. I have seen images of a woman standing on the edge of the tower with smoke and flames behind and all around her as she contemplates whether to jump or not. 
It is not only photos, but also video that has been looped to show the planes hitting the towers over and over again, showing the huge fireball that most likely took a lot of lives in an instant. All of these images are best used to teach our children what happened that day. They also show us the hate that is directed towards the U.S.A. by these terrorists that are hell-bent on killing us all and taking over America. 

However, what I have seen on social media as of late is very disturbing to me and a lot of other people. You see my fiance was one of the victims in the South Tower that day. I have lived that day every day for the past 18 years in my mind. I watched the TV for days afterwards in hopes of seeing my loved one, but it was not to be. Since the election that elected President Trump, I have seen more and more of the images and videos I have been talking about on social media like Facebook. I have talked to her parents about this and they feel the same way that I do. It is very insensitive to use the photos and videos as a tool to get a point across for a political agenda. You don’t need to post a photo or video, just say the attacks of 9/11 and people with any sense will know what you are talking about. You see it kills us that lost loved ones on that day to see the photos and video it brings it back to us in vivid detail that we don’t need. It makes those of us angry at the people posting that they have either no sense or no feelings about us. We that lost loved ones that day are still hurting very badly, some of us have even ended our lives because they could not deal with the loss and the heartless people around them. I have known 11 people that decided to end it because of people that they were around did not have a heart to try to understand their problem of dealing with the death of their loved one in such a historical event that will always be etched in their minds.  So, I ask you to please stop using those kinds of images to try and get your point across. It is hurting more people than it helps.  

Alfred Britt.

The War On The Poor Has Begun In Henry County, Georgia

"The War On The Poor Has Begun In Henry County, Georgia"

It was apparent watching from the audience that the Henry County Board of Commissioners on January 22, 2019 declared war on the poor families of Henry County.  The county attorney made his presentation about creating a new board to oversee an "urban redevelopment authority" to take care of what they might perceive as "blighted" areas in the county.  They have probably been looking for a way to remove the people who live in mobile homes, poor areas around the west side of McDonough and other areas.  If a company wishes to own a piece of land now they will have a way to remove any obstacles that might be there.   This is the kind of action that causes the deaths of people who are barely hanging as their lives are not as well kept as those people who take your homes from you.  There are a lot of elderly, disabled and poor people who live the best they can and now they have found a way to make sure they go away.  Even small struggling family businesses could be declared as a blight in an area because they don't fit. The problem is a lot of these people were in Henry County first.  The new built up around them..  But those in power don't seem to give a damn about them they only see money signs for tax dollars.  And they proved that by adding more houses and townhomes along Jodeco Road after many people were against it.  The fact is those on the board who voted for this project had already made up their minds before they even sat down in their chairs.   Henry County is fast turning into a seething pit of waste and dereliction of duty.  But as usual the poor of the community will be the ones to suffer at the hands of unlitigated greed.  They have pissed on the poor for so long and now they have found a way to bury them.  In the US Constitution, the document stresses that a man's home is his castle and it doesn't say how large or condition that home might represent.  But those who pretend to lead only follow what they are told to do by those in the background who have an endless stream of money in their pockets.

The Staff

Another Christmas

“Another Christmas”

Another Christmas without my sweetheart,

Another Christmas that we are apart.

Another Christmas without your beautiful blue eyes,

Another Christmas that part of me dies.

Another Christmas without your beautiful blonde hair,

Another Christmas alone I must bare.

Another Christmas without your beautiful smile to brighten my day,

Another Christmas that I remember, cry and pray.

Another Christmas with a heart that is broken in two,

Another Christmas without you as sweet as the morning dew.

Another Christmas thinking of the day you went away,

Another Christmas asking why it couldn't have been me that went away.

Another Christmas that I miss you with all my heart,

Another Christmas that we are apart.

Alfred Britt

(c)2018

Seventeen Years Of Heartache

It has been 17 years since the attacks of 9/11, it seems to me that it only happened yesterday, the day I lost the love of my life.  I have seen so much change in America and most of it not for the good. I see too much of the Muslim influence gaining strength in America. We must remember on 9/11 we were attacked viciously without provocation and over 3,000 of our citizens were murdered on that day. As we remember the 17th anniversary of this tragic event please remember that the victims of that day are still hurting from the loss of their loved ones. A few of the victims have since went on and decided they could not live any longer with the hurt that they have suffered at the hands of those animals.

