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Damon Evans is Out as UGA Athletic Director
It's final; Damon Evans has resigned as UGA Athletic Director and left with a little spending money to tide him over for the next few weeks. It is reported that he received a $100,000 “longevity bonus” as well as three months' pay from his new contract as severance pay. Given the fact that he was arrested approximately 6 minutes or so before his new contract became effective he was lucky he received what he did. UGA and the Athletic Association were holding all the cards in this deal and chose not to abuse that position. That action is as surprising as the incident itself. Read more to see what Damon had to say.

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SEX OFFENDER LEGISLATION SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Georgia Adopts Toughest Laws in the Nation

ATLANTA—House Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons) today applauded the work of his colleagues in the Georgia House and Georgia Senate as they completed work on the sex offender legislation.

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Oconee County Sign Ordinance Violators
UPDATE 08-13-2006 - If you were out driving this weekend and passed by the locations where the Thornwood signs were being illegally placed you would have noticed they were absent this weekend. That is because the good folks at the GA DOT came by this week and dug up the galvanized pipe that had been driven into the ground and removed the anchor stakes that had also been driven in the ground. I can't thank the GA DOT enough for taking care of this hazard so quickly. I had attempted to contact people at the DOT on different occasions to no avail. Due to the lack of contact information on the DOT website I was contacting the wrong people. I finally made contact with Mr. Phil Copeland who is the "Right of Way Administrator" for the GA DOT. He responded to me immediately and notified his District Engineer who in turn notified the local engineer and he was on the problem immediately.

My only disappointment is that it appears the violator did not receive a much deserved citation or bill from the State for the clean up of their damage. In speaking with the engineers the feedback that I received was that they could not believe the extent the violator went to in placing the illegal signs. They said it was the most elaborate scheme they had ever seen anywhere in the State of Georgia. They were especially taken aback by the plastic tag proclaiming the legality of the signs. Hopefully this article will prove more effective than a fine. A fine is an event whose evidence of existence is lost in the bowels of bureaucracy forever. Whereas, this article will be lodged in Google and countless other Internet archives for eternity.

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Congressional action urged on gas prices!
April 14 (UPI) -- American consumers are demanding congressional action to slow down skyrocketing gasoline prices, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday.

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Where the gas profits are really going!
April 14, 2006— Soaring gas prices are squeezing most Americans at the pump, but at least one man isn't complaining.

Last year, Exxon made the biggest profit of any company ever, $36 billion, and its retiring chairman appears to be reaping the benefits.

Exxon is giving Lee Raymond one of the most generous retirement packages in history, nearly $400 million, including pension, stock options and other perks, such as a $1 million consulting deal, two years of home security, personal security, a car and driver, and use of a corporate jet for professional purposes.

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AAA Begins Monitoring Oconee County Gas Prices!
AAA has added the Athens metropolitan statistical area to its data on gasoline prices in Georgia. The Athens MSA includes Clarke, Madison, Oconee and Oglethorpe counties.

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