Tag Archives: Jasper County 911

IT’S A MIRACLE!

October 18, 2020 On October 8, 2020, TWG published a blog outlining serious problems at 911-problems that could put our lives in danger as well as our EMS & Sheriff personnel.  (In case you missed it: (https://taxdogs.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/911-whats-your-emergency/ ) Well, it’s … Continue reading

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“911—WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY?”

October 8, 2020 That is what you hear when you call 911, but did you know that over the past several months the 911 operators have had no caller ID and cannot use GPS to locate or plot calls?  The … Continue reading

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911 “MANAGEMENT” OF SPLOST FUNDS CONTINUES TO HAUNT COUNTY WITH OVERRUNS

May 26, 2016  Following is “an explanation” by Mike Benton, County Manager, to the Jasper County BOC about the overruns in 2012 SPLOST spending by 911.  Keep in mind this “explanation” is by someone who wasn’t there in 2011 or … Continue reading

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911 DIRECTOR LIES TO BOC TO GET $21,000 BUDGET INCREASE

June 8, 2015 Of course it is not politically correct to use the word lie nowadays, but what do you call it when the 911 Director, Melissa Slocumb, stands up in front of the BOC during budget hearings and blames … Continue reading

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