Human Costs Involved In Budget Cuts
Tweet I “grew up” working in a hardware store in Fayetteville Georgia, a store our family bought just after I turned 13. Before that time, my father was a federal government employee. He spent the first 22 years of his professional life as an internal auditor, investigating and preparing fraud cases against those who chose [...]
Read More →Outlook: It’s not too late for School Board to do right thing
Tweet By the time this newspaper hits the mailboxes of most of our subscribers this week, we likely will know the answers to the $8,000 question: Is the Dougherty County Board of Education a collective role model for our children or is it an organization of white-collar shysters who are no better than the thugs [...]
Read More →Disclosures: Oxendine funding other politicos’ campaigns
Tweet I was tipped off that Georgia gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine had contributed to at least one statewide candidate through his PAC, Better Georgia. (Both the PAC and Ox’s State Ethics Commission reports show the same address.) I started looking into this – and was somewhat shocked by what I found. Money is the lifeblood [...]
Read More →Lawbreakers
Tweet Tommy Coleman’s job as the Dougherty County Board of Education attorney already was on the line: the board recently decided to seek proposals from other firms for legal services. Now, Coleman is calling his clients a bunch of lawbreakers. Coleman, who has served as the School Board’s counsel for about 14 years, says the [...]
Read More →Not all circus acts are at Civic Center
Tweet Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the Devil’s foot, Teach me to hear mermaid’s singing, Or to keep off envy’s stinging, And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind. Song John Donne 1633 AD This week [...]
Read More →Albany’s stubborn ignorance
Tweet Everyone can be stubborn and or ignorant. Many things can cause us to behave stubbornly. Being ignorant about something does not imply stupidity, but simply a lack of knowledge. I am totally ignorant about car maintenance, beyond checking fluids and tire pressure. Ignorance is a deficit that can be filled with information and education, [...]
Read More →Good Advice
Tweet The righteous gives good advice to friends, but the way of the wicked leads astray. – Proverbs 12:26 (NRSV) Do you have friends that give good advice? What about friends that bring you down the wrong path, do you have them too? What kind of friend have you been to others? When have you [...]
Read More →School board action shameless, arrogant
Tweet The recent Dougherty County School Board selection process of a new Superintendent would be considered a bad joke, but unfortunately, it’s true. After the complete meltdown with the ADICA board, you would think all local elected bodies would go out of their way to conduct all business openly and fairly. Frankly, we spend more [...]
Read More →Letter to Editor: In appreciation of frugality
Tweet There are two sides to a coin. At the last Lee County Commission meeting there was a discussion on EMS policy; reported was the human issue side. On the other side of the coin, there was the often-maligned-by-some Commissioner Dennis Roland, who to me was wanted to be a good steward of taxpayer money [...]
Read More →Oh, fun! Nun Run is this Saturday
Tweet It is a 5K race like nun other. It’s St. Teresa’s School’s 2010 Nun Run, which includes a 5K and 1-mile fun run, beginning at 8 a.m. The popular event is the final activity celebrating Catholic Schools Week, a national effort to build awareness of Catholic schools. Both races begin at St. Teresa’s School, [...]
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