Taylor’s hiring: An opportunity knocking
Tweet The hiring of James Taylor as city manager is far from a breath of fresh air. After all, Taylor was his misguided predecessor’s chief deputy. More importantly, Taylor works for the same City Commission that has criminalized city hall over the past six years. Still, now that he’s in charge, Taylor could begin a [...]
Read More →Seeking Public’s Assistance in Identifying Armed Bank Robber
Tweet ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Lamkin, FBI Atlanta, requests assistance from the public in identifying and locating the person responsible for today’s armed robbery of the Suntrust Bank, located at 1165 Fairburn Road, Atlanta, Georgia. On Friday, April 15, 2011, at approximately 11:30 a.m., a lone black male entered the Suntrust Bank, 1165 [...]
Read More →Sex Offenders
Tweet Willie James Daniels, 45 502 Cotton Ave. Albany 31701 Child molestation Convicted 09/27/1990
Read More →Georgia DOT Re-launches Improved NaviGAtor 511 Travel Information System: Features New Technology, Smart-Phone App & Sponsorship Partners
Tweet ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Transportation, home of one of the most popular, heavily used real-time traveler information systems in the country, today unveiled the next generation of Georgia NaviGAtor 511. The new system brings new features and, through a public-private partnership, new sponsors, allowing the Department and its 511 provider, Meridian Environmental [...]
Read More →Inside Albany
Tweet Dollar Square builder is still in the game Don Buie and Tim Washington had a special relationship; the two schemed to put Washington’s new Dollar Square store in some fancy downtown digs for a whopping $1-a-month rent, with taxpayers picking up the difference. To boot, taxpayers would spend tens of thousands [...]
Read More →Josh Rosen: Making monsters
Tweet By Lon McNeil Once in a while there comes a creative spark that gets people talking to such a degree, that it fans the flame, giving it a powerful start. The last few weeks for Josh Rosen have been just that. It appears to not only be a personal exploration of his artistic passions [...]
Read More →The Public Record
Tweet Acree, William, A, April 6, state court sentence Alexander, Larry, C, April 5, child molestation Allen, Mary, C, April 7, drugs not in original container – misd, , possession and use of drug related objects, possession of a schedule ii controlled substance 2 counts
Read More →Rethinking Education
Tweet For a while now, I’ve been an advocate of unconventional education. You see, no two people learn the same way, or have the same aptitudes. Each person is unique, and this has been true for a long, long time. However, our educational system is set up to treat each student the exact same and [...]
Read More →Oh, my! He/she walked a mile — in heels!
Tweet Imagine being a man and wearing high heels — and loving it! That’s what happened Saturday at Deerfield-Windsor School during the Lily Pad Center’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” — an international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. More than $28,000 was raised by about 100 men who participated [...]
Read More →Africa has many wars
Tweet I recently read an article about a seemingly double standard on the continent of Africa. Unfortunately, I must agree. Just think about it; Egypt and Libya are not the only African nations having an internal conflict. The United States and its allies have intervened militarily, and ostensibly, for humanitarian reasons in order to prevent [...]
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