SCHOOL SYSTEM BOND
Tweet There’s yet another instance of poor judgment by top administrators in the Dougherty County School System. Superintendent Joshua Murfree and Assistant Superintendent Kenneth Goseer reimbursed parents for bond money after they complained about their daughter’s arrest at school. The school board attorney says that may be an unlawful expenditure of school system money, [...]
Read More →Voters should decide Consolidation
Tweet We hope Commissioners will finally allow voters to decide the City / County Consolidation, issue, as one obvious answer to our budget shortfall. The City now struggles with financial problems, which may mean a 1.33 mil tax increase for property owners. City Manager James Taylor says he can balance the budget without a [...]
Read More →Claire Hillard Rehired?
Tweet The decision to return Claire Fox Hilliard as Music Director for the Albany Symphony Orchestra sends a terrible message to community, especially our black community and to our youth. The Albany Symphony board has said to African Americans, we have no respect or sensitivity for you, and to our young people, they have [...]
Read More →CHARTER SCHOOLS
Tweet You’ll get a chance to decide whether to change the state Constitution to make it easier to start charter schools. Both the state House and Senate passed a Constitutional amendment referendum that will go on the ballot in November. It would clarify state law after the state Supreme Court ruled the Georgia Charter Schools [...]
Read More →Gordy Gruhl 1,000 Wins Tribute
Tweet Any time a coach reaches a win total that ends with two zeroes is a significant accomplishment. However, there are not many coaches who have three zeroes in the last three digits of their career win total. Deerfield-Windsor basketball coach Gordy Gruhl become one of the few high school coaches in Georgia history [...]
Read More →Gun Sales and Carry Permits Skyrocket
Tweet South Georgia firearm dealers say they are having a hard time keeping guns in stock, because of skyrocketing sales. Probate Judges in the area say they’re seeing increased numbers of people applying for gun carry permits. State legislators raised the price for carry permits from $50 to $70 last year, but that has not [...]
Read More →Federal Gas Tax Proposal
Tweet Ninth District Republican Congressman Tom Graves did an editorial in the AJC recently that caught our attention, and it’s a good example of government out of control. Graves said that the three cents per gallon gas tax that started in 1956 to build the Interstate road system was supposed to go to a [...]
Read More →GOOD SURVEILLANCE
Tweet Hardly a week, or even a day, goes by on our news that we don’t show you surveillance video of criminals in action. Often, when we show you the video, it leads directly to an arrest. But this kind of video serves an even more important purpose. It can prevent crime. Recently, Dougherty [...]
Read More →MAYOR’S PRAYER BREAKFAST:
Tweet Coming up next week, The ALDON (Albany-Dougherty National) prayer committee will sponsor the 39th annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Mel Blackaby, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Jonesboro. The breakfast will be held Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Hilton Garden Inn, on Front Street in Albany. The event will begin at [...]
Read More →Dog Responsibility
Tweet Rarely a week goes by that we don’t hear about a dog attacking a human or another animal. While occasionally the aggressive dogs are strays, more often, they are someone’s pet. In one of the more recent attacks, a chow mauled a tiny Yorkie mix, while its owner stood nearby. Now, the owner [...]
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