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When I go to my Great Reward (hoping it is not before I finish this column), if I don’t qualify for the Pearly Gates, I will take St. Simons Island as my backup choice. It is, after all, heaven on earth. And, thankfully, there are people trying to keep it that way. Emily Ellison, executive director of the St. Simons Land Trust, tells me her organization is in the middle of a … [Read more...] about December 12, 2021: St. Simon’s Preservation Important to All Georgians

Donald Trump is on record as having stated that having Democrat Stacey Abrams as governor of the Peach State would be better than our current Gov. Brian Kemp. At a rally in Perry, Trump said, “Stacey, would you like to take his place? It's OK with me."  She almost did in 2018, losing to Kemp by 1.4% out of 3.9 million votes cast. She just might succeed this time. Abrams … [Read more...] about December 5, 2021: Could Republican Internal Warfare Help Stacey Abrams Become Governor?

Vernon Jones called me the other day. To refresh your memory, Jones, a former Democrat and one-time chief executive officer of DeKalb County, is running for the Republican nomination for governor against incumbent Brian Kemp. After he got an enthusiastic reception at the state GOP convention in July at Jekyll Island from Trump Harrumphs who had lustily booed Kemp, I wrote: … [Read more...] about November 28, 2021: Vernon Jones Touts His No State Income Tax Proposal

I was not going to write a Thanksgiving column this week a couple of reasons. First, that is the predictable thing to do when you have to churn out a weekly column. I pride myself on being unpredictable. Second, my friend, the late Furman Bisher, long-time, legendary sports editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution set the bar so high with his annual column on the subject … [Read more...] about November 21, 2021: For These Things I Am Thankful

Maybe I am being a bit too Southern Sensitive here but I got the distinct feeling the national media disrespected the Atlanta Braves from the beginning of the playoffs through the World Series and beyond. Had they had their way, I think they would have preferred Los Angeles or San Francisco. Then some MSNBC weenie decried us as racist because of the Tomahawk Chop and a … [Read more...] about November 14, 2021: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects