Chattahoocheeonline, has posed a series of questions to Kathy Johnson, of the Twin City News. We have yet to receive a reply. We have offered Kathy Johnson the opportunity to conduct an interview with Mr. Stanley Wells, about the fire at the Wing Station. It seems as if she can write a good story, but she lacks the courage to back it up. Hopefully Chattahoochee Police will not be influenced by her again as they were when she was a factor behind the wrong man being arrested for murder, and caused the city of Chattahoochee, and unwanted legal suit.

Good Day Mrs. Johnson,

I am following up on a series of questions that I would like a straight forward answer from you on. As in the case with Lee garner, I always ask the horse itself, before I print. Please respond back as truthfully as you possible can.

Thank you

1.      

2.       Do you have any financial judgments against you that show on your credit report, particularly in 2009/

3.       What was your role in the murder investigation, that lead  to an innocent man being arrested for murder, and latter it was found to be not true/

4.       Were you ever in any issue of the twin city news for being delinquent on your taxes/

5.       Have you ever had a restraining order filed on you by your husband Sammie Johnson/

6.       Have you and Mr. Sammie Johnson ever been divorced, and if so when did you remarry, and in what county?

7.      

8.       Are you apart of a scheme initiated by Lee Garner to purposefully deny thru a lack of following protocol minorities the right to bid on Federal or State grant monies?

9.       How much, since you have been working as editor of the twin city news has the city of Chattahoochee paid the twin city news for advertisement, or press coverage?

10.   Has Lee Garner ever, in the 11 years he has served as City Manager loaned you money for personal reasons?

11.   What are your personal issues if any with Cindy Glass?

12.   How many times have you called DBPR in connection to The Wing Station?

13.   Are you currently working either full time or part time as a law enforcement officer? If so what official training or certification do you have?

14.   What is your relationship to Stanley Wells?

15.   Does it bother you that no matter how hard you try, you can’t take him down?

16.   Do you think that your personal interference in the arson investigation played a role?

17.   What are your reasons for wanting Stanley Wells locked up for arson?

18.   How many articles have you written about the fire at The Wing Station?

19.   How many articles have you written about Lee Garner?

20.   When did  you become aware of his Ethics charges?

21.   Have you ever been treated to gifts, or dinners, by our energy supplier Progress Energy?

22.   Do you have a personal relationship with the chief of police in Sneads Florida?

23.   Did you cause the breakup of his marriage engagement?

24.   Do you smoke pot? If so with whom and where?

25.   Have you ever made a sex tape, and if so with whom?

26.   were you and your husband Sammie Johnson, ever involved in an altercation related to a leaked sex video, that caused Mr. Sammie Johnson serious bodily harm?

27.   Where you ever romantically involved with a Florida State Hospital administrator?

28.   Are you still covered by Mr. Sammie Johnsons heath policy at Florida State Hospital as his spouse?

29.   Did you ever have to be escorted off of the Florida State Campus for violent outburst, resulting from your husband Sammie Johnson’s affair with an African American Women>

30.   How do you feel about Black people?

31.   Would you date interracially?  Do you approve of interracial relationships?

32.   Do you use the same I.P. address or computer all the time?

33.   Has someone ever gained, or presently have, unrestricted access to your face book account? If so whom

34.   Does your husband have a drinking problem, and is that the cause of his current physical condition?

35.   Do you consider yourself a violent person?

If you will give an answer to these questions to start, more will be coming soon. I know we done see eye to eye, but let’s be professionals here. These are the questions, that readers of chattahoocheeonline want the answers to, and as you have in the past, it is our job to bring the news.  If you have any questions of me, I will gladly answer them for you.

Your fellow college.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I Have a Dream"

delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

We cannot turn back.

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."¹

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."²

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!³

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: 25 passengers and 4 crew members are unaccounted for, the coast guard says
• The ship captain's attorney says he is "shattered, dismayed, saddened"
• Captain Francesco Schettino will appear before a judge for questioning Tuesday
• Rescue efforts are continuing on the Costa Concordia, where at least 6 have died
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Giglio, Italy (CNN) -- The head of Italy's coast guard said late Monday that 29 people are still unaccounted for from the partially sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia -- a sharp spike from earlier estimates of the missing.

In an interview on Italian television, as reported by the state ANSA news agency, coast guard chief Marco Brusco said that the whereabouts of four crew members of 25 passengers was still unknown.

Authorities earlier had believed 16 people were unaccounted for.

