To the Georgia Department of Labor: We the unemployed Shaw Industries people still have not received compensation from the state. It has been two weeks. We are getting different answers from different people for the same questions asked. Someone that is in charge of this department needs to hold a meeting and get all the facts straight and help us.
In this time of recession where families are having to cut their own budgets and pinch every penny, why are we beginning a transit system that will cost $1.2 million a year to operate and will only benefit a few people? It makes no sense to me.
There should be limits on what type of food can be bought with food stamps. Seeing folks load up with candy or high-price steak or fish is unbelievable. The program is there to help you not reward you.
Bravo to the Partnership for Health clinic and its staff. Thank you to all the people who volunteer their services so those that would not otherwise receive health care but now are able to. It’s a shame that there are no GYN doctors who are willing to offer their services.
Why can’t they just use 5 Points for the transit hub?
I wish the mayor of Ray City the best of luck in running for governor. I will be nice to see someone from our area running instead of the same old biased candidates. Good luck mayor.
Just when you think you’ve heard it all. Your tax dollars will now pay the island nation of Palau $200 million to take in 17 Guantanamo prisoners. This works out to almost $12 million per prisoner. It’s time for another tea party, folks.
I would like to let the centennial committee in Ray City know that I have been to every event they have had so far, and it has well passed my expectations. I would like to congratulate them for all their hard work. The committee has done a great job and I can’t wait for the rest of the year’s events.
I've seen many criticisms of bicycle riders and joggers in the Rant & Rave, always from drivers who resent having to go around them on the streets. I wonder if jealousy is involved. How many of those drivers are fit enough to do what the bikers or joggers do?
The UAW now has the biggest share of ownership in two auto companies. They may have taken a big cut in pay and benefits, but that will change big time if any profit is made within the next few years. Cars are cheap now compared to what they will cost in the future.
The recent comments by David Letterman about Gov. Palin’s 14-year-old daughter are the most hateful and perverted I have ever heard from a major TV network. I will never again watch anything on CBS until he is fired.
Congratulations to the Valdosta Batmen baseball team. Those boys deserve every win they have gotten. A great group of boys and coaches and fans.
What We Think
Rant & Rave for Friday, June 12, 2009
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Elections: Creating a two-party region?
Twenty years ago, most area elections were decided during the primaries. Then, almost every candidate qualified as a Democrat. While there may be plenty of challengers on the ballot, many seats were decided in July or a few weeks later during the primary run-off.
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Thumbs up, thumbs down
THUMBS UP: To South Georgians making fine impressions on television singing competitions. Phillip Phillips of Leesburg won “American Idol” this week. Meanwhile, Lowndes High School graduate Stacia Watkins participated in the new ABC show “Duets.” Well done!
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Farewell to the vanishing ace
Donald S. “Bush” Bryan was not only a rare individual. He was part of a vanishing breed.
An Adel resident for the past 30 years, Bryan was a World War II flying ace. Not just an ace but a double ace. A pilot must down five enemy aircraft to become an ace; Bryan downed 13.3 enemy planes in Europe. The fractions represent planes downed with other pilots. -
A widespread mosquito alert
In announcing the discovery of a mosquito carrying the West Nile Virus strain, city and health officials did not include the specific location of the discovery.
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Of Guantanamo Bay and a Founding Father
Some readers may wonder how a Valdosta High School graduate could bring himself as an attorney to represent a Guantanamo Bay prisoner charged in connection to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Congratulations, VSU Softball!
This weekend, Valdosta State University Blazers Softball became the latest team to add to Valdosta’s TitleTown legacy.
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School’s out so watch out!
Summer is a time of rest, vacations and trips. It is a time when school is out, when people take time off from work, when people may stay out a little later. It is a time of swimming, trying new things, and seeking adventure.
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Qualifiers are next leaders
While the national media focuses attention on the presidential election, it should be remembered that we will also choose our local leaders this year.
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Thumbs up
THUMBS UP: To the 2011-12 arts season. Theatre Guild Valdosta’s rollicking comedy, “Caught in the Net,” officially brings to a close a magnificent schedule of shows ranging from theatre to opera to concerts to art exhibits and more from a variety of area venues. Theatre Guild will also open the 2012-13 season this summer with the musical “Into the Woods.” Until then, arts lovers can soon enjoy a new series of exhibits from the year-round Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts and three musicals starting in two weeks from Peach State Summer Theatre.
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Events that get things done
Finding something that repeatedly attracts the public is difficult enough, but finding an event that accomplishes that feat while also promoting your organization and helping others … well, in many places, that’s a rarity.
Not so for the Valdosta area. - More What We Think Headlines
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Elections: Creating a two-party region?
