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What follows the break is a press release we received earlier today via email. As this deals with the Phoebe Factoids case, and Attorney General candidate Ken Hodges, I felt that it needed to be shared with you as it appears. My opinions on Hodges is well known, and I won’t go into it any further, but I won’t lie and say this didn’t play into my decision to run this or not. -Tom Continue reading Sham Email Subpoena Violates Whistleblower’s Constitutional Rights When I last reported on the debacle Freddie Powell Sims has gotten herself into in regards to Albany/Dougherty Consolidation (research which the Albany Herald later claimed to have done first – AFTER I did it and emailed it to them), I discussed two things that I want to reexamine today. The first is the Senate rule that prohibits local bills from passing the Senate before at least one legislative day has expired from the time of introduction to the time of passage. The second is the infamous House Rule 50. Last night, a man I never met died while undergoing cancer treatment in Nevada at the age of 79. Very few people I’ve never met have directly impacted as much of my psyche as this man. His lessons, learned at a very formative time in my life, provided a basis for my outlook that reverberates even now, more than a decade after I first heard about this man, which was a decade still after some of his greatest achievements. If you’ve seen the news since last night, or if you know the quote from the title of this post, you know that I am referring to Jaime Escalante, the Bolivian Computer Scientist turned California math teacher. Yesterday’s Albany Herald had an article on the latest problem regarding the consolidation bill. In it, the Herald said “Sims defended herself from bloggers who had accused her of being a part of some conspiracy to derail then entire referendum effort by delaying the process and ultimately keeping Dougherty citizens from voting on the matter.” This was…well…less than pleasant. Continue reading SWGA Politics under attack It’s been one of those weeks. You know the kind, the sort of week where it’s filled with stereotypical mondays and nothing else, and it was only Tuesday. I had some friends over when my phone rang. It was a regular reader and a hell of a researcher who has gotten me some great information in the past. I answered. After the usual pleasantries he said, “Have you heard what fool thing the County Commission is considering?” I had to confess, I didn’t. I just hadn’t looked at it. After his explaination, I looked at the Herald’s website. Sure enough, the Dougherty County Commission is pondering what procedures to put in place for putting speed bumps in neighborhoods to cut down speeding. Speeding? Speed bumps? Really? Continue reading ‘Bumps’ and bruises Now since when has this been a deterrent for criminals of any kind? I was just watching the evening news and DA Edwards was talking about how these actions will deter criminals. Wouldn’t it be nice if they also did their math? How will this effect prison population and what tax expenditure will it take? The cost is beyond any money they might recover from a $100000 fine. It amazes me that you want to create convicted felons then fine them, do they realize how difficult it is for a convicted felon to find a job? More useless dribble from the District attorney’s office when they should be doing a better job convicting criminals with current laws. Apparently there has been an issue within a town in Iowa – Davenport, to be exact. Now, I’ve never heard of Davenport, IA. I know absolutely nothing about them, and probably would never know anything about them had something not flared up out there over the weekend. In yesterday’s Albany Herald, a guest columnist writes that Georgia doesn’t need casinos or guns in chruches. Now, what those two things have in common, besides being discussed right now, is beyond me but she’s the one who wrote it. Unfortunately for her, she apparently doesn’t understand a whole lot about the ways of the world. Continue reading Guest columnist uninformed at best Yesterday, the Albany Herald featured an article by Carlton Fletcher and an editorial by the Editorial Board discussing recently developing cooperation among Lee and Dougherty Counties. First, I want to discuss some positives. Growing lines of communication between neighbors is basic common sense. There is no reason not to acknowledge each others’ presence at a bare minimum, and there are many solid reasons to openly talk to each other – such as the fact that many EMTs in the area are employed by both Dougherty and Lee Counties, on different days. There are also issues, such as fires that start on one side of a county line and spread to the other, where you need those lines of communication, and you need cooperation between the neighbors. Or maybe some crime spree happens near the County line, such as the rash of robberies in Eagle Trace on the Dougherty County (Albany City) side of LeDo Road last fall, and you want the other County’s law enforcement officials to be aware of the issue so that they can watch for suspicious activity while on their patrols as well. But there is also much to be troubled about in regards to this “spirit of cooperation”. New Hampshire. For Libertarians, New Hampshire has been described as “the promised land” for us. New Hampshire was selected as the site for the Free State Project, where 20,000 libertarians are theoretically descend upon the state and swing it’s libertarian leaning politics further in that direction. It was chosen for it simply because of it’s already libertarian inclinations. It’s noted for having no seat belt laws, and motorcycle helmet laws. It’s been the called, at least by me, to be the last free state in the union. But that is changing. You see, due to the less intrusive government, they have had very low taxes. This attracted a lot of people from Massachusetts who were leaving taxation behind for the economic freedom. So when they get there, do they embrace the freedom of New Hampshire? Nope. They start turning New Hampshire into Massachusetts North. Continue reading Movers should leave expectations behind |
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