BISHOP BRAGS ON BRYAN
Tweet Washington, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) today commended country music star Luke Bryan, of Leesburg, Georgia, on his Country Music Association (CMA) Top New Artist Award. “All of us in Southwest Georgia are proud of his accomplishment and I would like to recognize and applaud Mr. Bryan’s dedication and determination to [...]
Read More →Isakson Vows to Run Aggressive Campaign for Re-election
Tweet I Am Energized and Ready to Run a Vigorous Campaign That Will Give Georgia Voters a Clear Choice’ ATLANTA – U.S. Senator and Senate candidate Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., announced Wednesday that he is organized in all 159 Georgia counties and is prepared to aggressively campaign to represent the people of Georgia in the U.S. [...]
Read More →School board candidates blast incumbents over superintendent issue
Tweet Two Dougherty County Board of Education hopefuls sharply criticized the four incumbents who strayed from the board’s selection process en route to hiring Dr. Joshua Murfree as schools superintendent. Murfree was hired after a 1-hour interview and was not introduced to the public before the selection was made as had been agreed upon by [...]
Read More →Governor hopeful claims $1 million buyout offered
Tweet Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Carl Camon said today that he was offered $1 million to drop out of the Georgia governor’s race and run for lieutenant governor, instead. Camon, a former five-time Nashville, Ga., mayor, made the claim at a political forum hosted by Darton College’s Democrats Independents and Republican Team. Other gubernatorial candidates at [...]
Read More →County Commission candidate Lyle to run as a Republican
Tweet By Kevin Hogencamp Dougherty County Commission candidate Ewell Lyle learned Sunday that he had a key decision to make before qualifying later this month to be a candidate: He needed to associate himself with a political party or run as an independent.
Read More →Inside Albany
Tweet Langstaff tapped for judgeship Albany attorney Thomas Langstaff is the heir-apparent to replace Richard Hodge as the U.S. federal magistrate judge in Albany. While Langstaff declined to comment on the matter Tuesday, courthouse sources said that the announcement of Langstaff to the judgeship is imminent. Hodge recently retired due to an illness.
Read More →City fighting real growth
Tweet One thing that most everyone agrees on is that development is necessary for any community to grow. Development helps keep jobs going and creates new places for people to live and work. On Tuesday, the City of Albany agreed to pay U.S. Housing and Urban Development over $370,000 that had gone towards subsidizing development [...]
Read More →Is this crazy … or am I crazy?
Tweet I was always taught to not spend money for something that I wanted until I saved up the money for it. But our government is greatly in debt and spending money it doesn’t have. What kind of example does that set for our children and their children?
Read More →Is Roethlisberger a rapist?
Tweet I’ve been a Pittsburgh Steelers fan since 1972, the year of The Immaculate Reception, when Franco Harris was a rookie running back out of Penn State and Terry Bradshaw was in his third year as a pro after being the first pick in the draft by the historically hapless franchise in 1970. I cheered [...]
Read More →Save SAM Shortline
Tweet The SAM Shortline offers trips back in time, but the excursion train based in Cordele could be derailed without help from people like you. It’s a great asset for south Georgia that takes tourists and school groups on fun and educational trips to historic locations in Crisp and Sumter counties. But its future is [...]
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