In reply to: Teen charged in home-invasion death of elderly Athens man to be tried as adult »

February 13, 2013

If you think you're old enough to commit armed robbery and murder then I think you're old enough to be tried as an adult.

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Nick
Coltrain
Rep. Regina Quick pulls no punches on Chamber scorecard
Rep. Regina Quick, R-Athens, was one of two local delegates to score less than an "A+" in the Chamber of Commerce's annual legislative score card. She and I played phone tag Monday when I was reporting the story and I wasn't able to get her comments in a timely fashion. Instead, she sent over this statement Wednesday morning and she did not mince her words. (Links and italicized portions are my own; otherwise, it's as she wrote it.) Dear Friends: read more
Nick
Coltrain
UPDATED: Draft language of so-called curfew ordinance
The committee opted Tuesday night to put off deciding on the ordinance until, at the earliest, its next meeting. Of note: The Athens-Clarke County attorney highlighted that the proposed times are, in essence, placeholders for the commission to change or keep as it pleases. Full text of the Use of Public Right-of-Ways ordinance draft is below. read more