Newton Co. BOC Meeting Tonight at the Historic Covington Courthouse

The Newton County Board of Commissioners will be meeting this evening, Tuesday January 21, for their regularly scheduled board meeting. They meet at the Historic Courthouse on the Covington Square (1124 Clark St. Covington, GA 30014) at 7PM. You can call the BOC Clerk, Jackie Smith, at 678.625.1202 to get an agenda and any other pertinent information.

Part of the NCLA's main strategy is trying to remain engaged with our local politicians and acting as local activists and taxpayer advocates. The more of us who attend these meetings, the better. Hope some of you can make it. 

Here's the Agenda:


NEWTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING

1124 Clark Street

Covington, Georgia

January 21, 2014

AGENDA


7:00 P.M.
A. Call to Order: Chairman Keith Ellis

B. Invocation: Rev. Ronny Brannen, Prospect UMC

C. Pledge of Allegiance:

D. General Administration:

1. Old Business:

2. Chairman’s Report

3. County Manager’s Report

4. Citizen Comments

12-17 5. County Clerk: Approval of BOC Minutes dated

January 7, 2014

6. Administration: Succession Planning

7. Administration: To declare fire truck as surplus property

18 8. Fire Services: Tanker/Appartus Requst Update

A. Department Training Update

9. Administration: Renaming portion of Hwy. 278 @ I-20 to

Stanton Springs Parkway

19 10. Qualifying Fees: Set Qualifying Fees for 2014 Election

20-21 11. Juvenile: Approval to accept grant/from Council of Juvenile

Court Judges of Georgia - $1,000

22 12. Sheriff’s Office: Approve facilitator for Inmate Offender

Classes

13. ALCOHOL LICENSE:

First Reading

CVS Pharmacy #8419

4192 Salem Road

Covington, GA 30016

Owner: Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC

District Two

14. Final Reading

Ashkish Investments, LLC

(formerly J.J. Quick Stop)

298 Highway 162

Covington, GA 30016

District Five

Alcohol Renewals

15. Texaco Food Mart

3363 Salem Road

Covington, GA 30016

Owner: Guru Arjan, Inc.

District

16. T & H One Stop

14625 Hwy. 36

Covington, GA 30014

Owner: Shaheen Quick, Inc.

District

 17. Commissioner’s Comments

18. Executive Session

19. Adjourn

January Meeting

We are meeting this Thursday evening at 7PM at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church for our monthly meeting. Our featured speakers will include Karen Handel, U.S. Senate candidate, and 10th Congressional District candidate Mike Collins.

For more information on Karen Handel, please visit her Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/handel.karen

For more information on Mike Collins, please visit his Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/MikeCollinsGA

The Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance is a grassroots group dedicated to America's founding principles of freedom and liberty. We believe in sound, conservative, constitutional governance that holds the taxpayer dollar in the highest regard. We wish to advocate these principles throughout the city of Covington, Newton Co., and the state of Georgia.
We are completely a non-official, organic grassroots group. We desire to effect change primarily through activism and outreach. For more information visit our webpage at: newtonconservativelibertyalliance.blogspot.com/ or our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/NewtonConservativeLibertyAlliance

December Meeting

Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance

We are meeting this Thursday evening, December 12, at 7PM at the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church located at 55 Hwy 229 (corner of Hwy 278 and Hwy 229) for our monthly meeting. We're very excited to have Melvin J. Everson as our featured speaker. This meeting will also be our Christmas party.

Mr. Everson is a political activist who has held elected office in the Georgia Legislature and the Snellville city council. He served for 23 years in the United States Army on both active and reserve duty and is currently the Executive Director of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity. To learn more, please visit his bio at the GCEO website. Mr. Everson is known for giving inspirational, informative, and passionate speeches. You won't want to miss this one!

We will be collecting toys and canned food items for the needy, so if you can, please bring one of those. Also, since this will also be our Christmas party, several of us will be bringing some light food items and refreshments. Should be a really great night. Hope to see you all there.

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Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance Meeting this Thursday: Congressional Candidate Jody Hice to Speak

NEWTON CONSERVATIVE LIBERTY ALLIANCE

Local Grassroots Group Meeting This Thursday; Congressional Candidate Jody Hice to Speak

(Covington, GA – 11 November 2013) A local conservative grassroots group, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance, is meeting this Thursday evening, November 14, at 7PM, at the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church located at 55 Hwy 229 (corner of Hwy 278 and Hwy 229) for its monthly meeting. The group is very excited to have Jody Hice, Republican candidate for U.S. House (10th district), as their featured speaker. Mr. Hice will be discussing the current political climate and his ideas and solutions for getting things fixed in Washington D.C. Also speaking to the group will be Stan Edwards, recently announced Republican candidate for Board of Education District 1. Mr. Edwards will be discussing his campaign and his vision for education in Newton County. There will be a Q & A session with each speaker as well.

To learn more about Jody Hice, visit his web page at http://jodyhiceforcongress.com/ To learn more about Stan Edwards and his campaign, visit his campaign Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/stanedwardsfordistrict1boardofeducation

To learn more about the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance, visit their Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/NewtonConservativeLibertyAlliance

Founded in 2013, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance is a grassroots group dedicated to America's founding principles of liberty, lower taxes and constitutional governance.

