REMEMBERING 9/11
Tweet It’s been 11 years since our world changed, since terrorists attacked the United States and killed nearly 3-thousand innocent people.
Read More →Install Door Buzzers in Convenience Stores
Tweet It’s happened again in Albany. Criminals set up an ambush of a convenience store, then they swing the door open, and are on top of the clerk before he or she can do anything about it.
Read More →DRIVER’S LICENSE ISSUES
Tweet Many of you have complained recently about new rules for renewing your driver’s license. We agree the new regulations are cumbersome, but they’re meant to make our country safer by preventing identification fraud. And there’s nothing the state can do about it. These are rules mandated by the federal government.
Read More →Women at Augusta National
Tweet A momentous decision was made this week, as Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, admitted women for the first time in its 80-year history!
Read More →TITLE ONE LOSS
Tweet Up until now, the adults in charge of the Dougherty County School System might have argued that the numerous problems they have caused haven’t directly hurt the students. While we don’t think that’s true, it’s certainly not a claim they can make anymore. Their latest foul-up could cost the system millions of dollars in [...]
Read More →SCHOOL SYSTEM PROBLEMS
Tweet The latest Dougherty County School System controversy is another embarrassment to a system that has had more than its share in recent years. The system likely will have to repay the state more than $100,000 in misspent federal grant money. The most serious issue . . . a contract worth more than $90,000 to [...]
Read More →Fights Stop Fireworks
Tweet The hooligans, who went rampaging downtown on the Fourth of July, disrupted what’s supposed to be a fun event, and a public display of honor and patriotism. It brought shame to the city of Albany, and caused a near panic in families who were there with their children, to see the fireworks display that [...]
Read More →Gary Price
Tweet How many more people will have to be hurt or killed before the Albany Police Chief takes Officer Gary Price off the streets? Two people have been killed and 10 injured in four separate crashes that involved Officer Price. He’s been ticketed, warned, disciplined, even transferred off the drug squad. The city and county [...]
Read More →SPLOST Forums
Tweet There’s much debate about the proposed new transportation tax that Georgians will vote on July 31st. According to the Chamber of Commerce, this regional tax will create more than $15,000 jobs, will have a $500 million economic impact on Southwest Georgia, and If it passes, the revenue generated in our area is [...]
Read More →Thanks Big Steve
Tweet Far too often, we get caught up in our own little worlds. Our work, our families, our bills, in other words, ourselves. We don’t take the time to pause, to do many things we should do.
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