tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post8679240575194078798..comments2024-01-16T19:32:02.006-08:00Comments on .: Sewer Confusion Creates Stinky Situation For MiltonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-1668167903225550782008-07-06T17:51:00.000-07:002008-07-06T17:51:00.000-07:00For once, an elected official does what the citize...For once, an elected official does what the citizens want him to do instead of advancing his own personal agenda, and now you are calling him a puppet. How sad! Alan Tart is doing a great job. He is smart and articulate, and he has done exactly what he promised to do during the campaign. If only we had more leaders like him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-28218731880089321002008-07-04T15:12:00.000-07:002008-07-04T15:12:00.000-07:00Julie Z B is an Alien from outerspace (not Mexico)...Julie Z B is an Alien from outerspace (not Mexico). She has the ablity of mind control and just by looking at you can control the way you vote, and make you sneeze if she wants to. She doesn't even use the toilet the same way everyone else does, since she is not human, she is an all powerful Alien, run for your lives. AHHH!<BR/><BR/>Get real whoever you are!<BR/>If she's so powerful, then why hasn't she manipulated you and put you under her so called mind control? Oh, because she's not! Duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-75936970321667075472008-07-04T12:14:00.000-07:002008-07-04T12:14:00.000-07:00Well anyway at least the AJC {north Fulton July 3,...Well anyway at least the AJC {north Fulton July 3, 2008]finally has picked up the ball and begun to ask some with some sense what's going on up here.<BR/><BR/>Billy Beckett may end up being our savior, Let's hope so. Som'ins gotta give or were gonna be broke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-10624851123441873552008-07-04T07:06:00.000-07:002008-07-04T07:06:00.000-07:00I do not agree as you have incorrectly stated that...I do not agree as you have incorrectly stated that "she personally HANDPICKED the majority of council"<BR/>When asked who.<BR/> You replied "Alan Zahner-Bailey as he is affectionately called!"<BR/><BR/>yawn ... i'm doneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-35077620213388927122008-07-03T20:10:00.000-07:002008-07-03T20:10:00.000-07:00Alan may not have known Julie before but he certai...Alan may not have known Julie before but he certainly does now. He is a puppet of hers. Just listem to him speak and decide who writes his scripts and opinions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-44161335127645332292008-07-03T14:40:00.000-07:002008-07-03T14:40:00.000-07:00Alan and Julie did not know one another before cam...Alan and Julie did not know one another before campaign season. <BR/><BR/>To put it out there clearly. Alan was not "handpicked" by Julie <BR/>rather he was "handpicked" by the people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-68806411301117029612008-07-01T06:59:00.000-07:002008-07-01T06:59:00.000-07:00What is the Milton Grows Green Committee?Why is it...What is the Milton Grows Green Committee?<BR/><BR/>Why is it meeting in City Hall if it's not a "city" committee?<BR/><BR/>If you meet in City Hall can anyone get transcripts of what they are doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-21434569336189339632008-07-01T06:41:00.000-07:002008-07-01T06:41:00.000-07:00Alan "Zahner-Bailey" as he is affectionately calle...Alan "Zahner-Bailey" as he is affectionately called!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-60285781968773673892008-07-01T06:24:00.000-07:002008-07-01T06:24:00.000-07:00Who is it that you think Julie handpicked for coun...Who is it that you think Julie handpicked for council?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-89804037631604221622008-07-01T04:23:00.000-07:002008-07-01T04:23:00.000-07:00Although nieghborhood activist have a place in thi...Although nieghborhood activist have a place in this world. Electing them to searve as leaders isn't working out very well. Their Cause[s] become persoal Jihad's and they are not open minded enough to believe there could be some middle ground.<BR/><BR/>Her motto used to be,<BR/><BR/>"If you agree to sit down and talk to a developer, you giving in!"<BR/><BR/>Now there's some real leadership Milton styleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-89237805914344225512008-07-01T03:40:00.000-07:002008-07-01T03:40:00.000-07:00You people are a little paranoid aren't you?Come o...You people are a little paranoid aren't you?<BR/><BR/>Come on now, Julie Zahner-Bailey isn't that powerful...and she's been making a fool of herself more and more...<BR/><BR/>You should have been at the last council meeting...it was quite entertaining to see her ask stupid questions which had already been answered at the council work session the week before...<BR/><BR/>This wasn't grandstanding...for once...it was that she missed the work session and didn't bother to catch up on the minutes...<BR/><BR/>And y'all think she is so great...she's a nuisance, and maybe we do need to get rid of her...but I certainly didn't think that Roger Santi came across as much better...<BR/><BR/>As smug as he is, do you really think he'd be doing anything different? Hell no, he'd be up there grandstanding and posing for the newpapers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-43829408628411739372008-06-30T15:12:00.000-07:002008-06-30T15:12:00.000-07:00She PERSONALLY handpicked the majority of the coun...She PERSONALLY handpicked the majority of the council and has Lockwood well-trained to heal. <BR/><BR/>She can do whatever she pleases at this point. Its all her game now thanks to us. We handed that to her because she promised ONE thing..no sewers. And we all know she fights to the death.