Albany, Georgia City Commissioner Jon Howard is my classmate from college and one of the most dedicated public servants you will ever meet. He put together a candidates forum this morning and I found myself talking with Bishop, Everson, Monds and Dukes. That list of names isn’t a law firm but speakers at the forum [...]
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Georgia Political Talks/Obama Style
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged albany, Congress, democrats, Georgia, John Monds, moderates, republicans, sanford bishop on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Obama and Cameo: Don’t Be Lonely
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, albany, Black college, Blacks, blue dogs, Cameo, Conservatives, Georgia, healthcare, Martha’s Vineyard, Obama on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
President Obama should listen to the jam band Cameo during his Martha’s Vineyard vacation. Of course, he must hit the Black Dog Tavern and cop a t-shirt and cap. An old friend sent me a Black Dog hat and people in south Georgia wonder if the “Black Dog” is an African-American sub-group inside the Blue [...]
Free Credit Report Guy is French Canadian and Angry Protesters
Posted in politics, tagged albany, anger, healthcare, NPR, tea party on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While listening to Marketplace on National Public Radio this week, I was surprised to learn that the guy from the Free Credit Report T.V. ad campaign is French Canadian. He sounds nothing like the All-American voice of the person who actually singing in the ads. That situation got me thinking about the “grassroots” of political [...]
Carlton Fletcher on Busleft and Crazy Family
Posted in African Americans, Conservative, Georgia, politics, tagged African Americans, albany, family, Georgia on December 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Carlton Fletcher wrote a must read column in the Albany Herald today. If you are from rural Georgia, you know the term “Busleft” and you know about crazy family. I can talk about my family but you can’t. You know, family could include our church family, our state, our South, our community, our political party, [...]
Albany Newspaper Features Local Brothers in Military
Posted in politics, tagged African Americans, albany, military, Native Americans, Obama on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.albanyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=5281 I opened the Albany Heard newspaper this morning and saw four brothers from my old high school on the front page in military uniforms. A couple of them played varsity basketball since they are tall as Georgia pines. The brothers’ mother has noticed the maturity her sons have developed in the service but they [...]
Downtown Albany, Georgia: Make it Funky
Posted in politics, tagged albany, augusta, Black college, Charlotte, Georgia, HBCU, redevelopment on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I personally like two components in downtown redevelopment in Georgia: funky and mixed use. The main street programs in Tifton, Moultrie, Americus, Madison and Athens are so cool to me. Eccentric shops, coffee houses, sports bars, and bookstores might provide an after hour balance to the lunch spots for governmental workers in Albany. When Albany [...]
Where is my Newspaper; Are Bloggers Journalists?
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged albany, bloggers, newspapers on May 10, 2009 | 10 Comments »
To Jeff Sexton at SWGA Politics blog Jeff: Did I just come home from church to see that Carlton Fletcher gave you and your blog mad love in his Sunday column in the Albany Herald? Wait just a cotton-picking minute; your meteoric blog just stepped in the game and already Fletcher is commenting on [...]
Albany Georgia School with One Male Teacher
Posted in Georgia, tagged albany, dougherty, education, single parent, teachers on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
While reading the Albany Herald today, I recognize the picture of Teacher of the Year candidate Jordan Cambron of Alice Coachman Elementary in Albany as a young man with in-laws in my neighborhood in Sylvester, Georgia. It might be a stretch but we are claiming him just like the assorted PHDs, grad degrees, military honors [...]
Matt Towery on GOP New Blood: Listen to Dude
Posted in politics, tagged albany, augusta, GOP, Newt Gingrich on May 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Former Newt Gingrich staffer Matt Towery, who heads the political firm Insider Advantage, has the “right” idea about what’s next for the Republicans. Notice I did not say “conservatives” because some mild conservatives might find a comfortable home inside the Democrat Party if the Blue Dogs continue to growth. If the White House initiatives actually [...]
Georgia Congressional Races: Find and Hone Your Voice
Posted in politics, tagged albany, Congress, Georgia, valdosta on January 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Former Georgia 12th congressional district candidate John Stone recently announced that he is taking a position back in Washington and will not be a candidate for that seat in 2010. His decision is a good idea because that district (and the 2nd and 8th) is for a moderate GOP candidate—those don’t exist…yet. The correct GOP [...]
Did Cooper Tires “play” Albany?
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged albany, cooper tires, Georgia, sanford bishop, saxby on December 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The news of Cooper Tire Plant closing in Albany has made for a solemn holiday season in southwest Georgia. I can’t go to the post office without having a gloomy conversation or two about the families involved—cousins, classmates, friends. If you read the past post on this blog, my writing implored south Georgia voters to [...]
Palin Bashing not Helping Obama
Posted in Georgia, politics, tagged African Americans, albany, Blacks, Chambliss, Georgia, Obama, politics on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You know I hate when family fights in public but I had to write a letter to the Editor of the Albany Herald regarding a fellow member of the Albany State University Pol Sci family and one Governor Sarah Palin. For background, my letter responded to Dr. Konde’s op-eds stating that who you are as [...]
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