The Costa Concordia hit rocks Friday night just off Italy's western coast, leading to what passengers described as a chaotic and surreal scene to evacuate and the deaths of at least six people.

On Monday, rescue efforts were ongoing in and around the mammoth vessel, which was listing on its side off the island of Giglio.

The search had been suspended earlier in the day because the vessel began to move, said the island's mayor, Sergio Ortelli.

Coast Guard spokesman Filippo Marino said efforts had resumed, adding that rescuers will focus on retrieving the body of a man, presumably a passenger, discovered earlier in the day.

 

How the Costa Concordia ran aground

 

Coast Guard: Ship too close to island

 

Captain blames charts for crash

However, he said the forecast has rescuers worried, as it calls for rising winds.

Italian prosecutors Monday ruled out a technical error as the cause of the incident, saying the captain was on the bridge at the time and had made a "grave error."

Captain Francesco Schettino is under arrest and may face charges that include manslaughter, shipwreck, and abandoning a ship when passengers were still on board, Italian prosecutor Francesco Verusio said.

Schettino could face up to 15 years in prison, Verusio said.

Schettino's attorney, Bruno Leporatti, said in a statement Monday the captain was "shattered, dismayed, saddened for the loss of lives and strongly disturbed."

But, he said, Schettino is "nonetheless comforted by the fact that he maintained during those moments the necessary lucidity to put in place a difficult emergency maneuver ... bringing the ship to shallow waters." That move, Leporatti said, saved the lives of many passengers and crew members.

The captain has not yet been questioned, but more than 100 witnesses, including passengers and crew, have been interviewed, the prosecutor said.

Schettino will be questioned by authorities at a hearing Tuesday, Leporatti said. At the closed hearing, a preliminary investigation judge will decide whether Schettino will remain detained.

The head of the company that owns the ship said Monday he has not given up hope of finding survivors.

"Hope is the last thing to die," said Costa Cruises chairman and chief executive Pier Luigi Foschi. He addressed journalists at an emotional press conference Monday, apologizing repeatedly for the accident.

Prosecutors are examining the ship's data recorder and expect to have results within days, Verusio said.

They are also considering whether others may share responsibility for the crash with the captain.

Foschi placed blame for the wreck squarely on the captain, however, saying Schettino had deviated from frequently traveled routes.

"The captain decided to change the route and he went into water that he did not know in advance," Foschi said.

He said the company was limited in its ability to investigate the incident because they did not have the data recorder.

Costa Concordia

Christened: 2006

Concordia: Italian for "concord" or "harmony."

Weight: 114,000 gross tonnage

Length: 951 feet (290m)

Max speed: 23 knots

Accommodation: 1,500 cabins

Facilities: Wellness center, five restaurants, 13 bars, four pools, giant movie screen.

 

Schettino, who has been with Costa since 2002, had never been involved in an accident before, Foschi said.

He downplayed the possibility that alcohol may have played a role in the crash, saying he did not believe Schettino drank, and that all crew were subject to random drug and alcohol tests by Costa Cruises.

The company had said earlier that Schettino may have made "significant" errors that led to the wreck.

"The route of the vessel appears to have been too close to the shore, and the captain's judgment in handling the emergency appears to have not followed standard Costa procedures," Costa Cruises said in a statement Sunday.

The ship had about 2,300 tons of fuel on board at the time of the wreck, Foschi said Monday, adding that so far there was "absolutely no evidence of fuel leaking into the sea."

Divers have been searching the skyscraper-sized ship, working underwater in pitch blackness, in hopes of finding the missing. There were roughly 4,200 people on the Costa Concordia when it ran aground Friday evening off Giglio.

Among those unaccounted for were two Americans. The U.S. State Department identified them Monday as Gerald and Barbara Ann Heil. The U.S. Embassy has requested information from "anyone with information" regarding the Heils' whereabouts, the State Department said.

The Heils live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, according to CNN affiliate WCCO, and have four children and 15 grandchildren. Their daughter, Sarah, told CBS Radio in Chicago that the couple was planning to travel after retiring, WCCO said.

The disaster will cost the ship's owner $85 million to $95 million in the fiscal year to November, parent company Carnival Corporation said Monday -- not including "other costs to the business that are not possible to determine at this time."

Foschi said passengers would get "material compensation for their loss," but declined to go into details.

