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I could tell by the way the telephone rang that Skeeter Skates was calling.  The phone sort of jumps and jangles when he calls.  He can be a pretty intimidating guy, even to a telephone. Skeeter is the owner of Skeeter Skates Plow Repair and Stump Removal in Ryo, Georgia.  I don’t know many folks in the plow repair and stump removal business besides Skeeter but … [Read more...] about April 9, 2018: Skeeter Skates Doesn’t Like Facepaint or Twerps

An unalterable deadline does not allow me to comment on certain events as quickly as I would like.  Also, it is my policy to avoid writing about what everyone else happens to be writing about at the moment.  Otherwise, I become just another voice crying in the wilderness, indistinguishable from all the others. Having said that, permit me to tell you about my … [Read more...] about April 2, 2018: A Late but Heartfelt Remembrance of Zell Miller

Dear Hadley Ann Yarbrough and Harper Grace Yarbrough: Welcome to the world!  We were not expecting you so soon.  I was told your arrival was set for late May or early June but, of course, I am always the last to know anything in this family as you will soon find out.  Obviously, no one checked with you because you decided to come eleven weeks early.  Just … [Read more...] about March 26, 2018: To Hadley Ann And Harper Grace: Welcome To The World

Let me say upfront that Sen. David Shafer, R-Gwinnett County, who is running for lieutenant governor, and I haven’t been the closest of buddies. I didn’t like the way he and his cohort, Sen. William Ligon, R-Glynn County, gutted an otherwise much-needed adoption bill last year with some end-of-the-session shenanigans, holding the bill hostage in a clumsy political effort to … [Read more...] about March 19, 2018: Sen. David Shafer Needs To Quickly Resolve Charges Against Him

For a number of years, I supervised a staff in Washington – first with BellSouth Corporation and then with Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games – and following that had an office in New York as member of the board of a large public relations firm. That meant almost weekly trips on Delta Air Lines, many times going up on the early morning redeye flight and back late the same … [Read more...] about March 12, 2018: Delta Execs Can’t Seem to Navigate Turbulence of External Environment