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Businessman seeks to meet with commissioners about hiring preferences

...Opportunities as specified in the city charter.Commissioner Marion Williams, who is calling Tuesday wants to hire a "county attorney" as specified in the charter, said two women, Jacqueline Humphrey and Yvonne Gentry, were hired to serve as EEO...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-06-17/businessman-seeks-meet-c
Columbia County to repair collapsed Martinez road

...attorneys can work out ownership, responsibility and potential reimbursement later.Calls to Doug Batchelor, the county attorney, and Vincent Davison, the president of the homeowners association, were not immediately returned Friday."At...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-06-14/columbia-county-repair-c
Richmond County Sheriff's Office benevolent fund violates law

...homes. Instead, those fees will be sent to the county finance office. He said he will seek an opinion from the county attorney on whether the fees should be authorized by the commission.That could happen soon. Round tree said he expects to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-06-08/richmond-county-sheriffs
City continues to use costly outside counsel despite staff attorneys

...Convention Center and a parking garage to serve it; former county attorney Stephen Shepard; and Dan Hamilton, who represented...with Hull Barrett partner Doug Batchelor serving as county attorney."Fortunately, the Hull firm is large enough that they...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-01-19/city-continues-use-costl
Columbia County sheriff closer to getting raise

...County Administrator Scott Johnson said he discovered an inequity in the compensation for elected officials when he and County Attorney Doug Batchelor were preparing annual letters sent to contracted county employees and elected officials.Those letters...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-19/columbia-county-sheriff-
McDuffie school board redistricting sought

...Department of Justice failed to complete its required review of board's redistricting by the deadline last year, and the county attorney figured a second attempt may do the trick.Every law in Georgia that changes voting must receive pre-clearance...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-26/mcduffie-school-board-re
Sheriff will investigate Columbia County Commission candidate posting photo of ballot

...election law by posting a photo of his ballot on Facebook. Two members of the county Board of Elections met with county attorney Doug Batchelor on Tuesday. Batchelor recommended referring the incident and a similar one involving another voter...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-07-17/sheriff-will-i
Strength says farewell with stories of his time as sheriff

...comfortable with his leadership. So the rest of the story is Dyches was arrested and indicted. I got a call from county attorney Bob Daniel who said to be in the commission office the next morning, that the commission was going to create a county...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2012-09-15/strength-says-f
'Perversion files' show leaders covered up Boy Scout abuses

...how it happened.In Newton, Kan., in 1961, the county attorney had what he needed for a prosecution: Two men were...name of Scouting.The entire investigation, the county attorney wrote, was brought about with the cooperation of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/national/2012-10-18/perversion-files-show-lead
Former Richmond County Sheriff Charles Webster dies

...Cracker Party politician, and others, such as state legislators Bernard Miles and Mike Padgett and former Richmond County Attorney Bob Daniel, all of whom are long deceased."He was the last one of those guys left," said former Augusta Mayor...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-11-10/former-richmond-county