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NCLA Meeting This Thursday Night, October 10, 2013

Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance

NCLA on Facebook

For Immediate Release: 

Local Grassroots Group Meeting This Thursday; BOE Candidate Stan Edwards to Speak

(Covington, GA - 9 October 2013) A local conservative grassroots group, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance, is meeting this Thursday evening, October 10, at 7PM, at the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church located at 55 Hwy 229 (corner of Hwy 278 and Hwy 229)  for its monthly meeting. The group will be discussing recent political happenings and ways to engage in the political process in Covington and Newton Co. Stan Edwards, recently announced Republican candidate for Board of Education District 1, will be speaking to the group about his campaign and his vision for education in Newton County. Also speaking to the group will be Washington D.C. policy analyst, blogger & politico, Jason Pye, who will be discussing the federal government shutdown. A social meet and greet will begin at  6:30 with the meeting set to start at 7PM . There will be a Q & A session with each speaker as well.

To learn more about Stan Edwards and his campaign, visit his campaign Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/stanedwardsfordistrict1boardofeducation

Founded in 2013, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance is a grassroots group dedicated to America's founding principles of freedom, liberty, lower taxes and constitutional governance. 

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NCLA Meeting this Thursday Night

Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance

NCLA on Facebook

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For Immediate Release: 

Local Grassroots Group Meeting This Thursday; Covington City Councilman Smith to Speak

(Covington, GA - 10 September 2013) A local grassroots group, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance, is meeting this Thursday evening, September 12, at 6:30 at the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church (corner of Hwy 278 and Hwy 229)  for its monthly meeting. The group will be discussing recent political happenings and ways to engage in the political process in Covington and Newton Co. Jason Pye, a local political blogger, will be discussing how to interact with elected officials and the best ways to utilize social media. Covington City Councilman Chris Smith will also be speaking about how citizens can take part in local politics.. A social meet and greet will begin at  6:30 with the meeting set to start at 7PM . There will be a Q & A session as well.

Founded earlier this year, the Newton Conservative Libery Alliance is a grassroots group dedicated to America's founding principles of freedom and liberty that believes in sound, constitutional governance that holds taxpayer dollars in the highest regard.

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NCLA Meeting this Thursday Night; NCLA in the News

 The Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance is meeting this Thursday night, August 8, at the Covington Library at 6:30PM. Here's the press release:

Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance
www.facebook.com/NewtonConservativeLibertyAlliance

For Immediate Release:

Local Grassroots Group Plans Meeting to Continue Property Tax Fight; Commissioner John Douglas to Speak

(Covington, GA - 5 August 2013) A local grassroots group, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance (NCLA), is meeting this Thursday evening, August 8, at 6:30 at the Newton Co. Library (Covington location) and is asking concerned taxpayers of Newton Co. to attend. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the best way to move forward after the Newton Co. Board of Commissioners voted to raise property taxes last month. Commissioner John Douglas, the lone member of the BOC to vote against the tax increase, will be the featured speaker. A social meet and greet will begin at 6PM, with the meeting to start at 6:30. There will be a Q & A session after Douglas speaks with the meeting set to end no later than 7:30PM.

According to Aaron Brooks, spokesman for the NCLA, it is vital that the ball starts rolling as soon as possible. "We need to strike while the iron is hot - we've got to keep our heads down and keep working hard. We must keep the BOC's feet to the fire so that they will make those 'bold, long-term, strategic' decisions that will save the county money and lower our property taxes as soon as possible."

Recently founded because of this very issue, the Newton Conservative Libery Alliance is a grassroots group dedicated to America's founding principles of freedom and liberty that believes in sound, constitutional governance that holds taxpayer dollars in the highest regard.

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Also, the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance has gotten a good bit of press lately fighting for the Newton Co. taxpayer. Here is a link to the most recent write-up from Crystal Tatum at the Newton Citizen.

And here's a nice quote:

According to Aaron Brooks, spokesman for the NCLA, the meeting will focus on holding commissioners accountable and “more importantly, making sure we as citizens are doing our part to point out the inefficiencies in government that we think could lower the amount of money that the county is spending right now.”

“We need to strike while the iron is hot — we’ve got to keep our heads down and keep working hard. We must keep the BOC’s feet to the fire so that they will make those bold, long-term, strategic decisions that will save the county money and lower our property taxes as soon as possible,” Brooks said.

And from last month, here is an article, also from the Citizen, regarding our protest at the July Newton Co. BOC meeting.  And another article describing the protest after the meeting.

One more superb quote from our esteemed spokesperson, Aaron Brooks:

“We, as members of this community, were told that these officials were going to stand and make bold decisions when it came to the use of our tax dollars, but instead they are taking the path that has been traveled far too long in Newton County by sticking their hands out for more of our hard earned money,” said Aaron Brooks, spokesman for the Newton Conservative Liberty Alliance, which organized the rally. “For far too long those that have worked hard to better themselves have been asked to carry the burden of an overspending government. Our voices should ring a solemn chorus of no more.”

Exciting, albeit challenging, times in Newton Co. Please join the fight for freedom and liberty, and please do join us this Thursday evening.

In Liberty,
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