Election Over, On To Matters Of Importance
Tweet Those who have been on a four year campaign to elect a president have had a full week plus a few days to accept the results and gloat or pout. Regardless which end of the spectrum you were on, your actions now won’t change the outcome of the election. Instead, it is time to [...]
Read More →On Tuesday of last week the fat lady sang.
Tweet by Senator Buddy Carter Now it’s over. With the re-election of President Barack Obama, we are now assured that his signature legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), will indeed go into effect. Having survived a challenge last summer before the United States Supreme Court from 26 states, including Georgia, that [...]
Read More →Time To Govern
Tweet Four years ago, Americans came to the polls and swept Democrats into control of the White House and Congress. It was a landmark and sweeping election of historic proportion.
Read More →Election night held few surprises in Southwest Georgia
Tweet Staff Reports After a long, ugly fight, election night held few surprises as many races shook out exactly as many observers suspected they would. The biggest race was the presidential race, where President Barack Obama has locked in a second term.
Read More →Record voter turnout among ASU students
Tweet Today’s general election is drawing a record number of voters to a precinct located on Albany State University’s campus. Students began forming a line before the HPER Gymnasium opened at 7 a.m. and the lines continue as students break for lunch.
Read More →After Tuesday, Government Gets Busy Again
Tweet On Fridays most of us look ahead to the weekend. Today we’re going to look past Tuesday’s elections. Several events will begin almost as soon as the votes are certified regardless who wins the White House. Elected officials at the state and local level are preparing as they will be busy again very soon. [...]
Read More →Government agencies put the screws during economic times
Tweet How many of you who are serviced by Water, Gas & Light have paid attention to your utility bills? How about your property tax bills? If you have, you’ve seen that both of those have gone up. It’s hardly surprising, since government can raise their own revenue by their own vote. It’s something that [...]
Read More →Campaigns And Hurricanes
Tweet I’m convinced that campaigns in this era reach a point where they become counter-productive. Those of us here in Georgia have been spared the worst of it, as we mercifully are not a swing state. I have the upmost pity for the people of Ohio and what they must be enduring every time their [...]
Read More →TEA PARTY SIGN
Tweet Election day is now less than a month away. Reasonable people can find good reasons to vote for either President Obama or Mitt Romney. Pointing out the faults of the candidate you don’t support is fine. Healthy political debate is a good thing, but sometimes it can go too far.
Read More →Five Weeks Left, And We Still Need Answers
Tweet There are five weeks remaining in this election cycle. That seems like a relatively small amount of time, given the length of our campaigns – now an almost permanent fixture on our cable infotainment channels. The election stands relatively close at this point, with the President having the usual advantage of incumbency. It’s looking [...]
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