In 1997, Gov. Zell Miller appointed me to fill a vacant seat on the five-member State Ethics Commission and then reappointed me to a full term where I served until 2002. It was a rewarding experience and I am proud of the good things we accomplished at the commission. Now, fast forward to its successor, the Georgia Government Transparency and (inhale) Campaign Finance … [Read more...] about July 21, 2014: Taxpayers On The Hook For Mishandled Ethics Probe Of Gov. Deal
July 14, 2014: The Job Of Waxing Poetic Can Be Quite Frenetic
“I have gotten bad news and am much the worse for it. “I’ve just found out I’m not the nation’s poet laureate. “I made a great effort. I put up a good fight. “But instead the job went to a guy named Charles Wright. “Burma Shave.” The preceding stanza should tell you I got hosed. I would have made a great poet laureate. But, alas, the good folks at the Library … [Read more...] about July 14, 2014: The Job Of Waxing Poetic Can Be Quite Frenetic
July 7, 2014: When It Comes To Polls And Pests, Junior E. Lee Knows His Business
With the July 22 runoff elections fast approaching, I called Junior E. Lee, general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company, located in Greater Garfield, Georgia, to get his thoughts on the various races and to see who he thinks will make it to the finals of the November general election and who will be eliminated this round. The election … [Read more...] about July 7, 2014: When It Comes To Polls And Pests, Junior E. Lee Knows His Business
June 30, 2014: Help Is On The Way For Dealing With The Humor-Impaired
The things you learn while surfing the Internet in desperation for column material. Did you know that there is a National Association for the Humor-Impaired? May Jimmy Carter (speaking of the humor-impaired) wash my socks if I am not telling the truth. According to their website the organization’s CEO, Dr. Stuart Robertshaw, is a professor emeritus of psychology and … [Read more...] about June 30, 2014: Help Is On The Way For Dealing With The Humor-Impaired
June 23, 2014: Retired General Sees Hope In Future Iraqi Generations
In my home hangs a photograph of a rather large and deep hole on the side of an asphalt road. It is the aftermath of an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) — or in more simple terms, a homemade bomb — that went off just as the Humvee in which I was riding passed over it. The date was Oct. 13, 2005, and I was in Iraq, embedded with the men and women of Georgia’s 48th … [Read more...] about June 23, 2014: Retired General Sees Hope In Future Iraqi Generations