2010 Columns

I love the State of Georgia better than apple butter, but sometimes the place can try my patience. Like right now. It is just too hot. How hot is it? The squirrels in my back yard used to scurry every time they saw me coming with my pump-action Red Ryder BB gun with the camouflage stock. Now, the little creatures line up and beg me to shoot them and put them out of their … [Read more...] about August 9, 2010: Even The Squirrels Think It Is Too Hot In Georgia

I had considered the recently-constituted Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians just so much political hooey until I saw who was elected chairman of the council: Adolphus Drewry Frazier, Jr. If tax reform is an immovable object, it is about to meet an irresistible force in A.D. Frazier. The 10 member body — which includes Gov. Perdue — is a blue-ribbon … [Read more...] about August 2, 2010: Georgia Tax Reform Council Has An Outspoken Leader

As promised, I have the latest analysis of the recent primary results, courtesy of Junior E. Lee, general manager of the C. Richard Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company, located over a pool room in Greater Garfield. I almost missed my deadline because I couldn’t get Junior to answer the phone.  He was shooting pool with the Bodine brothers, Roy and Leroy, and … [Read more...] about July 26, 2010: An In-Depth Look At The Recent Primary Results, Courtesy Of Junior E. Lee

What, you may ask, am I going to say this week about the primary elections? The answer: Nothing. I am going to let the political pundits natter and prattle, first. (Political pundits love to natter and prattle.) Once they have squeezed all the blood out of the election turnip and given us serious eye-glaze, I will provide you the most comprehensive analysis of the results, … [Read more...] about July 19, 2010: Readers Respond To Vouchers While Junior Finishes His Analysis

I am unalterably, unequivocally, and un-any other word you can conjure up opposed to school vouchers. I consider them somewhere south of Gov. George E. Perdue’s beloved horse barn that got tanked earlier this year. Lord willing, school vouchers will tank, too. They are a bad idea. Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Johnson has made vouchers — which allow parents to … [Read more...] about July 12, 2010: Saxon Heights Elementary Shows Why We Don’t Need School Vouchers