Must Be “New Math” Or Something

By Tom, on May 20th, 2009%

With the new moratorium on property tax assessments, WALB is reporting that the City’s tax base could drop $1.6 million since there can be no reassessment of property values and thereby increase in tax revenue. Continue reading Must Be “New Math” Or Something

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Clean Your Own House First

By Tom, on May 20th, 2009%

Recently, I posted about the City of Albany’s skewed priorities toward making Albany a better place to live and work.  Number two on the city’s priorities listing is, “Improve City beautification and Code Enforcement efforts.”  It might be nice if the city started with their own property, don’t you think? Continue reading Clean Your Own House First

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Hippies and Republicans Unite?

By Tom, on May 20th, 2009%

I have always wondered what would happen if you put the “hippy” type and the Republican type in a room together.  In most computer simulations, such incidents result in the horrible death of one or both subjects.  These simulations are why no hard and fast experimentation has been done on the subject.  Ethics is a tricky thing after all.

However, a recent change in regulations has these two unlikely types joining forces against the United States government, as outlined in a recent Reason article.  These natural enemies have joined forces against a common foe, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).  Continue reading Hippies and Republicans Unite?

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Who Needs Soap Operas?

By Tom, on May 20th, 2009%

Many political junkies pay little attention to state matters here in Georgia, mostly because they feel that the General Assembly is boring. To those people, all I have to say is that Albany is the place to be for state politics it seems. After Winfred Dukes’ blow up, State Senator Freddie Powell Sims went and shook the whole thing up. Continue reading Who Needs Soap Operas?

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