9 files changed, 101 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/content/legal/illegit-sale.md b/content/legal/illegit-sale.md
index 65d8e07..47a8c21 100644
--- a/content/legal/illegit-sale.md
+++ b/content/legal/illegit-sale.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-title: Illegitimate Real Estate Sales
-description: Covers the illegitimate sales practices of the Fire Chief.
+title: Illegitimate Real Estate Deal
+description: Covering the illegitimate and illegal real estate deal of the Fire Chief.
 date: 2024-10-14T01:23:36-04:00
 type: docs
 draft: true
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ fmContentType: Legal
 categories:
   - Legal
 thumbnail:
-  url: https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729060425/photo-1490139753981-d33e0da2c26c_x8n7rz.jpg
-  originURL: https://unsplash.com/photos/person-giving-something-to-man-ejpzqDLBFiA
+  url: https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1727418922/legal/photo-1607038072407-a2fe22551a0d_sxpqxk.jpg
+  originURL: https://unsplash.com/photos/grayscale-photo-of-rabbit-plush-toy-bCA_0q625Qw
   origin: Unsplash
-  author: Ben White
-  authorURL: https://unsplash.com/@benwhitephotography
+  author: Robert Gourley
+  authorURL: https://unsplash.com/@robertgourley
 slug: legitimacy-claims
 ---
 
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ This event was another instance of witnessing hundreds of red flags going up int
 
 Contacting Dayton was an unforeseen obstacle, as what ever had happened to him was still a mystery, and obviously one that was being kept as to prevent anyone from finding out. We never knew his cellular number, as we have never needed it, and obviously writing him again at the same address would not be productive since Doug was squatting there. So, the there were only two possible options left, one was to hunt down one of Dayton's sons and inquire about the situation, and the other was to try to reach him at the address of his house in town. At the time, we still were still holding onto the fabricated and false idea given to us by Shane, which was Dayton was merely "tired" of living out in the country. So, believing the house in town was where Dayton was or would be residing, we decided to try to contact him there. 
 
-By this time, the son of one our closest family friends had lied to us when he claimed he did not know what was going on with Dayton's properties and he know nothing about what had happened to Dayton. We knew he was not truthful, because he is a realtor and was listing the other property owned by Dayton in town at the time. In real estate terms, the intent to mislead someone over the availability of a property is referred to as a breach of fiduciary duty, and can cause realtors to lose their licenses. Since he was listing the other property in town, he would have had to had a signed listing agreement with the owner of the property, which was still Dayton according to county records. 
+<!-- Here is where I left off. -->
+
+By this time, the son of one our closest family friends had lied to us when he claimed he did not know what was going on with Dayton's properties and he knew nothing about what had happened to Dayton. We knew he was not truthful, because he was Dayton's next door neighbor on the opposite side, and he was the realtor listing the other property owned by Dayton in town at the time. In real estate terms, the intent to mislead someone over the availability of a property is referred to as a breach of fiduciary duty [^1], and it alone can cause realtors to lose their licenses, but unfortunately his involvement was deeper than this. In order for real estate agents to list a property they often require an listing agreement between the client (seller) and themselves (a representative of the real estate brokering firm). So, either Dayton himself of someone with power of attorney would have had to meet with him and sign the listing agreement. So, he new perfectly well what was going on, and Doug would be brokering the other property himself. Why it was decided that Doug would broker the other property is not known. But as a licensed realtor, entering into a contractual agreement with such knowledge does not since he knew the other property was being brokered in a manner that is contrary to state law, by an individual whose intent was to receive quantitative benefit for acting in this manner, he should have either insisted that the other property from not only a representative of their real estate brokerage, but of the realtors association as well, and as such are bound to perform it is their obligation as members of the association to ensure all property of your All of which makes it clearly evident he was involved in whatever was 
 
