Scroggins Crosswired Local News - July 1999

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July 30, 1999

Boss Hawgs reeling from new allegations

July 29, 1999

Bibb bans large-truck parking in neighborhoods, exempts Bubba's cars on blocks

July 28, 1999

Gas deregulation a city-slicker conspiracy

July 27, 1999

Nuwaubian judge declares Putnam officials guilty, issues death sentences

July 26, 1999

Temporary lack of idiotic behavior frustrates parody writer

July 23, 1999

Serious contenders brace for mayoral write-in campaign

July 22, 1999

Melton takes marbles and goes home

July 21, 1999

Anti-Richardson and anti-Telegraph voters swamp Macon polling sites

July 20, 1999

County Commission considers ban on nude Shakespeare

July 19, 1999

Melton, Ellis agree on most issues

July 16, 1999

Environmental groups get panties in a wad

July 15, 1999

Macon residents use preemptive signs to prevent unwanted things

July 14, 1999

Peach Chamber calls school board incompetent boobs

July 13, 1999

Macon-Bibb consolidation session mistaken for useful meeting

July 12, 1999

The Macon Telegraph crushes Melton's mayoral candidacy with dreaded endorsement

July 9, 1999

Superintendent proposes beefy PE teachers as school safety measure

July 8, 1999

City Council fails to override veto, decides to 'just wing it' on budget

July 7, 1999

Midstate counties to complete merger plans, several towns declare independence

July 6, 1999

Officials urge Georgians to panic before Y2K rather than after

July 5, 1999

Mayor breaks in new pen, vetoes millage rate, proposes bigger tax cut

July 2, 1999

Mayor Marshall declines designation as 'Head-Weinie'

July 1, 1999

Macon braces for parody deprivation

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Disclaimer: The accounts, quotes and stories on this page are wholly fictitious and intended as satire and humor. Although real names may be used and all good humor has an element of truth, this stuff ain't real. If you didn't already know these stories were bogus, then you're not too bright. --Steve Scroggins

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To read the "real" news that inspires these stories, read The Macon Telegraph online.

See Ed Grisamore's 9/29/99 column on these parodies.

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