ATLANTA (March 9, 2010) – Sen. Gail Buckner (D-Jonesboro) will hold a town hall meeting in McDonough on Saturday, March 13 where tax allocation districts will be the main topic of discussion.  Bob White, executive director of the Henry County Development Authority, will present information about the Tax Allocation District that is being proposed by the Henry County Board of Commissioners.  The Association of County Commissioners of Georgia has also been invited to present information about legislation that is currently pending on property tax evaluations.

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ATLANTA (March 3, 2010) – Sen. Gail Buckner (D-Jonesboro) will hold a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 20 to present information about education issues.  The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. with recognition of Henry County’s Teachers of the Year as well as other outstanding Henry County School employees who will be presented with HERO awards (Henry Employee Recognition Observance).  There will also be a presentation on Race to the Top, the national education initiative that the Henry County School System has signed.

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ATLANTA (March 2, 2010) – Sen. Gail Buckner (D-Jonesboro) is announcing a press conference where senators and representatives will join William Todd, executive director of the Georgia Cancer Coalition, to discuss the voluntary check-off on Georgia’s State income tax form to donate to the research and prevention of cancer in Georgia.  Legislation authored by Sen. Buckner was originally dedicated to breast cancer, prostate cancer and ovarian cancer.  During the 2009 Session, a bill was passed to open the donations up to cover all forms of cancer.  Since the creation of the Georgia cancer check-off on income tax forms, more than $2.75 million has been donated.

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ATLANTA (Jan. 15, 2010) – Sen. Gail Buckner (D-Jonesboro) is announcing two local events and encouraging the public to attend.  She will hold a public meeting for the 44th Senate District to give citizens an overview of the 2010 Legislative Session on Tuesday, Jan. 19 in Stockbridge.

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ATLANTA (Jan. 11, 2010) – Sen. Gail Buckner (D-Morrow) plans to file legislation to ensure that messages are clearly posted on a legislator’s website when they experience technical difficulties involving the State Ethics Commission website, such as filing campaign disclosure reports.  The bill comes as a result of problems that Buckner personally experienced with filing her reports recently.

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