Up until the final days of the 2010 legislative session, Georgia was about to become the only state in the union without an arts council. The Georgia House had dropped all funding for the arts and it wasn’t until the State Senate under the leadership of Senate Appropriations Chair Jack Hill (R-Reidsville) stepped in and restored $860,000 for the Georgia Council for the Arts. … [Read more...] about May 24, 2010: Far-Sighted Advocates Prove Arts Are Good For Business
May 17, 2010: Lack Of Shared Vision Has Made Georgia’s Public Education A Barren Wasteland
Kathy Cox has resigned as State School Superintendent to take a new job in Washington. I have no way of knowing who will win the job this fall, but I do know that what public education lacks more than dollars is a strong and effective advocate. No one – not Cox, not the State Board of Education, not the Georgia School Board Association, not the Georgia Association of Educators … [Read more...] about May 17, 2010: Lack Of Shared Vision Has Made Georgia’s Public Education A Barren Wasteland
May 10, 2010: Sweet Vidalia Onions- Just Another Of Georgia’s Blessings
If I want to pucker a few know-it-all Yankee fannies, all I have to do is start bragging about how the Great State of Georgia is most blessed among these our United States. There are majestic mountains to the north and the Golden Isles to the south. In between, we have the University of Georgia, the oldest-state chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the … [Read more...] about May 10, 2010: Sweet Vidalia Onions- Just Another Of Georgia’s Blessings
May 3, 2010: Jimmy Carter’s Al Het? Oy Vey!
I don't give a flip whether Jason Carter is elected to the Georgia state senate or not. He won't represent me because I don't live in Georgia's 42nd district. What I do care about is that his grandfather, Jimmy Carter, is at it again. If you are a long-time Georgian, you will remember the savagely racist campaign Carter ran for governor in 1970, impugning the reputation of a … [Read more...] about May 3, 2010: Jimmy Carter’s Al Het? Oy Vey!
April 26, 2010: Round Or Square, Inc. Makes A Bee-Line To Releases First Poll On Governor’s Race
Now that the legislative session is (drum roll, please) history, it is time to turn our sights to the governor’s race. The C. Richard Yarbrough Multinational Media and Pest Control Company is pleased to announce the results of the first comprehensive poll on the upcoming gubernatorial campaign by its subsidiary, Round or Square, Inc., one of the nation’s leading opinion … [Read more...] about April 26, 2010: Round Or Square, Inc. Makes A Bee-Line To Releases First Poll On Governor’s Race