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DALTON AREA FRUSTRATED WITH POLITICIANS’ LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS With apologies to Cool Hand Luke, what we have here is a failure to communicate. The people of Dalton are sorer than a carbuncle at the perceived lack of interest by elected officials in their time of economic suffering. Metro Dalton, which includes Whitfield and Murray counties, has seen its unemployment rate … [Read more...] about Mar. 2, 2009: Dalton Area Frustrated With Politicians’ Lack Of Communications

NATIONALLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER FROM STATE GOVERNMENT How would you like to work in a business with 236 CEOs telling you what to do, but with only a few having the foggiest notion what your job entails and no responsibility for what happens? In other words, how would you like to be a public schoolteacher in Georgia? The 236 CEOs are the members of the Georgia … [Read more...] about Feb. 26, 2009: Nationally Certified Teachers Deserve Better From State Government

CASEY CAGLE TALKS ABOUT DOWNSIZING, EDUCATION AND LEARNING CURVES I stopped by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s office the other day to talk about what’s going on in the state these days. I found him refreshingly candid. Actually, I came to complain. State government is a columnist’s dream when you have the Speaker of the House accusing the governor of “showing his backside,” the House … [Read more...] about Feb. 23, 2009: Casey Cagle Talks About Downsizing, Education And Learning Curves

TRYING TO FIND SOME GOOD NEWS ISN’T EASY THESE DAYS As I was writing this column, the Woman Who Shares My Name wanted to ask two questions. First, would I please talk about positive things this week? “Surely,” she mused, “there has to be some good news you can share with readers instead of your usual gloom and doom.” I told her she was meddling in my business. This space … [Read more...] about Feb. 8, 2009: Trying To Find Some Good News Isn’t Easy These Days

THERE’S NOTHING FISHY ABOUT NEW INFANTRY MUSEUM AND SOLDIER CENTER Sometimes I don’t understand my beloved state of Georgia. How in good conscience can we spend $19 million on something like Go Fish Georgia, which Gov. Sonny Perdue thinks is the greatest thing to hit the state since James Oglethorpe’s two feet? We have a $2 billion deficit and severe cuts are being proposed … [Read more...] about Feb. 1, 2009: There’s Nothing Fishy About New Infantry Museum And Soldier Center