 
 Enough had happened to us, to where we had little belief that any attempt to contact Dayton would be reciprocated. After succumbing to a debilitating onset of procrastination over the matter, we finally gathered ourselves enough to act on it. So, in a fit of self determination we forced ourselves to write a letter inquiring about sale of the property.
@@ -62,4 +64,6 @@ In retrospect, it is unclear if contacting one of his Dayton's would have made a
 
 The point of relating all of this is to confront claims of legitimacy regarding both Shane's and Doug's acquisition of the property. If we had been more aware that we were getting cheated and being lied to, and if we were more knowledgeable of state laws and the statute of limitations regarding brokering real estate unlawfully, we probably could have done something about it. Although, now, their ownership of the property is unquestionable, the means by which they acquired ownership by crookery is unscrupulous and illegitimate by comparison of normal means. After all, when you ask someone how they acquired their house, and they respond, 'oh, I made an underhanded deal to cheat the neighbor out of purchasing it, and then tried to run him off his own land.' Anyone with a modicum of decency would refrain themselves from referring to it as a legitimate acquisition.
 
-Debatably, the nature by which both properties were acquired, and the intent to manipulate or mislead others in order to prevent or prohibit them from protecting their own personal property and investments, should have some impact on the legal aspects of the situation. As our legal system is designed in order to prevent individuals from profiting for illegal and fraudulent acts.
-\ No newline at end of file
+Debatably, the nature by which both properties were acquired, and the intent to manipulate or mislead others in order to prevent or prohibit them from protecting their own personal property and investments, should have some impact on the legal aspects of the situation. As our legal system is designed in order to prevent individuals from profiting for illegal and fraudulent acts.
+
+[^1]: O.C.G.A. � 10-6A-4 (Lexis Advance through 2024 Regular and Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly) 
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/persons/dmatthews.md b/content/persons/dmatthews.md
index 129d2ab..ce995a7 100644
--- a/content/persons/dmatthews.md
+++ b/content/persons/dmatthews.md
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ tags:
   - lamar county
 categories:
   - Persons
-description: "Current fire chief for lamar county, who is primarily responsible for the majority of difficulties forced on our family."
+description: Current fire chief for lamar county, who is primarily responsible for the majority of difficulties forced on our family.
 weight: 10
 draft: false
+thumbnail:
+  url: https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729234699/persons/156557.svg
 ---
 
-{{< persona title="Douglas Randal Matthews" thumbnail="https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1728579462/persons/pixelArt-1728579343845.webp" >}}
+{{< persona title="Douglas Randal Matthews" thumbnail="https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729234699/persons/156557.svg" >}}
 
 Doug Randal Matthews is the current Fire Chief for Lamar County, a cousin of Brian Alex Abernathy, son-in-law to commissioner Truman Boyle, and primarily responsible for the majority of troubles experienced by our family since 2020. 
 
diff --git a/content/persons/jhaddock.md b/content/persons/jhaddock.md
index b840525..6f09411 100644
--- a/content/persons/jhaddock.md
+++ b/content/persons/jhaddock.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Jeanie Haddock
 date: 2024-10-09T18:26:06-04:00
-description: "Current county Tax Assessor, former supervisor of Anita Buice, and undoubtedly motivator behind county's refusal to enforce the law."
+description: Current county Tax Assessor, former supervisor of Anita Buice, and undoubtedly motivator behind county's refusal to enforce the law.
 tags:
   - haddock
   - jeanie
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ draft: false
 categories:
   - Persons
 weight: 25
+thumbnail:
+  url: https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729238884/persons/2027367.svg
 ---
 
-{{< persona title="Jeanie Haddock" thumbnail="https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1728579479/persons/pixelArt-1728579064173.webp" >}}
+{{< persona title="Jeanie Haddock" thumbnail="https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729238884/persons/2027367.svg" >}}
 
 Jeanie Haddock is the tax assessor for Lamar County, the previous supervisor of [Anita Buice](abuice), and a personal friend of [Alex Brian Abernathy](babernathy). Jeanie knowingly tampered with online county records in order to conceal information regarding changes to current property ownership, and planned future developments for political favors. She also used her relationship as former supervisor to the current Zoning Administrator in order to influence county zoning and ordinance decisions in favor of her friends. 
 
