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Public land should not be for private profit
As state senator for District 3, the rebuilding of Jekyll Island State Park has been an issue of great interest for me.
Is martin tough enough for Chambless
Tuesday, Georgia Democrats did what many thought not possible. They rejected the Senate candidacy of controversial DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones, and chose instead to nominate Jim Martin to take on Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss this fall. Martin, a Vietnam veteran and former state Department of Human Resources commissioner under Gov. Sonny Perdue and former Gov. Roy Barnes, also represented part of Atlanta in the General Assembly for 18 years.
Are the people prepared for election
Every presidential election year, I'm struck by a basic imbalance in media coverage. A great deal of time, space and attention go to what we can expect from the candidates - on their policy stances, their strengths and weaknesses, their frame of mind at any given moment. Given that voters are called upon to judge these politicians' fitness for the highest office in the land, this is understandable.
Support your local planet
Many times I have attended a gathering, and after the speeches are done and the final questions debated, refreshments are brought out and served on plastic plates and in plastic cups.
Many laws routinely ignored, broken
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Title IX helps scientists, not just student athletes
Recent efforts by federal agencies to verify university compliance with Title IX are under scrutiny. Some claim Title IX compliance reviews are a "new" way to apply the law to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), but this law has been applicable to all educational programs receiving federal funds for 36 years. Title IX compliance can open the doors to the so-called "male-typical pursuitsî"in STEM fields to women, just as equal opportunity mandates have done for once-closed careers of firefighters, police officers and military personnel.
Fault feds, not Atlanta for Lanier's woes
Today, Lake Lanier is more than 13 feet below its full pool and nearly 10 feet lower than it was this time last year. The state climatologist sees the next few weeks as critical in determining the extent and severity of the 2008 drought. By contrast, the reservoirs downstream from metro Atlanta are virtually full.
On winning, losing wars
On Winning and Losing Wars
Blame game won't solve energy crisis
Americans are feeling pain at the gas pumps. This fact is not lost on lawmakers at any level. We are seeing some of the highest prices on gasoline and crude oil that we've ever seen in this country and no one is happy about it. American families are suffering from these high prices. But what is truly disappointing about the current discussion on energy is that our leaders in Washington, DC, have chosen to point fingers rather than seek solutions; they've flirted with policies that will only cause more pain at the pump and drive energy prices even ...
Drive as if lives depend on it
On the road from Thomasville to Tallahassee, a car ahead of ours hit a three-foot alligator. We were in a knot of traffic, traveling fast and because we were in the outer lane, we luckily missed the gator. We turned around quickly and went back.
Aiming at credit-card fees, Congress shoots consumers in foot
Americans hold nearly $1 trillion in credit-card debt, according to data just released by the Federal Reserve. Now Congress wants to make that burden even heavier. Some misguided lawmakers are pushing legislation that would saddle consumers with fees that retailers don't want to pay.
Veterans deserve benefits it was promised.
This year we have a new slate of line officers aboard, ready to serve.
Nuclear power re-energized in Georgia
As Georgia continues to grow and thrive, it needs power generation capable of sustaining that growth. But the options seem to be shrinking among the body politic for varying environmental, economic and aesthetic reasons.
To govern well return to basics
We are at a profoundly unsettled time in our nation's history, with more than two-thirds of Americans professing in surveys that they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. They are partly reflecting concerns of the moment - the Iraq war, high gas prices, our economic travails - but polling also shows a more deep-seated dismay at the track our political system has taken.
State needs new leases
Since its creation in 2003, the Commission for a New Georgia has brought fresh eyes and ideas to ways government can manage assets and operations to increase efficiency, reduce and avoid costs and improve service. Its recommendations have saved millions of dollars on a wide range of government functions, including facility, real estate and construction management.
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Earth Day is educational fun
I am not sure that I would make a good spy. I really like to be up-front about things, so I probably would blow my cover.
Fighting child abuse, neglect should be priority
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in Georgia, as proclaimed by Gov. Nathan Deal. Child abuse is a subject I don't like to think about, let alone write about, and you probably would just as soon not read about. But it is there, and we need to acknowledge it and demand some solutions.
Lawmakers want guns in more places
In the Georgia Legislature, even a relatively simple bill can turn into one of the most important pieces of legislation that is considered.
Swarm of gnat nation has arrived
Just a wisp of time elapsed, and the almighty sand-gnat is back with a vengeance. Like a swallow returning to Capistrano or a martin to a gourd, the little varmints are back just in time for the Blessing of the Fleet. They just refuse to give up.
No point fighting desire to help others
They all come with some kind of a price and all with a certain amount of disappointment, but still, Rodney keeps trying.
Don't be at kid's beck and call
Call me an old-timer, but moms and dads just did things differently when I was a child. The overall approach to parenting seems to have changed so much. My parents fostered independence in my siblings and me. They wanted us to learn early on that we needed to be able to speak and do things for ourselves, and the sooner we understood that, the better off we'd be.
Effort to eradicate blight won't work
Editor, Hmm. I read in the Coastal Courier that Liberty County's government and various cities' political leaders have declared a war on blight. You know - yada, yada, yada.
Time to fix government is overdue
In 1965, Wilbur Mills, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, brought legislation establishing Medicare and Medicaid to the floor of the U.S. House.
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