<BR/><BR/>All we can do now is wait and see what she wants to do next with our city.<BR/><BR/>One thing is certain to happen...taxes will need to go up folks......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-46493144107350827772008-06-30T10:24:00.000-07:002008-06-30T10:24:00.000-07:00One person can influence others, but doubt have th...One person can influence others, but doubt have the "power" to solely bankrupt the city. You are all giving her way too much credit and power. <BR/><BR/>If she's that powerful she should run against Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-80956691497263091892008-06-30T09:38:00.000-07:002008-06-30T09:38:00.000-07:00Lets hope "she" dosent bancrupt the city?Lets hope "she" dosent bancrupt the city?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-88856247779686899002008-06-30T04:12:00.000-07:002008-06-30T04:12:00.000-07:00New poll,If you bankrupt one civic group [The Birm...New poll,<BR/><BR/>If you bankrupt one civic group [The Birmingham Coalition] and the BHA is dead, how can that same person run a city.<BR/><BR/>Is there a patern here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-45316144142975253722008-06-28T16:52:00.000-07:002008-06-28T16:52:00.000-07:00To 8:25 AM poster:You are on point and absolutely ...To 8:25 AM poster:<BR/><BR/>You are on point and absolutely correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-15838635395490114482008-06-28T16:48:00.000-07:002008-06-28T16:48:00.000-07:00The BHA is dead. What have they consistently done ...The BHA is dead. What have they consistently done well except divide the community during the last few years. You all need a new group.and a new leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-7148271661914621752008-06-28T08:25:00.000-07:002008-06-28T08:25:00.000-07:00"If you want true development news, go to the AJC"..."If you want true development news, go to the AJC"<BR/><BR/>I hope I never have to depend on the AJC for imformation.<BR/><BR/>"If 80% of the population wants to keep sewer out..." <BR/><BR/>Milton has some sewer,. It's not a question of keeping it "out."<BR/><BR/>The city needs to have a policy that contols growth [density] in the rural areas and also allows for reasonable commercial development [with sewer]in the areas where it makes sense. [Like Hwy 9] Trying to stop growth is financial suicide from any reasonable perspective.<BR/><BR/>Problem is some aren't so reasonable and will end up destroying the very thing they claim to want to save.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-25980757752082339532008-06-28T07:45:00.000-07:002008-06-28T07:45:00.000-07:00In answer to your question, the Beacon, like the M...In answer to your question, the Beacon, like the Milton Herald, is a developer shill. Look at any issue of either, and you see very quickly that they could not survive without developer advertising -- especially the Herald.<BR/><BR/>Neither will ever cover any news negative to a developer, and both will use any excuse to make council look disfunctional. (The end game here is to eventually get pro-development, pro-sewer council members elected.)<BR/><BR/>Let the Herald and Beacon continue to give column inches to developer and real estate news releases.<BR/><BR/>If you want true development news, go to the AJC (even though the Northside section covers too large an area to stay on top of everything, Access Milton or subscribe to the Birmingham Hopewell Alliance newsletter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-2009246257675184742008-06-27T18:28:00.000-07:002008-06-27T18:28:00.000-07:00I like Doug Nurse's articles better of the AJC. Wh...I like Doug Nurse's articles better of the AJC. Who's this Beacon gal? If 80% of the population wants to keep sewer out then that is what the Council should do. They sent out the survey for a reason right? So do what the majority of your constituents have voiced, and put an end to it. Stop himmin and hawin, put it to the vote and be done already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-28827335486302688212008-06-27T13:31:00.000-07:002008-06-27T13:31:00.000-07:00Before septic and sewer was in area, things were s...Before septic and sewer was in area, things were so simple, outhouse and a Sears & Roebuck catalog. <BR/><BR/>Then along came septic tanks, some simple regulations required for installation.<BR/><BR/>Then came the human masses and what we were doing and/or not doing was incorrect. In this group was a young woman, from south of here, who had visions of grandeur.<BR/><BR/>Now we have the City of Milton and still don't have a sewer policy. Don't you think it's time to stop worring about offending someone and trying to be politically correct and make the tough decisions. Discontinue calling a meeting to see if you should call a meeting.<BR/><BR/>Each Council member should have an idea of what his or her constituents prefer. If the residents remain silent, they should not blame you for making a decision with which they disagree.<BR/><BR/>I voted for the Council to represent me and make the decisions and am confident they can do just that. When someone asks why did you make that decision, respond with, "Well, I had to make a decision and at the time it seemed like the right thing to do."<BR/><BR/>BOTTOM LINE<BR/>The time has come to defecate or get off the pot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com