Six months of adventure
Tweet It’s now been six months since I took over the Albany Journal. I’ve had a lot of folks ask me what it’s been like, so I thought I would take this auspicious occasion to share what it’s been like to sit at the helm of a paper like this. First, let me [...]
Read More →Sometimes, you’ve just got to pick a fight
Tweet I was speaking with someone by phone who wants to try and make a positive change here in Albany. She said to me that she didn’t want to stir up anything and that she thought she could make the local officials change their minds about something through positive discussion. I applaud [...]
Read More →A Fond Farewell
Tweet Publishing a community newspaper has been a huge honor and an awesome responsibility; now it’s time to pass the baton. This week, my wife, Suzanne, and I reached an agreement to sell The Albany Journal to local journalist Tom Knighton effective Nov. 1.
Read More →Biggest scumbags? Maybe wife beaters
Tweet Editor’s note: This column – except for the list of Domestic Violence Month activities – was originally published in The Albany Journal on Sept. 30, 2009. It’s hard to pinpoint when and why I obtained my absolute disdain for men who abuse women. Sure, I’ve been around domestic violence, but probably less than [...]
Read More →Dougherty officers should make amends for death
Tweet When you are responsible for hurting some, and certainly when you kill someone, you should be sorry for your actions, you should apologize, and you should be held responsible. That’s a basic tenet of human decency.
Read More →Hey, City: Obey Your Ridiculous Sign Law
Tweet We love the snazzy banners on the light poles promoting Albany’s emerging downtown. They’re attention-grabbing and tasteful; quite a promotional tool, indeed. One problem: They are illegal.
Read More →Airport Should Dump Anti-Whistleblower Rule
Tweet Through his recent actions, Sanford Hilsman seems to be precisely what this community needs in a leadership role; someone who is not afraid to confront troubling matters head-on. In public, to boot.
Read More →Symphony conductor needs to come clean
Tweet Claire Fox Hillard should give Bill Slugg a call. Slugg knows what it’s like to be arrested. In June, the Albany businessman was charged with a felony gun crime, not a relatively rinky-dink misdemeanor like Hillard – the Albany Symphony Orchestra conductor and a Darton College professor — is facing after his prowling arrest [...]
Read More →Taxpayers association symbolizes frustration, hope of most in Albany
Tweet By now, those who are most involved with the Dougherty County Taxpayers Association must have excruciating headaches. After all, they have been beating their heads against a wall nonstop for nearly three years now. But these unselfish, mostly gray-haired citizens keep on keeping on in the name of good, honest, efficient government.
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