Long County, Georgia

"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do in the day of visitation? (Isaiah 10:1-3)

The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
(Luke 12:16-20).
Therefore
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
(Mark 10:25).

Important documents related to the New Solid Waste Mandate to include the Contract, The Mandate, Summary minutes, Hand-outs of May 6, 2003 public meeting, my Petitions to the court and the Court Ruling.

The New Long County Landscape Project
Did you know that Sullivan Environmental has monopolized mandatory curbside services in Bryan, Toombs, Tattnall and Long Counties and that Southland Waste Systems (merged with Sullivan as Republic Services of Georgia) has monopolized the southern Counties of South Carolina and that taxpayers are pumping millions upon millions of dollars into this one company? Some one check out Florida too! Did you know that Long County alone, with a population of only 10,500 people (with 4,232 residential housing), is paying over a million dollars in solid waste removal now? Want to see what Long County taxpayers were paying for total solid waste removal?

2002 Expenditure Report Page 1 and 2002 Expenditure Report Page 2
(Total solid waste = $0.00).
Imagine what Tattnall (8,578 housing units), Toombs (11,371 Housing Units) and Bryan (8,675 housing units) is paying now! That's why the Coastal Courier printed the government's BLATANT LIE by Joey Brown of Liberty County that citizens should not consider trash removal as a government services paid for by taxes, like roads and drainage! (May 21, 2003).

Since Liberty County is $640,000 in the hole in solid waste, per the headline, perhaps this county needs to be investigated too?
Why all the hush hush? Because a purposely created, forced monopoly is a felony and everyone who has entered into a contract, implied or signed, or has conspired to do just that, is guilty.

Read the Sherman Anti Trust Act sections 1-3

79 Page Report of solid waste companies charged with violations of the Sherman Act and other anti-trust laws.
The United States Supreme Court has ruled regarding the Sherman Anti-trust law that:
1. It is not important whether the means used to accomplish the unlawful objectives are in themselves lawful or unlawful.
2. No formal agreement is necessary to constitute an unlawful conspiracy.
3. Separate convictions for a conspiracy to restrain trade and for a conspiracy to monopolize trade do not amount to double jeopardy or to a multiplicity of punishment in a single proceeding.

Then think to yourself how many politicians, county administrators, lawyers and government officials have conspired to monopolize curbside service to profit from the people. Do you think government officials set this up to JUST profit Sullivan?

(September 15, 2003) Perhaps that is what Jesus meant when He said, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Mark 10:25). Being rich is not the problem, it's the way you get there that is.

To add injury to insult, citizens are being threatened with jail, a $1,000.00 fine, late fees, a lien placed on their property, cancellation of services, someone knocking on their door asking why they haven't paid their "trash bill" and the force of necessity to comply to this money making scheme at the hand of, shameful as it may be, government officials. The fact that these trash carts still sit in front of our houses tells us that this State isn't doing a thing about it. If they "conduct an investigation" it just stalls for taxpayers to continue to profit this company and by the time all is said and done, taxpayers will be paying the "fines" for these crimes.

The court date for my petition for injunction was held June 16, 2003 at 2:00 p.m case 03-v-108 to which I read into the record the Georgia Constitution, State Law, submitted evidence and argued this case for two hours. The very next day the Judge ruled with one paragraph (double spaced) that said absolutely nothing. His ruling did not state whether this was a tax or not, whether the contract was legal or not, whether the ordinance was legal or not. It says absolutely nothing except that the County was "legally authorized" to contract with the Contractor. All the old timers and just about everyone I talked to said I didn't have a chance taking this to court in Long County...don't worry, I wasn't delusional in doing so and knew right up front the odds were 0% (me) against 100% (them) of winning. But that should speak to the lack of freedoms and the justice system in Long County, now shouldn't it? I took this to court to allow Long County one last chance to repair and to see if the judge was in on this. Click here for court records including trial court transcript. Makes you wonder if the judge is involved??

See how the county commissioners purposely set up this entire monopoly with Sullivan Environmental. The MONOPOLY SETUP and THE TRUE MOTIVE - PROFTING OFF THE PEOPLE NOTE: no bids were sent out for curbside collection. A violation of State Law. You can read the violations of your constitutional rights and state laws here.

My notice of Appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court
As of October 8, 2003 the case has been docked in the Supreme Court for the February 2004 session.

During the court proceedings, the county attorney attempted to use the following state law in their defense (12-8-39.3.):
(a) Any city, county, or authority which operates a solid waste handling facility or provides solid waste collection services or both and which levies and collects taxes, fees, or assessments to accomplish the purposes of this part shall be further authorized to enforce by ordinance or resolution the collection of taxes, fees, or assessments due a city, county, or authority in the same manner as authorized by law for the enforcement of the collection and payment of state taxes, fees, or assessments. Any such ordinance or resolution enacted by a county governing authority may provide that the tax commissioner or tax collector of such county shall be the officer charged with the enforcement of its provisions. (b) The provisions of this Code section shall apply to any taxes, fees, or assessments due a county, city, or authority under any ordinance or resolution in effect on July 1, 1992, or adopted thereafter.
Apparantly, it worked for the judge?
Yet the Georgia Constitution is quite clear that taxes shall remain under the complete control of the state, not third part, private coporations.

I was quite well aware that I had no chance to win this case in Long County. As much as they had to check me off is as much as I had to check them off.

Let's just hope the Georgia Supreme Court isn't corrupt.

If the Supreme Court does rule in favor of the county, you can now be required to not only pay taxes, but also any private coporation the government so deems you should for any service they so deem "necessary."

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