I was part of a group on a forum for people that lost their fiance's in the event. When I started in the group we had about 30 to 35 individuals that was active in the group. The group disbanded about a year ago after only 10 individuals were left. Some moved on with their rehabilitation, about 15 committed suicide because they could not handle the tremendous loss and change of life they had experienced. As for me the past 17 years has been a living hell of loneliness and despair of what could have been if it was not for the animals that took my loved one’s life.  I get angry every single day I wake up alone and remember what was done to so many people and myself. Friends do not understand the loss of this type, the type that we see on the news everyday reminds us of our loss. It is like the loss of the loved ones from the attacks on Pearl Harbor back in 1941. I sit everyday thinking about my Lisa. Friends and family cannot understand why I have not moved on. It is because my life was destroyed on that day 17 years ago the life we had planned, the children we were going to have, the ranch we were going to start and the love of each other to pull us through that is gone. People that say they are friends do not come by to see me they do not even call me I wonder sometimes if it is because they do not know what to say or do they just not give a damn.

My darling I think of you everyday and my love for you is just as strong as it was when I asked you to marry me. I wonder every day what we would be doing if we were together and it saddens my heart that I will never truly know. You brought a ray of sunshine into my life a brilliant golden light that went straight to my heart and down into my soul. As I travel down this lonely road of life alone and full of despair the only saving grace I have are my memories of you and I. We had good times and bad times, but together our love for each other pulled us through. We always stood by each other no matter what the circumstances. I remember when I got hurt and could no longer work for the bureau. You told me that you would stand by me no matter what, that  we had been living by the wedding vows that we were going to be taking in June of 2002. You told me you would be by my side and support me in anything I would do. So sweetheart on this 17th anniversary of me losing you please remember I love you with every fiber of my being and you are still and will always be my Love of a Lifetime.

Alfred Britt.  

We are getting the giant screw to the back once again

"We are getting the giant screw to the back once again"

Yes, Henry County residents we are going to get screwed and tattooed all at the same time thanks to the Henry County Board of Commissioners and County Manager.  They apparently have no feelings for the poor, the working people, the elderly or the well to do.  Since, they raised the assessments on our homes and did not lower the millage rate, which they could have done so, our taxes will be higher.  They apparently have no compassion for the citizenry.  The tax digest has gone up considerably in the Henry County and they are going to make good use of it.  Think about this folks.  If you own a mobile home, stick built home or even rent a place you will pay.  Those in the mobile homes will pay in some cases more than the home might be worth.  The stick built homes will definitely see a sizeable increase in their property taxes.  And even if you rent, your landlord will be paying a premium on the property tax since they do not live in the home and guess what, they will pass that along to the person renting the property.  The only people doing well in the scenario are those people who can't seem to handle money.  And we definitely do not want to hear about them being conservative.  They have no idea what the word means.  They are liberal spending politicians and those that carry the moniker of Republican are just closet Democrats and some of the Democrats are Socialists.  Spend, spend, spend and spend some more like there is no tomorrow.  While you sit in traffic on I-75, Hwy 42, Hwy 155 and other roads just remember that they will only be doing token work on any roads for the foreseeable future.  You feel that screw tightening.   And with the rise in property taxes on the homeowners the Atlanta Motor Speedway and other large properties will be getting a tax break from the county.  Yes, folks while you go to work and eck out an existence and those on Social Security and Disability hang on to life, you will be paying the line share of the taxes.  Feel that screw now.  Yes, a business that takes in multi-million dollars per year will get a break.  Bless their little hearts.  No wonder Henry County has been changing as of late.  Those moving here think it is something different and it is nothing more different than what they just left and could be worse than where they moved from to here.  The bottom line is that the whole thing sucks.  And now they are out pining for SPLOST V.  Yes, just think they want to extend that 1 cent sales tax to cover their slush fund on parks and things that the county has too much of today.  And there is even talk that they want to possibly have a 1 cent tax for bus and train service.  Think about sitting in the already horrendous traffic behind that big fat bus.  And train service would be years down the road at best.  They are over five years behind in sending the train to Lovejoy.  Yes, the politicians promise everything under the sun to get elected and then they go off like misers figuring ways to get more money out of the people.  If they reduced some of the bureaucracy in the county that would save a lot of money.  Plus, quit buying properties that will cost the taxpayers for years to come and their children as well.  Think about how much money goes from your taxes to the Henry County BoC, BoE and the Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority.  They take in more than most of the other counties in metro Atlanta.  And what do you really have to show for it.  They will take this county down the slippery slope to a place they will never be able to crawl out of in the decades to come.  As things continue to change more of the people who built the county are dying or leaving and that will leave a whole new face on the county that will not have the same feelings as those who worked so hard to get the things they have today.  But remember that screw in the back.  That is your destiny.

A tired tax payer.