Another Cherokee County grand jury has voted to investigate the Ball Ground Recycling deal and the Cherokee Office of Economic Development's purchase of 53 acres owned by BGR's manager Jimmy Bobo.
Another Cherokee County grand jury has voted to investigate the Ball Ground Recycling deal and the Cherokee Office of Economic Development's purchase of 53 acres owned by BGR's manager Jimmy Bobo.
Another grand jury has chosen to continue investigating a failed recycling facility deal that has the county taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars. A Cherokee County grand jury earlier this week in its January 2013 presentments voted to continue investigating the Cherokee County Resource Recovery Development Authority's decision to back up to $18 million in bonds in relation to the Ball Ground Recycling project. It also voted to investigate the Cherokee Office of Economic Development's purchase of 53 acres off Highway 92 at James Dupree Road. The land is the future home of the CoED's Cherokee 75 Business Park, which is under construction. County Commission Chair Buzz Ahrens noted "this was totally expected." "The newly seated …
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The dismissal now allows Cherokee County to add the failed company to the list of defenders its suing in Cherokee County Superior Court. However, the company allegedly has no assets.
A United States bankruptcy court has dismissed the bankruptcy protection of a failed recycling venture Cherokee County is picking up the tab for. Judge Margaret Murphy, of the United States Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division, signed the order dismissing Ball Ground Recycling from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Jan. 3. Cherokee County Attorney Angela Davis said dismissal was brought forth since the company allegedly has no assets and "therefore there was not an ability to develop a payment plan for the benefit of creditors." Davis said the bankruptcy dismissal now allows the county to add the company to its civil suit as a defendant. District 1 Commissioner Harry Johnston also noted this dismissal now means the …
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The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners responded to a Cherokee County grand jury's recommendations and findings on the failed Ball Ground Recycling business.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners struck back at recommendations and findings issued last month by a Cherokee County grand jury that had harsh words for how the county handled the Ball Ground Recycling deal. The board on Tuesday approved a resolution in response to the grand jury's findings which were issued in December. The grand jury in its presentments and findings for the September 2012 term recommended several actions for the commissioners to take, including disciplining all county employees responsible for the collapse. The findings also state the grand jury found no similar entity undertaken by a development authority; the county did not use a free resource offered by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia; and …
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The Cherokee County Grand Jury recommends to the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners to hold employees accountable in the failed Ball Ground Recycling venture.
The Cherokee County Grand Jury once again had harsh words for the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners in its investigation into the failed Ball Ground Recycling venture. The grand jury on Tuesday released its presentments and findings for the September 2012 term, most of which criticized the county government for how it handled the deal and subsequent fall out. Among its recommendations are: The county commission in 2006 created the Resource Recovery Development Authority and backed bonds up to $18 million to relocate Cherokee Recycling, later renamed Ball Ground Recycling, to land on Highway 5 just south of the Ball Ground city limits. The agreement stipulated Manager Jimmy Bobo was to make payments of the bond into an escrow account…
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McClendon & Associates will get started on the audit of the failed Ball Ground Recycling deal immediately.
A Newnan-based firm will soon launch its investigation into the failed Ball Ground Recycling venture. The Cherokee County Commission voted to engage McClendon & Associates to perform a forensic audit related to the project in an amount not to exceed $75,000. Cherokee County Manager Jerry Cooper said the firm's time frame will include the present day and stretch back to 2005. If more money is needed to perform the work, county staff will come back to the commission for approval. McClendon & Associates was one of four firms recommend by a Cherokee County grand jury to perform the audit, Cooper added. The firm is one of two recommended by District Attorney Garry Moss and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The county manager noted the …
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The Resource Recovery Development Authority has filed suit against Wood-Tech, Inc., one of several businesses owned by Ball Ground Recycling manager Jimmy Bobo and his brother David Bobo.
Cherokee County has taken another step in its quest to regain money lost in a recycling facility deal that has forced taxpayers to pick up the tab. The Resource Recovery Development Authority, made up of the five county commissioners, has filed suit against Jimmy Bobo, David Bobo and companies owned by both men, claiming fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. Along with the Bobos, the defendants in the suit are: Woodtech LLC, BG Land LLC, Bobo Grinding Equipment LLC, Upland Development Group Inc., Georgia National Trucking LLC, Prime Management LLC, J. Bobo LLC, D. Bobo LLC, and Sheffer and Grant Architects P.C. The county alleges Ball Ground Recycling operated as the "alter ego" of the other companies and both men operated BGR …
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Last week, Commissioner Karen Bosch's ex accused Cherokee Recycling owner Jimmy Bobo of illegally attempting to conceal cash campaign donations to her.
One week after Cherokee Commissioner Karen Bosch's ex-husband accused Cherokee Recycling owner Jimmy Bobo of illegally attempting to conceal cash campaign donations to his ex-wife, Keith “Eddie” Mahurin filed an ethics complaint today with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. Mahurin and the Canton Tea Party had called for a full grand jury investigation. "District Attorney Garry Moss advised Mahurin that a criminal charge would be difficult test to meet, but that it was a definite matter for consideration of the Ethics Committee," Mahurin and Tea Party chairwoman Carolyn Cosby said in a joint statement. Mahurin said he "brought this information forward because of the Bobo deal in the county." Bobo is the …
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9:49 am on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
So, Eddie Mahurin has just admitted to being a co-conspirator in an ethics violation?!? Via sworn statement, he admits to being the "middle man" in the Bobo/Votes Scandal. Too bad he's not up for office. more ›
Phil McCall
6:48 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Twenty four months before the 'Bobo Boondoggle' came to light a local reporter named Carolyn Mathews did an excellent piece in the Lakeside Ledger. She interviewed various Commissioners about the potential of Bobo defaulting, and in retrospect to the published answers to Ms. Mathews questions it is inconceivable that the BOC is not held to account. I fault the existing BOC for not protecting us … more ›