Job Investment Fund MUST go forward
Tweet There’s a snag in the job investment fund that commissioner Bob Langstaff first proposed many months ago, but it needs to be worked through and worked through quickly. That job investment fund may be the last, best hope for turning things around in Albany, and we need it desperately. “But Tom, I thought you [...]
Read More →Sparks fly and neighborhood seeks to keep out rehab home
Tweet Staff Reports The sparks started flying at the government center last night, and that was simply during the Albany City Commission’s pre-brieff. Citizens for area neighborhood asked for the commission’s help to prevent a drug treatment group home from being established in their neighborhood.
Read More →Entertaining letters
Tweet Yesterday, I received an interesting letter in the mail. In it, Bonnie Jefferson, who uploads articles and columns to the web here at the Journal but is not a journalist, received a letter accusing her of not having done her research regarding a column. However, the letter was littered with evidence of a poor [...]
Read More →Commission meeting results in hot water for WG&L
Tweet Written by Tom Knighton Last week, Albanians became aware of a potential environmental disaster area right in their own back yards when word surfaced that Water, Gas & Light was being required by Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division to clean up an abandoned manufactured gas plant. At the Albany City Commission meeting this morning, commissioner [...]
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