Veterans, patriots rally to be held tomorrow
Tweet Staff Reports They once served our nation, but now many veterans feel like they have been forgotten. However, a group of people have organized a rally slated for tomorrow to remind the people of Southwest Georgia that veterans are all around us.
Read More →Tim Nelson meets with department heads
Tweet Leesburg, GA): On Wednesday, September 19, 2012, Lee County Commission candidate Tim Nelson took the time to learn about how a few different County departments operate and fund themselves. He began at the Leesburg branch of the library where he met with Lee County Library Director Claire Leavy. During his visit to the library, [...]
Read More →Lee’s sign ordinance changed
Tweet Staff Reports Leesburg – It remains to be seen of independent candidate Tim Nelson will defeat republican incumbent Rick Muggridge for his seat on the Lee County Commission in November. That will be for the voters of district four to decide. However, Nelson has already won a victory when the Lee County Commission voted [...]
Read More →Smithville Chicken Pie Festival
Tweet The Smithville Recreation Club in Smithville, Georgia is making preparations for their two big fall events that we hold every October. Our first fall event is the “Miss Smithville Blue Jean Pageant” which will be held on Saturday, October 20th 2011. This is a preliminary to the “Chicken Pie Festival” on Saturday October 27th, [...]
Read More →‘No’ to more taxation
Tweet As far as taxes go, I’m generally in favor of sales taxes. They have the benefit of being a bit fairer as well as being easier to not have to pay. That makes them more voluntary than other forms of taxation. However, I’m urging voters to vote against the T-SPLOST referendum on our [...]
Read More →Rivers Alive Brief
Tweet Greetings! #NVR again… And this week I want to talk to you about waterways. This past weekend a couple of our members devoted their Saturday to helping to clean up some of our South Georgia creeks. They did this by coordinating with a state wide effort to clean up our states waterways. That [...]
Read More →Whatcha Say, Albany
Tweet It amazes me how people can say they’ve won or their life has improved by leaving Albany – but I notice 2 things – 1) They continue to discredit any improvement in Albany or 2) They moved to Lee County – which, let’s face it, is tied to Albany at the hip. What affects [...]
Read More →Bill Williams is what Lee County needs
Tweet Editor’s Note: The following is an opinion piece written by Robert Rehberg, a frequent associate of the Journal. The following is his own opinions and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Albany Journal or its management. If you want to get my attention, just say two words: “tax increase”. [...]
Read More →Another take on Lon’s column
Tweet Lon McNeil certainly stirred up something with his column two weeks ago where he asked if Albany’s problem was Leesburg. Here at the Journal offices, we have received a significant amount of communication from folks regarding that column. It’s seemed that no matter where I go, as soon as people find out [...]
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