Weekly Editorial

The following is a listing of Georgia Senate and House bills that will become law on Friday, July 1. This list was compiled and published in the Georgia Times-Union.

SB 10 - Permits local governments to ask voters to approve the sale of packaged alcohol on Sunday afternoons. [Full Story »] 

On Wednesday, June 15, this reporter joined a conference call with State Representatives Roger Lane (R-Darien) and Tommy Smith (R-Nichols, represents Appling) to discuss a recent editorial written by this editor/publisher and published in this newspaper. The following is a portion of that editorial: [Full Story »] 

Why is it when you call the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System’s 800 telephone number to enter weekly withholding tax information so the government can deduct withholdings from your bank account there is no option to hear the message in Spanish? Yet, when you call the Social Security Administration the automated attendant offers Spanish interpretation as one of the first options. Go figure. [Full Story »] 

Has the thought ever crossed your mind that South Georgia is an entirely overlooked part of Georgia? It seems that our state government (especially the Atlanta crowd) has the tendency of viewing us as little peons past the gnat line and of little or insignificant value. Insignificant, that is, unless they need our votes come election time. [Full Story »]