New changes at the Journal
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga – For readers of The Albany Journal, you may have noticed a few slight changes. Following the new initiative to open up journalistic opportunities, Journal publisher Tom Knighton announced new measures meant to keep the 74 year old Journal moving strong.
Read More →Quit waiting for things to happen
Tweet “I wish something good would happen.” I’ve heard that phrase repeatedly, but I tend to ask the person what they’re doing to make thing happen? After all, great things never just happen. Great things aren’t accidents. They are the culmination of things you did so they can happen.
Read More →Televise the meetings already!
Tweet The Albany City Commission tabled a discussion on Tuesday. That discussion was about allowing the television stations to stream commission meetings live to the internet. Honestly, it’s beyond time that this happen, and opposition to this is either misguided or else about maintaining a level of secrecy.
Read More →Albanians need to accept responsibility for our current state
Tweet Earlier this week, I wrote a column about how the entitlement mentality will ultimately doom Albany. I’ve gotten a fair amount of feedback from that column, much of it has quickly pointed the finger of responsibility at businesses and community leaders. What Albanians need to do is take responsibility for their part in our [...]
Read More →Entitlement mentality will doom Albany
Tweet Albany is doomed. Yeah, I’m being a naysayer, but I’m also being realistic. Albany is good and thoroughly doomed. You see, despite the great efforts of a lot of good people, Albany suffers from a terminal condition, and that condition is the idea that so many people in this town hold on to, and [...]
Read More →Racism still exists, just in a different form
Tweet Oh, racism. Oh how it has scarred the epidermis of Albany. Fifty years after the Civil Rights Movement sought equality for all, we see more and more evidence that the racism is still holding strong. The problem is, a great deal of it is from those who were once the target of such hatred.
Read More →DragonCon Day 1: The adventure begins
Tweet Written by Tom Knighton Some have suggested that Downtown Albany should host a science fiction convention. Alright, I was the one that suggested it, but a lot of folks have told me that they like the idea. I threw the idea out there in a column well over two years ago with the [...]
Read More →The shame is that this is news
Tweet News broke Monday that a new employer was coming to town, bringing 112 new jobs to Albany. This is great news for a community. I applaud the Economic Development Commission, who is apparently at least partially responsible for this. Unfortunately, 112 jobs shouldn’t even be news.
Read More →The disposable culture
Tweet For all the talk in some circles about a culture war, many people don’t really understand that. I’ll be honest, I have only a vague understanding of what some people mean by “culture war”. However, there is a way I describe our culture and I think does deserve a war against: Our [...]
Read More →Mayor Hubbard: Oblivious to reality
Tweet Recently, Mayor Dorothy Hubbard was quoted as saying that during her campaign to be mayor, she heard nothing about crime being an issue. “I didn’t hear that crime was a major issue. The number one issue was education.” It leads me to asking the question, “Where the heck has she been?”
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