Earlier this year, 13WMAZ went to 9 different areas around Bibb County and surveyed members of the community to find out what issues were most important to them in the election.
You can't continue to pay. I grow the pie.
Expect another long week, closing arguments, and this case will finally be sent to the jury.
Brian Gerard is on the Defense Team and from Macon GA. Most of his involvement was at the behest of Cliffard Whitby who he claimed had been a “friend” for almost 11 years.
“What I would do as the mayor is commit to bringing everybody to the table and leaving race outside of the door and making decisions that’s in the best interest of this community,” Whitby said. Next up was former School District Attorney Andrea Jolliffe who is currently with Hall-Booth.
He wants to increase pay and has ideas to bring in extra money to do that. Collier claimed that he was searching for the laws rules regulations etc. Collier noted his role as CFO for 22 years without any reprimands or demotions.
Bibb County has a lot of debt," Miller said. He also noted that as Dallemand became more comfortable with other ministers, he began to meet with them without his presence. Whitby was excited about the project because he was elated about the possibilities the center would have for the entire community.
We’re citizens of this community.
James K. Baker: Pastor of New Beginnings Missionary Baptist Church was a liaison to Dallemand during his tenure in Macon to the faith-based community but mainly the black ministers. We elect school board members from this community. The two men share a commitment of community service and community revitalization.
"I want to thank the judge, who I think done a tremendous job of keeping this fair and balanced, and the prosecutors who think they were doing the right thing, and in the end the jury did not drink the Kool-Aid.
The services were being provided by and at the Promise Center.
Reichert also noted as the sitting mayor, he believed it was his duty to support the superintendent of Bibb Schools and noted his support for Dallemand’s plan to reform education in Bibb County. The Promise Center didn’t have some of the same constraints as the school system in terms of space, personnel, and direct access to wrap-around service providers. Reichert mentioned the ongoing controversy surrounding Dallemand’s tenure at the Bibb School System. He had a few moments of public self-reflection while on the stand. Our take: if the judge can't make heads or tails of it for the prosecution or the defense, the jury will definitely have a problem parsing through it. This is our system. The prosecution was aiming for a logical case against needed additional dollars spent or duplication of services from the MPN but they never quite got to that point for the jury.
Attorney Seth Kirschenbaum challenged the government’s indictment of money laundering on Positiventures LLC due to the prosecution’s inability to prove the definition of “money laundering” based on a Supreme Court Case. Stafford mentioned Whitby’s stellar reputation in the construction industry for his knowledge and always finishing work on time/on budget.
He also noted the low-performing school’s reputation of the Bibb School District. What can the county government do to assist with improvements in the Bibb County School System? Sharon Roberts, CFO of Birmingham AL Schools: Roberts was appointed interim CFO when her boss Ron Collier was sent to the warehouse. He manages several campuses and projects across the state of Georgia and overseas.