diff --git a/content/persons/rtraylor.md b/content/persons/rtraylor.md
index a00e12a..18d5a31 100644
--- a/content/persons/rtraylor.md
+++ b/content/persons/rtraylor.md
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ categories:
   - Persons
 weight: 50
 draft: false
+thumbnail:
+  url: https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729235170/persons/avatar-c-level.svg
 ---
 
-{{< persona title="Ryron Traylor" color="secondary" thumbnail="https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1728579487/persons/pixelArt-1728578776650.webp" >}}
+{{< persona title="Ryron Traylor" color="secondary" thumbnail="https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729235170/persons/avatar-c-level.svg" >}}
 Ryran Traylor is the chairman of The Lamar County Commissioners and a professor of Business Management at Gordon State College. Prior to this, he was the county commissioner that represented our area.
 {{< /persona >}}
 
diff --git a/content/posts/2024-10-17-letter-to-macon-telegraph.md b/content/posts/2024-10-17-letter-to-macon-telegraph.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76c2e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/posts/2024-10-17-letter-to-macon-telegraph.md
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+---
+title: Letter to Macon Telegraph
+description: Requesting an article for local county corruption
+date: 2024-10-17T21:11:08-04:00
+type: default
+categories: "post"
+tags:
+  - corrupt
+  - County
+  - letters
+  - communications
+draft: true
+thumbnail:
+  url: https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1729230748/photo-1623389122089-b490cd00820f_kegjhm.jpg
+  author: Markus Spiske
+  authorURL: https://unsplash.com/@markusspiske
+  origin: Unsplash
+  originURL: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-person-riding-a-skateboard-on-a-city-street-JnXPgELUMHc
+fmContentType: post
+---
+
+### Matter at hand
+
+What we have here is really nothing less than plainly obvious once you wrap your head around it. Local officials in
+Lamar County are openly performing favors for friends, completely disregarding state and federal law, tampering with
+county tax records, and targeting local political opponents by encouraging illegal and environmentally destructive
+construction practices beside their homes, which is costing tax-payers millions of dollars owed to them by law. We have
+done our best to document everything, and are still in the process of writing it all out and collecting as much evidence
+as we possibly can. The violations to federal and state law are without question, because photos and even sometimes
+video evidence was taken while the violations were being performed. Other similar violations are even self admitted by
+the developers, but because of social ties to county officials, the county officially refused to even acknowledge the
+violations occurred. Which is outrageous. You have the developer contacting the county, openly acknowledging they have
+been in violation of the law for over two months, and the county's response was to refuse to admit that anything took
+place.
+
+### Monitored Subdivision
+
+We have been monitoring two developments in the county, one taking place on a sixty acre stretch of land that runs
+alongside Hwy 36, and the other further back off from the highway on a hundred acre stretch of previous timber land. The
+former is exemplary of the situation at hand, because of how it came into existence, which was a real estate deal
+involving the county's own fire chief. Who openly violated state law by practicing real estate brokering without owning
+the property himself, and without the required state licensing. The local fire chief financially benefited from the
+brokered sale by receiving a discount of over $100,000 on a different piece of property he then purchased for himself
+from the same seller, and was given thousands of dollars in free equipment rental from the buyer, who was temporarily
+stealing the equipment from his employer. It was an illegal real estate sale that never should have been allowed to
+occur.
+
+#### Subdivision on Junkyard
+
+Another reason the smaller of these two developments deserve public attention is because it is a subdivision that is
+being built on top of the oldest junkyard in the county. The junkyard was previously owned by the McCollum Bros, and had fallen
+out of operation by the 1950's at the latest. Old cars, barrels full of oil, various automotive fluids, radiators, lead
+sensors, and buckets of hardened lead paint were allowed to sit outside and deteriorate for at least 50 years or more,
+polluting the soil and surrounding land. Since its operation predates all environmentally protective regulations
+regarding junkyard pollution it is a known toxic waste dump and a ticking time bomb. Without question, the ground is
+polluted with carcinogens and heavy metals. When the McCollum family sold the land, they removed the junk and had it
+hauled away, but they did nothing about the pollutants in the soil. The health dept is aware of the situation, but is
+powerless to prevent it's construction, and the developers have been informed of the hazards, but don't care. Just from
+constructing houses without a building permit and violating the federal soil and erosion prevention act, the subdivision
+has generated over 3 million dollars in fines. Combine this with the potential violations encountered for constructing
+homes on property not fit for human occupation and real estate fraud for not informing buyers of known property defects,
+and you have a disaster waiting to happen.
+
+### The next future development
+
+The county just announced a new tax increase and the largest planned development in its history, which has residents
+upset. As it appears the current policy of the county is to completely and totally disregard any and all regulatory
+policies intended to protect the private property of local residents and the environment. The multi million dollar
+development is planned to take place along several thousand acres of land running parallel to I-75. The land has been
+primarily used for timber for at least a hundred years or more, and the end result will be an additional 4,000 homes
+added to the county. Some individuals refer to this as "progress", but they are mistaken, as progress refers to a
+forward movement in the direction of an improved state. When federal laws are violated, people are lied to, the personal
+value of their homes destroyed, and the environment is decimated to solely benefit the wallets of a select minority of
+individuals, then what you have is the farthest thing from progress.
diff --git a/content/posts/criticism_business.md b/content/posts/criticism_business.md
index 6412bf2..1b0970d 100644
--- a/content/posts/criticism_business.md
+++ b/content/posts/criticism_business.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags:
   - ""
 draft: true
 categories:
-  - Post
+  - Posts
 ---
 
