County commissioners jailed after refusing to give OK to proposed landfill
All three members of the Taliaferro County, Ga., Commission were jailed for one night last week after they violated a judge’s order by refusing to grant a developer permission to build a landfill in their county. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Commission Chairman Charles Ware and commissioners Evelyn Kendricks and Jane Hubert have fought the proposed 850-acre landfill “in and out of court since 2001.” A superior court judge recently issued a ruling that ordered the county to grant Atlanta-based Complex Environmental permission to build an 850-acre landfill. The commissioners initially refused to carry out the order but later did so after spending last Tuesday night in jail. According to the newspaper, on the agreement the commissioners signed to give the developer permission, they “added a line saying they would not have signed the letter without being forced by a judge.” For more information, visit
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