 

Captain blames charts for crash

 

Survivors from Italian cruise ship speak

The Costa Concordia, owned by Genoa-based Costa Cruises, ran aground on a sand bank off the island of Giglio on Friday, January 13.

Firemen search for missing people in and around the partially submerged Costa Concordia cruise ship on Monday, January 16.

Firemen work on the Costa Concordia cruise ship on Monday. The captain may have made "significant" errors that led to wreck, the cruise line said late Sunday.

Military rescuers patrol next to the listing Costa Concordia on Sunday January 15. A spiraling water slide can be seen on the deck.

Boats patrol near the Costa Concordia on Sunday. Divers searched for people who were still missing after Friday's accident.

Rescuers search the Costa Concordia on Sunday.

Emergency services work from the island of Giglio on Sunday, near where the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground.

The ship has a breach on the hull about 90 meters (300 feet) long, according to Officer Emilio Del Santo of the Coastal Authorities of Livorno.

On Saturday, January 14, crowds prepare to leave the island of Giglio, where passengers were staying after the ship ran aground.

The Concordia, built in 2006, was on a Mediterranean cruise from Rome with stops in Savona, Cagliari and Palermo, Italy; Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and Marseille, France.

Passengers arrive at Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, on Saturday after being evacuated from the ship.

Costa says the emergency operation continues and that it is helping passengers and crew return home.

Italian police assist in the rescue after the cruise ship ran aground near the Italian island of Giglio.

The huge ship, which which is now lying on its side in shallow water, was carrying about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members when it ran aground at about dinner time.

Passengers arrive on land after they were rescued. There was chaos as passengers scrambled to get off the ship.

Evacuation efforts started promptly but were made "extremely difficult" by the position of the listing ship.

The Costa Concordia cruise ship is pictured in March 2009 in Civitavecchia, Rome's tourist port.

 

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

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Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

Cruise ship runs aground off Italy

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The ship is expected to be out of service "for the remainder of the current fiscal year if not longer," the company said.

Schettino joined Costa Cruises as a safety officer in 2002 before being appointed captain four years later, the company said.

Even with its admission that mistakes were made, the Genoa-based cruise company defended the ship's crew in the face of criticism on the part of some passengers, who said the crew appeared helpless and overwhelmed as passengers rushed for lifeboats.

"It is becoming clear that the crew of the Costa Concordia acted bravely and swiftly to help evacuate more than 4,000 individuals during a very challenging situation," the company said, adding all crew members are trained and the passengers earlier took part in an evacuation drill.

Survivors have described the scene -- after the ship hit rocks near Giglio, off the coast of Tuscany, and turned over on its side -- as "chaos."

"It was just battling, mad scrambles," American student Brandon Warrick said of the fight to board lifeboats, describing it as "a giant every-man-for- himself."

His sister Amanda said she feared she was going to die as they waited for up to two hours for rescue.

"Waiting was definitely the worst. Because we didn't know who was going to be coming, how much longer we would have to wait," she said.

Some passengers braved the chilly water, with a temperature of about 57 degrees, and swam to safety. Others had no choice and fell in. Nighttime temperatures on Giglio have recently dipped below freezing.

Authorities have said at least 20 people were injured, in addition to those killed and missing.

Authorities are reviewing passenger lists to confirm the exact number of missing people, said Giuseppe Orsina, a spokesman with the local civil protection agency.

There were fears the death toll could rise as rescuers searched the ship, which was nearly 50% submerged and had a gash in its hull, authorities said.

Questions and criticism continue about what caused the shipwreck and the adequacy of the response.

Speaking on Italian television, the ship's captain insisted the rocks that the Concordia hit were not marked on his map.

"On the nautical chart, it was marked just as water," Schettino said, adding that the ship was about 328 yards (300 meters) from shore.

But Coast Guard spokesman Cosimo Nicastro insisted that the waters where the ship ran aground were well-mapped. Local fishermen say the island coast of Giglio is known for its rocky sea floor.

"Every danger in this area is on the nautical chart," Nicastro said. "This is a place where a lot of people come for diving and sailing. ... All the dangers are known."

He said the Coast Guard was investigating why the ship took the course it did.

"We know where the ship was," he said. "We know it was too close to the island. ... We don't know why."

Built in 2006, the Concordia had been on a Mediterranean cruise from Rome with stops in Savona, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo.

The ship was carrying about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members when it ran aground Friday night.

The dead include two elderly people found Sunday, two French tourists and a crew member from Peru, port authorities in Livorno said. One of the victims was a 65-year-old woman who died of a heart attack, authorities said. The Spanish Foreign Ministry named one of the victims Monday as Guillermo Gual Buades, 68, saying his family had identified him.

CNN's Livia Borghese, Hada Messia, Jim Boulden, Al Goodman and Richard Allen Greene contributed to this report.

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  SFRoblars

  A trial lawyer's dream: An American owned cruise line with deep pockets and operated by Italians.
   

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  jrm03063

  Was Gilligan involved?
   

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  grass2010

  to be fair there were no "watch for falling rock" signs posted anywhere.
   

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  MediaFakery

  psyop
   

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  jrm03063

  But what about the deck chairs?
   

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  clynn83

  The ship is expected to be out of service "for the remainder of the current fiscal year if not longer," the company said.--Geee, ya think?? Anyone else inclined go on a cruise?? (looks around) Apparently it veered off course cause a waiter wanted to waved to his freakin family..Never mind killing mo... more

  The ship is expected to be out of service "for the remainder of the current fiscal year if not longer," the company said.--Geee, ya think??
  
  Anyone else inclined go on a cruise?? (looks around)
  
  Apparently it veered off course cause a waiter wanted to waved to his freakin family..
  Never mind killing most of the people on board. Deja vu all over again with the Titanic. >.< less
   

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  MorrisSL

  This is clearly Obama's fault.
   

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  CritThin

  To be honest I believe in Facts: GWB crashed the economy!
   

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  MorrisSL

  Like the car that you drive is original? Well, I'm driving this one, so sit in the back seat.
   

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  CritThin

  I blame Obama also for the econmy crashing even though GWB was President at the time!
   

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  ChatRef

  Thats original
   

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  barde309

  Costa Sips is owned by Carnival Lines a US owned company!
   

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  CelticStar7

  THE captain deliberately steered the ship too close to a rocky shore in order to send a greeting signal to a buddy of his on the Italian island of Giglio. The smuck honked the horn to let his gªy whò wrẽ he would be home late.
   

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  intulekchul

  You have to understand cultural differences to understand the crew's situation. Example: we recently flew from Venice to London. In the waiting lounge the British passengers formed a long queue - the Italian passengers waited until the gate was about to open then rushed forward like a large mosh pit... more

  You have to understand cultural differences to understand the crew's situation. Example: we recently flew from Venice to London. In the waiting lounge the British passengers formed a long queue - the Italian passengers waited until the gate was about to open then rushed forward like a large mosh pit, pushing and yelling. Can you imagine what the ship crew had to put up with when trying to load the lifeboats? less
   

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  intulekchul

  Being reasonable people, guess which line we joined? - No, it wasn't the Brits.
   

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  GrumpyNinja

  I concur with your observation.. as a frequent world traveler myself I can say Italians are one of the worst..rude, undiscipline and just general lack of manners and etiquette. Russians and Irish are not far behind.
  The best? Koreans and Japanese by far! Canadians are alright too.
   

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  siracco

  I have experienced the Italians at the airport as well, not a ruly bunch, it doesn't matter who was first more like who's the toughest and can strong arm their way through the line. Very unpleasant bunch. No manners whatsoever. They count on us being too polite to say anything.
   

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  grass2010

  plus italians dont shower so the smell was probrably overbearing.
   

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  keysersoze09

  This is precisely why my family only uses American cruise companies. I have no faith or trust in non US travel companies, airlines included. European cruisers lack US grade advanced technology and safety training.
   

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  siracco

  Most seasoned travelers I know wouldn't go with an American line, the crew are too abusive, no manners.
   

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  BaysoxFan

  What exactly is "US grade advanced technology?" Space Shuttle Columbia?
   

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  keysersoze09

  Avoidable accidents on cruise ships do not happen in the US. Our safety regulatory system is the best in the world. Costa is a wholly Italian run subsidiary of Carnival.
   

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  aquablue21

  Accident happens everywhere.
   

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  intulekchul

  Costa is owned by Carnival, which is US owned.
   

