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 →Past time to scrap the sign ordinance
Tweet Tom Gieryic doesn’t seem a likely poster boy. He’s a mechanic by trade, and a small business owner in one of the poorest communities in the nation. However, when Code Enforcement cited him over an American flag, it reignited a firestorm that has surrounded Albany’s controversial sign ordinance for years now. The [...]
Read More →Quit blaming the citizens
Tweet I’m getting tired of it. I’m getting rather sick of the attitude some officials espouse, blaming the people of Albany – and often times their “attitude” – for Albany being in its current state. The most recent incident comes via a WFXL report where EDC head Ted Clem is quoted as saying, [...]
Read More →How ‘Going green’ could lower electric bills
Tweet I’m a free market kind of guy. While I’m sympathetic to the environmental movement in a lot of ways, I find much of what they want is borderline ridiculous at best. One thing we’ve been hearing for years is that “conservation” is a good thing. Well, the good folks at Water, [...]
Read More →Hard times requires us to pull together
Tweet Anyone who thinks this economy isn’t so bad is a complete moron. I’m going to go ahead and say that right there. To say it’s not bad for them may be a different matter entirely, but for the vast majority of Americans, it’s pretty bad. Albany is getting hit harder than most, and [...]
Read More →Endorsement for the GOP Primary
Tweet As we get closer to time for the Georgia GOP Primary, I’ve decided to issue a formal endorsement. It might not mean a whole lot to some folks, and I have little doubt many of you will disagree, but I’m throwing my support, and my vote, behind Ron Paul. Ron Paul is [...]
Read More →We need a bad guy here
Tweet I love this town. I’ve tried for years to not love it, but I really do. I have hopes and dreams that all revolve around this town. I have a son who was born here. I have a daughter on the way that will be born here. My wife was born here, [...]
Read More →So close, and yet so far away
Tweet Monday night, I heard a political official come as close to the truth of what the problem is in Albany than any other time in my life. Mayor Dorothy Hubbard came oh-so-close to putting her finger on the problems in the Good Life City, but still was able to miss it by [...]
Read More →ASU has plenty to account for
Tweet Albany State University is in a bit of trouble. The “Historically Black” school apparently admitted students who didn’t meet the minimum standards for the University. For some, this may not seem like that big of a deal, but with Albany State, it is. ASU, you may recall, made a pretty big deal out [...]
Read More →Libertarians not that hateful
Tweet I was having a conversation with someone last week when they recounted a conversation they had with someone else. “He doesn’t like libertarians because he says he wants to help kids on seniors,” she said. I was taken a little aback by that, because if that’s the image we libertarians have, it’s [...]
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