JEKYLL REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ALL GEORGIANS Depending on who you talk to, Jekyll Island is about to be taken over by greedy real estate developers and turned into a fancy vacation resort with prices out of reach to ordinary Georgians, or it is a seedy, financially-strapped rundown shell of its former self. There is no question that Jekyll Island needs a … [Read more...] about Mar. 3, 2008: Jekyll Redevelopment Should Be Of Interest To All Georgians
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Feb. 25, 2008: Some Politicians Think Rules Don’t Apply to Them
SOME POLITICIANS THINK RULES DON’T APPLY TO THEM It grieves me to hear people complain about all the “crooked politicians” in our government. I have spent much of my adult life around the political arena and, popular though it may be, the perception that our public officials are generally a bad lot is incorrect. In fact, politicians grade on a competency curve about like any … [Read more...] about Feb. 25, 2008: Some Politicians Think Rules Don’t Apply to Them
Feb. 18, 2008: Wood Storks Not A Concern At Beijing Olympics
WOOD STORKS NOT A CONCERN AT BEIJING OLYMPICS If there are any wood storks in China, they are in a heap of trouble. The XXIX Olympiad, as the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing are so grandly known are just months away and I am willing to bet all the tea in — well, you know — that not one person there gives a flying honk about the wood stork. That was not the case in … [Read more...] about Feb. 18, 2008: Wood Storks Not A Concern At Beijing Olympics
Feb. 11, 2008: GOP Rebels Lose Battle; Speaker Loses War
GOP REBELS LOSE BATTLE; SPEAKER LOSES WAR I called Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger, the other day to see how he likes living in the political doghouse. Graves was one of several House members who defied the wishes of Speaker Glenn Richardson, R-Hiram, wishes and voted for the re-election of Mike Evans to the State Transportation Board from Georgia’s 9th Congressional District. … [Read more...] about Feb. 11, 2008: GOP Rebels Lose Battle; Speaker Loses War
Feb. 4, 2008: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON RANDOM SUBJECTS A recent column on HB 905, legislation proposed by Rep. Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, that would establish a technical education track in Georgia high schools, got a huge response. Readers across the state expressed strong approval of his efforts. Several sent me copies of notes they had written him in support. People inside the political process … [Read more...] about Feb. 4, 2008: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects