Archive for January, 2011

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SLAMMED: CITY AUDIT REVEALS MAJOR DEFICIENCIES AND NONCOMPLIANCE

– January 31, 2011Posted in: Government

By Kevin Hogencamp

The annual report of the City of Albany’s finances by an independent auditor revealed a significant material weakness – a major infraction — and other internal control snafus labeled by the auditor as “serious deficiencies.”

Although the city acknowledged accounting firm Mauldin and Jenkins’ findings in writing in its annual comprehensive financial report, Finance Director Kris Newton said Tuesday she didn’t realize the independent analysis was so severe until a reporter brought it to her attention.

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SHOCKWAVES AND INVISIBLE COLORS: ZETA OPHIUCHI

– January 31, 2011Posted in: Words from the Wetherbee

A huge star, 20 times the mass of our own sun, is hurtling through space. Possibly sent on its course by its former binary star companion’s supernova, the star has been surfing the heavens at roughly 54,000 miles per hour. NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) telescope has captured the star as it hurtled through a giant dust cloud, creating a massive shockwave, called “bow shock,” like the wave preceding a ship in the ocean. Zeta Ophiuchi, of the constellation Ophiuchus (of recent zodiac fame/infamy), can be seen here creating the giant, golden arc before its path.

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Gold Dome Nuggets: Tax overhaul on ice for 2011?

– January 31, 2011Posted in: Politics

It appears, at least for this year, that the proposal submitted by the Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for All Georgians is dead. Gov. Nathan Deal expressed concerns this week about attempting to reform the state’s tax code at a time when Georgia is struggling economically.

The proposal had received praise from the Wall Street Journal for moving in the direction of a broad-based consumption model. However, it drew admonition from the National Taxpayers Union and Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform for being, in their view, a net tax hike on Georgians. Both groups acknowledge that some of the reforms were good public policy.

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Congressman Bishop to hold quality of life town hall for military families

– January 31, 2011Posted in: Press Releases

MARINE COPRS LOGISTICS BASE Albany, Ga.—Congressman Sanford Bishop, 2nd district of Georgia,  is scheduled to hold a town hall meeting at MCLB Albany’s base theater 10 a.m., Fri., Feb 4.

The town hall is being held so that service members and their families can address their concerns and ideas with Bishop as well as receive information that may be beneficial to their quality of life.

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Land for tax deal latest City sham

– January 31, 2011Posted in: Outlook

So, Mediacom wants Albany taxpayers to forgive its overdue franchise fee debt by taking its former corporate office off its hands. Who can blame the company for making such a proposition? Not us.

But certainly, we blame four City Commission members who have tentatively approved the deal, which came so suddenly and so secretively that we can’t help but smell another one of those proverbial rats that have Albany smelling rancid from downtown to the city limits.

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Whatcha Say, Albany?

– January 30, 2011Posted in: WhatCha-Say?

REP. BISHOP, AS A federal employee it is your responsibility to report ANY suspected fraud against the federal government. As a member of Congress it is your responsibility to provide oversight to any legislation for which you vote. Perhaps the people of Georgia would be better served by someone who feels it’s their job to look out for the interests of ALL Georgians? Here’s hoping the good people of Georgia rectify their mistake and vote you out of office.

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Vintage Albany

– January 30, 2011Posted in: Vintage Albany
“This is what is happening to all our memories of Albany. Not much left and what is, well a lot of it looks like this.” That was one of the comments on the Facebook page Vintage Albany about the deteriorated state of the once stately Albany Theatre on North Jackson street. “So very sad! AT least we have our memories,” another Vintage Albany poster said.

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We can’t be caught asleep at the wheel

– January 29, 2011Posted in: Rev. Catt

I’m reading a fascinating book right now, The First Heroes by Craig Nelson. It’s the story of the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, America’s response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As I’ve read this book and studied a little about the beginning of World War II, I’ve discovered that America, for the most part, was asleep at the wheel.

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Remember the oldies

– January 29, 2011Posted in: Geek Speak

Windows 7 has achieved 20 percent penetration of the U.S. operating systems market, jumping over Win Vista at 17 percent and slowly gaining on the aging but venerable Win XP, which dropped to under 60 percent (Mac OS holds at about 5 percent and the rest are Linux based). In fact the first service Pack for Win 7 has already been released to manufacturers and will shortly roll out to regular users. This means that an increasing number of my readers are using Win 7 and leads to this week’s question. What can I do when my new PC won’t run a program that I already own (legacy software as it’s called)?

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Golden Key International Honour Society Inducts Albany-Native Aakash Patel

– January 28, 2011Posted in: Press Releases

Atlanta - Albany-native Aakash Patel has accepted membership in Golden Key International Honour Society and was honored during a recent new membership recognition event at the University of Georgia.

“It’s only fitting that a top academic achiever like Aakash be recognized by Golden Key,” said John W. Mitchell, Golden Key’s Chief Executive Officer.  “Our members are inspired and motivated to achieve not only academic exceptional accomplishments, but also make a positive impact on our world through the Society’s commitment to leadership and service.”

Golden Key International Honour Society provides academic recognition to top-performing college and university students, as well as scholarships and awards, job and internship offerings, networking, service and leadership development opportunities.

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