Water is treated at the Cornish Creek Water Treatment Facility located at Lake Roy Varner and at the Williams Street Water Treatment Facility located in downtown Covington. “ln spite of this knowledge and concealed by his misrepresentations and misleading, deceptive statements” Craig facilitated land acquisition transactions “by purchasing overpriced properties, resulting in at least $25 million of taxpayer losses. Below are weather averages from 1971 to 2000 according to data gathered from the nearest official weather station. The Newton County Water System is a wholesale provider of water. It also alleged Craig “had continual, ongoing knowledge that the reservoir project would not be permitted” but continued to lead the county to pay “excessive prices for properties.” “lnstead, he continued wasting taxpayer funds for his own benefit and the benefit of his colleagues and family members.” “Because Craig provided a false sense of hope to county leaders and taxpayers, they relied on his supposed expertise and legal advice, that he was an advocate for the county's best interest, and thus, prolonged his term as county attorney. Craig became inextricably involved in a long-running project where he should have known and should have advised county leaders and taxpayers that the project would not and could not be approved, and was destined for failure, as a result of his actions or lack of timely action with regulators. Craig continued billing and collecting legal and consulting fees for the reservoir project,” the report stated.
“By misleading key decision makers about progress of the permitting process, Mr. Sawyer said in his report that Craig “made numerous, repeated, misleading, deceptive statements and misrepresentations to the Board of Commissioners and taxpayers about the need, feasibility and achievability” of the proposed reservoir.
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On another deal Craig suggested the county pay $1.4 million for 200 acres but agree to give the land back to the original owner for free if the lake was never built - which it did, the TV station reported. Lassiter and his estate avoided paying property tax of about $2.5 million which the county lost in revenue because the land was publicly owned and undeveloped, the report said. Among the land deals Sawyer’s report said were “questionable” was one for purchase of the Gaithers Plantation in south Newton County for $4.1 million.Ĭraig oversaw the county’s 1995 purchase of the 2,200-acre site from Henry Lassiter, who died in 1994 “and was a known associate of Tommy Craig,” the report stated.
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