Weekly Editorial

For a quarter of a century this newspaper has published a Progress Report that presents unique information the general public may not be aware of about our community. First and foremost, let me thank this community for its continued support of this publication. Without your support this special issue would not be possible. [Full Story »] 

I would like to re-share some information with readers, which was first presented in this newspaper by former Editor and Publisher Max Gardner, about a particular class of people that will be revealed later in this editorial.

Some 117 members have run at least two businesses each that went bankrupt, often leaving business partners and creditors holding the bag. Seventy-one of them have credit reports so bad they can’t get an American Express card (but as members, they get a Amex card without a credit check). [Full Story »] 

Super Tuesday is over. Did it ever really live up to the hype repetitively provided around the clock by television pundits? I’d say in Georgia the pre-hype did not live up to expectations. There are roughly 5.7 million registered voters in Georgia. Just barely over one million voters showed up to vote in last Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primary. Not even 20 percent. [Full Story »]