The Fayetteville City Council on Thursday will take up the proposed two-year Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) initiated by the Fayette County Commission.

Three council members on May 2 expressed some reservations about having the city participate in the SPLOST initiative expected to be on the ballot in November. Read More»

Get rid of deputies or get rid of a helicopter: That was the choice he had to make, according to Fayette County Sheriff Barry Babb.

“It came down to programs or people. And we chose people,” Babb said.

The elimination by Babb of the Hawk I helicopter as a cost-saving measure in his 2013-2014 proposed budget reflects a fundamental change in a program used to buy and operate the aurcraft.

Babb cited the high cost of operating the helicopter in the face of shrinking federal asset seizure funds used to fund that operation. Read More»

Fayette’s stinky water problems appear to have mostly dissipated.

Water System Director Tony Parrott said Tuesday that his office has received only one complaint about water since Sunday, and that caller appeared to have a situation unrelated to the problem that distributed millions of gallons of bad smelling, and bad tasting, water to Fayette homes and businesses for a period of more than three weeks.
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Commission to challenge new 50.22% district that runs from Tyrone across N. Fayette down into F’ville

The Fayette County Commission is “pursuing an appeal” of a federal judge’s ruling that mandates an overhaul of how members are elected to the county commission and board of education.

Part of that overhaul is a remapping of the county’s voting districts.
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