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Sign Ordinance Moratorium?[ July 2, 2009 – 12:00 pm]by Bill Waller Posted in » Albany Dougherty County

Yesterday, Albany City Commissioner Roger Marietta stated to WALB his feelings that the city should consider a six month moratorium on sign ordinace enforcement to give the City Commission a chance to fix the current problems in the ordinance.  Frankly, I like it.

I’m hard on any and every City Commissioner.  As a member of the media, and the opinion media in particular, it’s kind of my self-appointed job to do that.  However, I try to be fair.  Commissioner Marietta’s suggestion is a good idea for several reasons. Read More …

Public Evidence Against Buie Mounts[ July 2, 2009 – 8:00 am]by Tom Posted in » Albany Dougherty County

Like a soap opera, more is revealed in the saga of Don Buie and the GBI investigation. WALB reported yesterday evening that the investigation was sparked by Phil Cannon and is based on the now recanted affidavit by Nicole Brown. The report also revealed that Ms Brown has filed a complaint with the bar. ADICA attorney Jay Reynolds told WALB that there are a lot of “inconsistencies” but that was why the GBI was there to investigate.

So far, what’s been revealed doesn’t look so good for Buie. Read More …

SWGAPolitics.com Interview with Eric Johnson, Part 2: Nuclear Power Financing Act, Super Speeder,Taxes, Milton County[ July 2, 2009 – 6:13 am]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

Continuing from Part 1 of my interview with Eric Johnson, in this post we see the Senator’s comments on the Nuclear Power Financing Act, ‘Super Speeder’ and Trauma Care, re-creating Milton County, tax evading legislators, and tax reform in general. The full audio and transcript of this interview is available at the end of this post.
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SWGAPolitics.com Interview with Eric Johnson, Part 1: Education, Transportation, and Donating to Democrats[ July 2, 2009 – 5:59 am]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

I got a chance to sit down with State Senator Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) last week to talk about his Governor campaign, which is honestly something I had been looking forward to for a while now.

Talking to the man, he is a man who knows his stuff and is very sincere about it. When he gets into a debate, you can rest assured that he has done his research on his opinion, so you need to come prepared if you have an opposite position.

As I do with all candidate interviews, I gave the Senator a chance to choose whether to talk about his competitors or some issues in the campaign, and Senator Johnson chose the issues for this short interview. The full audio and transcript are available at the bottom of Part 2 of this interview. [Continue Reading]