When Nathan Deal was elected governor, I made myself a promise that I was going to get along better with him than I did with his predecessor, George E. Perdue. If our new governor wanted to build a few concrete fishponds, I’d look the other way. If he wanted to dress up like Dr. Seuss’ “Cat in the Hat” and talk to school kids while shafting their teachers, I would just shake my … [Read more...] about September 19, 2011: Becoming a Mover and Shaker Can be Very Frustrating
September 11, 2011: Some Parting Thoughts on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
Before we leave the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Towers the Pentagon and Flight 93 over Shanksville, Pa., allow me a couple of parting thoughts. As with everybody who witnessed the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, I have vivid memories of that day. I was at Saint Simons Island, having helped kick off the local United Way campaign a few days. … [Read more...] about September 11, 2011: Some Parting Thoughts on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
September 5, 2011: If You Are Feeling Helpless, Then Reelect Nobody
Bill White, the Big Canoe Tree Czar — he is the guy you had better talk to before you pluck a pine cone in the place — told me about a bumper sticker he saw recently that sums up the frustration many of us are feeling these days. It said: “Reelect Nobody.” So few words. So well-stated. I’ve been around politics a long time and never have I seen people as disgusted with what … [Read more...] about September 5, 2011: If You Are Feeling Helpless, Then Reelect Nobody
August 29, 2011: Man of the Cloth Wants a Piece of the Action
A man of the cloth by the name of Markel Hutchins is suing the estate of the late Kathryn Johnston for a half-million dollars. Ms. Johnston was killed in 2006 by a bunch of rogue cops in Malfunction Junction, aka, Atlanta in a botched drug raid. Some of Malfunction Junction’s finest executed a "no-knock" warrant on her home. The nonagenarian Ms. Johnston got a gun and fired … [Read more...] about August 29, 2011: Man of the Cloth Wants a Piece of the Action
August 24, 2011: A Remembrance of a Short Life Well-Lived
Long-time readers will remember several years ago when I talked about a beautiful little lady I had met when she was just 2 years old and who possessed the most crystal blue eyes I had ever seen. Her name was Abby Smith and she was a knockout. It was not long after our encounter that Abby was diagnosed with a brain tumor. A medulloblastoma brain tumor, to be exact. Thus began … [Read more...] about August 24, 2011: A Remembrance of a Short Life Well-Lived