2024 Columns

Dear Cong. Buddy  Carter: Your appearance  a couple of weeks ago before the Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittee in Washington of which you are not a member but were allowed to question a witness panel about our Okefenokee was – shall we say – a bit out of the ordinary. According to news reports, you claimed you were not entering an opinion “one way or the other” … [Read more...] about June 2, 2024: Sharing An Opinion On Cong. Carter’s ‘No Opinion’ Regarding Our Okefenokee

The things you learn on this job.  Someone called PromoGuy who, as it turns out, isn’t a guy at all, but a company that has something to do with sports betting says Georgians feel down for an average of 39 minutes after their favorite sports team suffers a disappointing result.  It turns out that we are well above – or below – the national average.  According to the guys at … [Read more...] about May 26, 2024: It’s Hard To Be A Sore Loser In Georgia

If anyone in the governor’s office or Twin Pines LLC is listening, my open letter to Gov. Brian Kemp regarding the oxymoronic Environmental Protection Division’s consideration to allow drilling along the edge of our Okefenokee, they should know that the people of Georgia (or at least the ones who read this column – and that’s a lot) are livid, to put it mildly, at the political … [Read more...] about May 19, 2024: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects

Dear Governor:  I know you have been busy signing or vetoing bills from the recent legislative session, so I have chosen not to disturb you.  But now that you have all that behind you, I wonder if I might have a word with you?  And that word is: Okefenokee. I have been at this job for 26 years and some 2,000-plus columns and I don’t recall getting as much angry mail as I … [Read more...] about May 12, 2024: An Open Letter To Gov. Kemp Regarding The Future Of Our Okefenokee

I am doing something I rarely, if ever, have done.  I am going to rerun a previous column verbatim.  Hans Trupp, of St. Simons, died last week.  I wrote the following about him two years ago and I ask your forbearance in allowing me to present it to you again.  Hans Trupp was and always will be an American hero. A true patriot. RIP, my friend. I may be one of the few people … [Read more...] about May 5, 2024: Paying Homage to An American Hero