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Libraries and Taxes and Bannister – Oh My!
Saturday, 2 Jan, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Libraries and Taxes and Bannister – Oh My!

I finally had a little free time at the end of 2009 so I jotted down some thoughts I have had on major issues facing the County and State as we start 2010.  Each one …

Opposition to 287(g)
Thursday, 3 Dec, 2009 – 11:01 | Comments Off
Opposition to 287(g)

Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway announced the beginning of the 287(g) program in Gwinnett in November of 2009.  It was the culmination of a long process that included support from Gwinnett County Commissioners and the …

Obama`s 287(g) Could Reduce Gwinnett`s Options
Thursday, 9 Jul, 2009 – 17:18 | 2 Comments
Obama`s 287(g) Could Reduce Gwinnett`s Options

The most active 287(g)-trained Sheriff’s Department in the country, Davidson County, Tennessee, has been told by the Obama administration that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer pick up every illegal alien from its …

Bannister Fiddles While Gwinnett Burns
Friday, 27 Mar, 2009 – 13:05 | 2 Comments
Bannister Fiddles While Gwinnett Burns

Do you hear that? Silence. It is the sound of Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charles Bannister’s response to the revelation that “Success Lives Here” apparently applies to Mexican drug cartels as well. Drug smugglers have found …

More than 900 Gwinnett Inmates to be Deported… But Not Really
Saturday, 7 Feb, 2009 – 0:57 | Comments Off
More than 900 Gwinnett Inmates to be Deported… But Not Really

The processing “surge” conducted by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Gwinnett County Jail identified over 900 arrestees in our county illegally and, thereby, eligible for deportation. Over 300 have already been awarded a …

Gwinnett Buzz: Activist group opposes illegal immigrant deportations
Wednesday, 14 Jan, 2009 – 8:12 | One Comment

GwinnettBuzz takes on the critics of the recently launched ICE program to screen all inmates at the Gwinnett County Jail to identify illegal aliens:
“This argument is patently absurd with respect to the situation in Gwinnett. …