Has the county line battle reached its ultimate conclusion or is the debate yet unsettled?
Hadn't thought about this for a long time. Then, today, I read that the voters there last week chose to elect a dead man to the county commission rather than his living opponent. I suppose that is a matter of preference towards whichever party the dead man represented. Which leads me to ask if there is controversy within each of the counties or only between the two counties?
excuse my ignorance, but where is Bibb County?
Bibb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. On July 31, 2012, by a margin of 57% to 43%, voters in the county approved a measure to consolidate the city of Macon and Bibb County and dissolve the government of Payne, Georgia.[1] As of the 2010 census, the population was 155,547.[2]
This is where Frank Willis told us about the huge county line fight with neighboring Monroe County. Keith Williams provided testimony.
http://www.howderfamily.com/blog/bibb-monroe-border-dispute/
Check out a thread from back in July:
Bibb/ Monroe County Line
by Dallas Morlan , Delaware Ohio, Monday, July 09, 2012, 09:32 (127 days ago) @ DKeithKilby
Many have seen the Bibb/ Monroe Line dispute play out in the newspapers and blogs most of which have been one sided; for those who would like to hear from the Surveyor and how he determined his line, Terry has made a website:
www.bibb-monroecontroversy.com. He has posted several documents along with a very well put together Video (Kemp Video). The video runs approximately 20 mintues.
WebSite: www.bibb-monroecontroversy.com
Kemp Video: www.meestore.com/ts/Videos/Scar1.wmv
First link came up with an extra period at the end. This is the corrected link www.bibb-monroecontroversy.com the third link appears to be the same as a link from a page in the first.
I think you are confusing two cases. The case that Frank Willis and Keith Williams was involved with was between Rapides Parish and Grant Parish in Louisiana. I don't think either was involved in the Bibb - Monroe case.
Thanks for the correction. I did confuse the two issues. The Bibb-Monroe issue was the one where the surveyor did not get his money.
Pseudo, you are right and I really don't want to be put in the same category as Frank Willis, as I had a very small part in that case, whereas Frank was the man who carried that case. And his efforts won the case.
Keith
As a resident of Monroe County and a professional land surveyor, I feel that I have better insight to this matter than most.......Yes, we did elect a new county commission chairman. Mr. Mike Bilderback (R) defeated Mr. James Vaughn (D)and will serve as chair for the next four years. The county line issue has not been resolved. Mt. Terry Scarbrough prepared a plat of survey depicting his opinion of the location of the line and his survey was not accepted by the Secretary of State, Mr. Brian Kemp. Monroe County continues to pursue legal options as to getting the decision reversed. It is my understanding that Monroe County promptly paid their portion of the invoice and Bibb County (after much delay) finally paid their portion.
This issues has not gone away and continues to cost the tax payers in both counties countless dollars. One issue that Bliderback brought up in the campaign was the fact that Vaughn has employed a high priced ($523 PER HOUR) Atlanta law firm to litigate for the county. Vaughn countered with the fact that he was not on the county commission when this issue began and that he inherited what Bilderback (in a previous stint on the county commission) and others started.
As is always the case, there is much more to this than meets the eye. It takes careful digging and research of as much information as you can find in order to understand the complexity of the issues being raised. The bottom line is that the Secretary of State did not accept the plat as presented and after many years and much money, we are right back where we started.
It will probably mean another survey will be ordered which should either agree or disagree with the Scarbrough survey. If the second survey agrees with the first, game over. If it does not, who knows what will happen.....