An alert to Georgia public school teachers: Keep a close watch on these two legislators. First, Jan Jones, (R-Milton) Speaker Pro Tem in the House of Representatives, evidently isn’t buying a report from State School Superintendent Richard Wood and the Georgia Department of Education that shows 44 percent of new teachers leave the profession within five years and that two out … [Read more...] about February 15, 2016: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects
February 8, 2016: Legislators Shooting to Beat Plowshares into Pistols
Son of a gun. Rep. Rick Jasperse (R-Jasper) is at it again. Georgia’s version of Wyatt Earp was the chief gunslinger in getting a bill passed in 2014 that was intended to let us lock-and-load most anywhere we want – libraries, churches, bars, airports —but he and his posse couldn’t talk the Board of Regents into letting students in our colleges and universities pack heat. … [Read more...] about February 8, 2016: Legislators Shooting to Beat Plowshares into Pistols
February 1, 2015: Return of Corn-Fried Shrimp is Welcomed News
Perhaps this renewed love affair doesn’t quite rise to the level of Humphrey Bogart’s Rick finding Ingrid Bergman’s Ilsa in “Casablanca” (“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”) but it is pretty darned close. My beloved corn-fried shrimp are coming back to the Georgia Sea Grill on St. Simons Island. (“Of all the eateries in all the towns … [Read more...] about February 1, 2015: Return of Corn-Fried Shrimp is Welcomed News
January 24, 2016: State Senator Seeks to Provide Support to Disabled Community
Republican State Sen. Fran Millar represents Georgia’s 40th District in the north Atlanta suburbs and is not your typical glad-handing, hail-fellow-well-met kind of politician. One Atlanta newspaper columnist calls him “perpetually grumpy” and “ornery.” Now in his third term in the Senate after serving 12 years in the House, what you see with Sen. Millar is what you get: … [Read more...] about January 24, 2016: State Senator Seeks to Provide Support to Disabled Community
January 18, 2016: The State of This Column Can’t Be Overstated
My fellow Georgians: Now that Pres. Barack Obama has delivered his final soppy State of the Union address (Yay! Hooray!) and Gov. Nathan Deal has given us a nautically-themed State of the State address that would have made Moby Dick proud, (Ha! Ha! Ha!) I come today to submit to you my annual State of the Column address, better known to many of you as the State of Confusion. … [Read more...] about January 18, 2016: The State of This Column Can’t Be Overstated