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For the past 2 months, it seems that Mr. Lee Garner has directed Kathy Johnson, of the Twin City news to continue to write, and print negative article about myself, my mother, Cindy Glass and Jim Glass. I will admit, that before Kathy Johnson had wrote those negative articles about me in the Twin City News, I was prepared to leave all these issues alone, and just concentrate on my family. I was determined that Lee was going to get away with his criminal activity, and that’s why you did not hear from me for months. After, and only after, Kathy Johnson repeatedly attacked my character, by trying to play chief detective, did I decide firmly that I had did the proper thing by pursuing these issues. The buck will not stop at Mr. Lee Garner, because there are a lot of players in this. He has been enabled and empowered by those in charge of his position. I encourage Mr. Garner to seriously reflect on the character assassination that he has attempted on myself. I am in a position now, where I have nothing to lose from negative publicity. I am not worried about the public court. I am dis appointed however that you think this is the work of Mr. Jim Glass.  In 2008-2009, I dealt with over $500,000 as a business owner. I have had to deal with all kinds of municipal governments, and officials, and never have I had to deal with a system where you are at the mercy of a city manager. This will not continue, and I am here to make sure that doesn’t happen to anyone else.  I am content letting this play out in the courts , but if lies are continued to be perpetrated on my character, or facts slanted to benefit the ink, then I will continue to straighten the record and bring forth the truth, to the public, and I will not do it thru a once per week 11 page news paper. I do however think the town is being portrayed negatively, as I was reading an article yesterday, in a neighboring newspaper. Not all of our officials are corrupt. I am willing to let the civil courts, and the Ethics Commission settle our differences.

Stan Wells 

We, the new owners of chattahoocheeonline want to thank Mr. Wells for his sacrifice, and his dedication . We will not sit by and allow the real criminals, and thugs of our community to continue to rob and take from us. They are attempting to take away this gentlemans credibility by bringing up his past. We will not let the guilty and the foolish distract the message. After all who does not have issues they have had to deal with. If they continue to attack you, we will be there to defend, until justice has been served, and all citizens have the same oppurtunities, not just the few.

RIVER JUNCTION WORK CAMP IN CHATTAHOOCHEE  TO CLOSE AS PART OF A STATEWIDE REDUCTION.

The Florida Department  of Corrections announced  that Seven Prisons and Four Work Camps will be closed as part of their statewide consolidation plan. No Inmates will be released early as a result of the consolidation. River Junction Work Camp in Chattahoochee is on the list. Closure date will be February 1st. Their current capacity is 736 Inmates.

It has been reported to Chattahoocheeonline, that Mr. L.B. Howell who was present, and made several motions of oposition to Stanley Wells presenting the council the charges against Lee Garner, was in posession of a firearm during and after the council meeting Tuesday night. This was witnessed by several people. His words when he pulled out his firearm was, if he would have got out of line, I would have had something for him. I don't expect Chattahoochee to take up this issue, but it will be addressed.You can say what you want, but a gun takes it to a whole different level.

There has been alot of news activity and developments latley. We will start back with our attack on corruption, and our fight for the rights of all.

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Progress Quizzed on Nuke Timeline

Last Updated: 9:30 AM 08/17/11 - Progress Energy Florida faced two key questions as it asked regulators to approve passing along about $140 million in nuclear costs to customers: Will it ever build two reactors in Levy County? And if so, when?   Be the first to comment!    Sources tell Chattahoocheeonline that our energy supplier, Progress Energy was at The League of Cities Conference, in Orlando Florida, with our City Manager, and our City Councilman. It has been rumored that some were wined and dined by the giant energy supplier. I have yet to confirm this, but one of the Mayors attending is a friend of Chattahoocheeonline, so facts will be forth coming soon.

    This is the response that City Manager Lee Garner gave me for the utility rates. I do want to thank Lee for his promt response, and his willingness to respond to my questions about our rates.

Stan:

The sewer rate is 290% of the water usage and it set by ordinance.  This was caused a few years ago when we had to borrow $1.2 million to upgrade the sewer plant and this is the amount needed to repay the loan. If you will check, you will still see that our utility rates are in line with others in the area, except maybe for the current electric rates in Quincy who were given a sweetheart of a deal for five years from FMPA at the beginning of the year.  We have a contract with Progress Energy and our rates we get from them are competitive and we did not have any rate increases from 1991 until a couple of years ago on electricity a fact that everyone seems to forget, a period of over 18 years with no increase in electric rates. This past month we had 33 days in the billing cycle, with 23 days with 97 degree weather or above, which caused the consumption for everyone to go up. I ask that you and anyone that you talk to, look at the consumption in KW’s over last month and see what the increase is and you will see that it is increased by a large amount. I know that the economy is in a bad situation, but we do not get any grace period from our supplier to make late payments and we expect those who consume our utilities to also pay on time.  Our rates are the same as they have been for about 1.5 years, $0.936 per KW.  The other charges are for transportation and other related charges that we have no control over and they are passed on to the customer each month as our cost adjustment line item.  I will be glad to go over each line item on the utility bill for anyone who desires to better inform them of what the charges are related to.

