Smithville Chicken Pie Festival
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, 2012. [...]
Read More →‘No’ to more taxation
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 July [...]
Read More →Rivers Alive Brief
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 effort, [...]
Read More →Whatcha Say, Albany
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 Albany [...]
Read More →Bill Williams is what Lee County needs
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”. Yet, [...]
Read More →Another take on Lon’s column
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 that [...]
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The Answer Is; No!
My last column got more than a little attention, by laying a good portion of blame for Albany’s decline, at the feet of former white residents of Albany, now residing in Lee County. It was by design, a broad brush, naive generalization that reflected the long-standing black/white issue here. It was my attempt [...]
Read More →Is Albany’s Problem, Leesburg?
By Lon McNeil If you’ve lived in Albany most of your life, or even for just a few years, then you know the reality of Lee County’s growth; it’s in direct proportion to the growing problems in Albany. “White flight”, as it’s been called, has been going on for decades. Money, mostly white [...]
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