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Friday, March 21, 2008
Immigrant committee idea stalls
Commissioner wants panel to find real costs to Forsyth's taxpayers
By Blair Goldstein
JOURNAL REPORTER


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A Forsyth County commissioner failed yesterday in his effort to form a citizens committee that would try to calculate the true cost of illegal immigration to the county.
Commissioner Beaufort Bailey asked commissioners to form a 13-member group that would spend a year investigating how much illegal immigrants cost county taxpayers.
The plan was informally voted down 4-3 during the commissioners’ regular briefing session.
Bailey said he still plans to submit the proposal for a formal vote at the commissioners’ public meeting Monday night.
“I don’t mind bringing it to a vote so the community can see who votes it up and who votes it down,â€