If you desire any further information, please advise.

Lee Garner, City Manager 

One of our viewers brought something to my attention that I overlooked. When Sneads City Manager was facing issues, that was in almost every edition of The Twin City News. Now that Lee Garner City Manager of Chattahoochee Florida, is facing ethics charges, Kathy Johnson editor of The Twin City News, fails to report on it, another sign of Lee Garners power.

To give diversity, and informative information, that is fair to both conservatives and more liberal minded individuals, we continually look to the leaders in the industry for this. WCTV News, CNN.Com, and Fox News. They are the pioneers in getting information out to the public.

I have just been informed of something, that I think is quite crazy. Now I can't think of any other government that would do this except, the  present government we have running The City of Chattahoochee. It has come to my attention, that anyone can get access to your personal information through the City of Chattahoochee.  Anyone can come up to City Hall and request to see your file with the City,a stalker, a murderer, a pedophile. In that file contains your personal information, such as your social security number, drivers license number, and also where you live. This has been done on several ocassions, and has yet to be corrected. If you want the personal information on anyone, all you have to do is go to City Hall, and they will give you someone else's file. That is crazy.  Try calling Georgia Power, and ask for someone elses information and see how fast they shut you down.I try to let people fight their own battles. I am a big boy and so are they, but everytime you look around, Kathy Johnson and Lee Garner are constantly pushing peoples buttons. It has come to my attention, that Kathy Johnson, went to City Hall and requested Cindy Glasses file. They handed Kathy Johnson Cindy Glasses file with all this womens personal information in it, and now Cindy is having problems with someone pulling her credit file pretending to be her, to access her information, and no one knows who it is. Go figure.Lee Garner is over that department. Why won't they just leave that women alone? People always talk about other people and what they do, and how much mess they keep going, but it's things like that that you don't see, that you don't know, how people use their press credentials. Peolpe are dropping the Twin City News from their establishments, for a reason. I went into the BP the other day looking for a paper, and was told they don't carry it anymore. This paper is out of control. Thank you guys for all the resent emails about Kathy Johnson. I encourage you to write her boss Nick Bert at the Havana Herald. at 103 West 7th ave. Havana,Fl 32333. Telephone (850)539-6586, email nick@havanaherald.net. All the letters you emailed to me, turn them over to him. Let him know what is going on in your town. If he doesn't satisfy you, take it to the next step. I have been told stories of Kathy Johnson stalking people taking pictures of them. I have been told of smoking pot out by the Georgia woods. I have been told of verbal child abuse. Don't just email me these things let the right people know. Don't be afraid. Press Credentials are certified by our Sherriff Morris Young, and if you feel like you have been a victim of stalking, and harrassement feel free to make a formal complaint, in writing to Sherriff Morris Young. Sooner or later, someone will take notice. They may call you crazy at first, but someone else has seen the same things you have, I promise. Florida Department of Law Enforcement has warned the City of Chattahoochee that you cannot give out persons Social Security Numbers, Date of Births. I have sent a letter to Jerry Askins at WCTV News, to help put a stop to this situation. It is illegal

I saw a guy onetime buying a copy of The Twin City News. In the coin rack, instead of putting in 50 cents he put in a penny. He saw me looked, and laughed. He said man, that's all it's worth.

This is a response from one of our readers. All you have to do is ask your City Manager has this ever happened. Please let me know his response. I am sure he will not lie to you, but you need to ask him first, and get YOUR facts straight. Chattahoochee just adopted the policy within the last couple of months to black out social security numbers, but it has still happened.

Stan

Stanley, Stanley, Stanley...you need to get your facts straight.  If I were to go into City Hall and pull the utilities record for one of my neighbors the Social Security number would NOT be given to me, it would be blacked out.  The Driver's License numbers are not protected because they are public record.  I can get them online. The BP does not sell any local papers, tell the whole truth here, you make it sound like they are singling out just the TCN. And as stated so well a while back the statement about Never knowing what you can find out by asking the right person, well, one can find out a lot about a person on the internet as well, especially if you are willing to pay a nominal fee.  It's all out there, you just have to know where to look.  And when are you going to give us all these answers and proof you were talking about.  Many of your followers are still waiting.