Daytime Robbery, Restaurant Scores and Lingerie Football

Man Says He Was Robbed in Regions Bank Parking Lot

This story would be disturbing under any circumstances, but the fact that it occurred in broad daylight in a bank parking lot makes it even more so. It is very easy to become complacent when you are out running errands. It is critically important to remember thieves and robbers are looking for easy opportunities to strike. Don’t make yourself an attractive target.

Should Sanitation Fees Be Included on Property Tax Bills?

This is an issue that has riled a lot of county folks ever since the mandatory trash plan went into effect. Is it appropriate to bill sanitation fees along with property taxes? Personally, if the county is going to get in my business and tell me what trash provider I have to use, then I don’t really care how they bill me. I am not going to be happy about it regardless. Technically, I suppose we are better off since we have to pay for the billing anyway through our tax dollars — not that we’d ever see the savings that result from the combined billing. Anyway, now city residents have to decide how they’d like their sanitation fees billed. Hopefully they are at least happy with their service.

Wife, Mother Recovering From Life-Threatening Group A Strep Infection

Thanks to Paul Thieken for sharing the incredible story of his wife’s recovery from a life-threatening illness. If you haven’t read his blog, please take a moment to do so. The Thiekens are very commendably working to turn their horrifying experience into a way of helping others. 

Restaurant Improves Score From 68 to 94, Several Other New Scores Posted

A Dacula Patch reader commented that we must have a new inspector in town. Maybe so. We’ve had a lot of less-than-stellar scores of late. All I know is that I am grateful to see the health department working in our area.

Lingerie Football League Coming to Gwinnett

Naturally this article got a good bit of traffic. Men are so funny. Anyway, maybe the LFL will put some more money in the county coffers while spreading a little bit of happiness amongst the male set. My question is this: If the players are female, are the cheerleaders male? In my mind, I have a vision of a Chippendale-style squad …

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High School Guidance Counselor Fired For Sexy Lingerie Photos

Tiffany Webb Can you be an effective guidance counselor even if there are racy bikini photos of you floating around the internet? According to the Department of Education, the answer is no. Tiffany Webb, a guidance counselor at Murry Bergtraum HS for Business Careers in Manhattan, was fired from her job after 12 years at the school because of sexy photos of her that she took well before she started working at the school.

Webb, 37, disclosed to the DOE that she had taken model shots between the age of 18 and 20, years before she became a city teacher in 1999. She’s been investigated three times by the DOE, and spent some time in a “rubber room,” because of them; but she has always been given satisfactory ratings, and been cleared to work again. Last year, days before she was due to get tenure, former principal Andrea Lewis claimed a student showed her a racy photo of her, which prompted the latest investigation.

Webb was dismissed for “conduct unbecoming” of a DOE employee soon after: “The inappropriate photos were accessible to impressionable adolescents,” ruled a three-member chancellor’s committee. “That behavior has a potentially adverse influence on her ability to counsel students and be regarded as a role model.” The dissenting vote argued that “she should not be punished for something that happened years ago.”

Now Webb is suing the DOE for wrongful termination, sex discrimination and violation of First Amendment rights—and she still wants to get her job back. To make matters worse, her lawyer noted that the photos have all been photoshopped as well, with her face on different bodies: “She had no control over it,” he said.

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