08-31-2011, 01:18 AM
From today's news:
Because nothing is more important than fake ass hair (or "har" as it is called)
Thieves targeting expensive hair weaves smashed a vehicle through the front of a West End beauty supply store before daybreak Tuesday.
The break-in at Angie’s Beauty Supply and Salon in the 1100 block of Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in southwest Atlanta was the latest in a string of smash-and-grab burglaries where thieves stole hair extensions.
I'm an asshole because I give to this place every year. They are using the charity tax exemption to avoid property tax. Very nice:
One of the region’s best known charities could soon be required to pay taxes on a home it owns in DeKalb County after assessors declared the land is not a church after all.
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Removing the religious exemption for Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless could mean at least a $2,000 tax bill for the Atlanta group best known for feeding thousands at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Martin Luther King Day and Easter.
Those good works are not the issue. The problem is the charity, named after the late civil-rights leader Hosea Williams and run by his daughter Elizabeth Omilami, hasn’t paid county property taxes on an East Lake Drive home valued at nearly $550,000 since at least 2006 because it claims to be a church.
“Our focus is only on the East Lake property, not whether Hosea does great things,” said DeKalb Chief Appraiser Calvin Hicks. “For our purposes, the records showing that property as a religious site are incorrect.”
Jesus Christ. Retired teachers? I can understand the teeth scrapers, but teachers? They HAD to have been Special Ed teachers:
Jeffrey Wallace Edwards, 46, of Bremen, and his corporation, Frontier Holdings Inc., were found guilty of two counts of mail fraud, 17 counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of money laundering by a federal district court jury in Rome.
“He persuaded retired teachers and dental hygienists to give them the equity in their homes and retirement plans. Then he spent the victims’ hard-earned money on lavish vacation cruises, real estate, fur coats, tiki carvings, and luxury cars,” U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said.
Redneck tragedy. Don't know what I think about charging the son if his dad was stupid enough to be on the back:
A father who was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Monday night has died.
Nickolas Eugene Sellers, 32, of Carrollton, was ejected from the Suzuki ATV and killed when he struck a utility pole on Sage Drive in Carrollton, police said.
His 13-year-old son, Blake White, was driving the ATV, according to police. Charges are pending against the son, who was also injured. He was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital.
Another redneck tragedy. Because you can't see a camo Humvee on the expressway. They should maybe guard this shit better:
Richmond County sheriff's investigator Kendall Brown tells the Augusta Chronicle that it appears someone scaled the fence of the 67th Battalion motor pool on the post to get to the vehicle.
Brown said it looks like whoever took the Humvee then used it to ram the gate of the motor pool and drive off Friday.
Authorities say The 15-year-old vehicle has two seats and is covered with a brown and green woodland camouflage pattern.
I live in the land of the stupid. Saddest part: They get away with it. Does that mean the people in charge are even more stupid?
Because nothing is more important than fake ass hair (or "har" as it is called)
Thieves targeting expensive hair weaves smashed a vehicle through the front of a West End beauty supply store before daybreak Tuesday.
The break-in at Angie’s Beauty Supply and Salon in the 1100 block of Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in southwest Atlanta was the latest in a string of smash-and-grab burglaries where thieves stole hair extensions.
I'm an asshole because I give to this place every year. They are using the charity tax exemption to avoid property tax. Very nice:
One of the region’s best known charities could soon be required to pay taxes on a home it owns in DeKalb County after assessors declared the land is not a church after all.
.
Removing the religious exemption for Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless could mean at least a $2,000 tax bill for the Atlanta group best known for feeding thousands at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Martin Luther King Day and Easter.
Those good works are not the issue. The problem is the charity, named after the late civil-rights leader Hosea Williams and run by his daughter Elizabeth Omilami, hasn’t paid county property taxes on an East Lake Drive home valued at nearly $550,000 since at least 2006 because it claims to be a church.
“Our focus is only on the East Lake property, not whether Hosea does great things,” said DeKalb Chief Appraiser Calvin Hicks. “For our purposes, the records showing that property as a religious site are incorrect.”
Jesus Christ. Retired teachers? I can understand the teeth scrapers, but teachers? They HAD to have been Special Ed teachers:
Jeffrey Wallace Edwards, 46, of Bremen, and his corporation, Frontier Holdings Inc., were found guilty of two counts of mail fraud, 17 counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of money laundering by a federal district court jury in Rome.
“He persuaded retired teachers and dental hygienists to give them the equity in their homes and retirement plans. Then he spent the victims’ hard-earned money on lavish vacation cruises, real estate, fur coats, tiki carvings, and luxury cars,” U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said.
Redneck tragedy. Don't know what I think about charging the son if his dad was stupid enough to be on the back:
A father who was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident Monday night has died.
Nickolas Eugene Sellers, 32, of Carrollton, was ejected from the Suzuki ATV and killed when he struck a utility pole on Sage Drive in Carrollton, police said.
His 13-year-old son, Blake White, was driving the ATV, according to police. Charges are pending against the son, who was also injured. He was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital.
Another redneck tragedy. Because you can't see a camo Humvee on the expressway. They should maybe guard this shit better:
Richmond County sheriff's investigator Kendall Brown tells the Augusta Chronicle that it appears someone scaled the fence of the 67th Battalion motor pool on the post to get to the vehicle.
Brown said it looks like whoever took the Humvee then used it to ram the gate of the motor pool and drive off Friday.
Authorities say The 15-year-old vehicle has two seats and is covered with a brown and green woodland camouflage pattern.
I live in the land of the stupid. Saddest part: They get away with it. Does that mean the people in charge are even more stupid?