 ## Response to the criticism, "It was none of our business"
diff --git a/content/posts/criticism_propaganda.md b/content/posts/criticism_propaganda.md
index 01737ea..6910702 100644
--- a/content/posts/criticism_propaganda.md
+++ b/content/posts/criticism_propaganda.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ thumbnail:
   origin: Unsplash
   originURL: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-sign-on-the-side-of-a-building-that-says-propaganda-no-g6w40MiCa7w
 categories:
-  - Post
+  - Posts
 ---
 
 >[!NOTE]
diff --git a/content/posts/sfolly.md b/content/posts/sfolly.md
index aed8032..435afd2 100644
--- a/content/posts/sfolly.md
+++ b/content/posts/sfolly.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ thumbnail:
   origin: Unsplash
   originURL: https://unsplash.com/photos/black-metal-screen-with-brown-metal-screen-kmNZRWs63dw
 categories:
-  - Post
+  - Posts
 ---
 
 This was the beginning of the slow death of our home. We desperately tried to contact the owner to purchase the land, would have paid much more than it sold for, and have every reason to believe we were intentionally robbed of the opportunity. For over sixty years our family had lived in seclusion and in privacy, it was the reason why we lived there, and it is what we gave our neighbor of over 45 years. All of that was about to be destroyed on purpose, and the Fire Chief took time off of work to help out.
diff --git a/content/posts/stupid_answer.md b/content/posts/stupid_answer.md
index 201dbc5..7bbb2cb 100644
--- a/content/posts/stupid_answer.md
+++ b/content/posts/stupid_answer.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ thumbnail:
   origin: Unsplash
   originURL: https://unsplash.com/photos/white-sheep-on-white-surface-4ApmfdVo32Q
 categories:
-  - Post
+  - Posts
 ---
 
 The gentleman across the street from us came over to acquire about selling our house, which we had no intention of doing. While he was there he asked, "Do you really believe all that stuff about solar?" Such a question was a little insulting, because we just had spent months being ridiculed for taking a stand on our research on the negative effects of solar energy, research that we still stand by. At the time, we just wanted to get along with the guy and be polite. We had grown up with his two daughters, and not had any problems with his family. The last thing we wanted to do was get into an argument, especially about solar energy.