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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Leaving NCLB behind
Georgia schools may be sighing in relief today, following the announcement that the U.S. Department of Education granted a waiver to the state, along with nine others, from the rigorous requirements of the No Child Left Behind act.
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Don’t jettison landmark
While we respect the request to relocate the F-86 aircraft from outside Mathis City Auditorium to the new Moody Air Force Base Airpark, we would hope the city and MAFB would reconsider moving it.
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Shame in Berrien County
Unfortunately for Sherrie Williams of the Berrien County school-based health clinic, she talked to The Times and praised the program that she oversees. This pride in her work led to the loss of her job.
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Grading policy: A second chance?
In clarifying the Lowndes County Schools’ controversial grading policy, Superintendent Dr. Steve Smith spoke of second chances.
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Be up to any weather challenge
Georgia’s Severe Weather Awareness Week starts today and runs through Friday. The idea behind the week is to prepare Georgians for weather emergencies and how to keep these situations from becoming tragedies.
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Parents and schools
There is a lot of talk lately about school systems and grading policies, and how all of a child's problems come back to a lack of parenting. But is it really that simple? Can it be a case where the school systems are so focused on the problem few that the majority of students are ignored?
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Thumbs up, thumbs down
THUMBS UP: To Brooks County High School engineering and technology teacher Don Morgan and his students. They recently received national attention for their work with biodiesel fuel. They collect used cooking oil from area fast-food restaurants then process this oil into biodiesel. Morgan hopes to next interest the Brooks County school buses into running on the fuel created in his class. This classroom not only prepares students for the future but may prepare all of us for an alternative energy source.
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Take me out to the ball park
The Valdosta State baseball season begins today. The Blazers host Lindenwood at 2:30 p.m. Nothing beats quality baseball played in warm weather with a great venue like Billy Grant Field.
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What We Think: Signing Day
Wednesday was National Signing Day, the day when high school athletes across the country make official announcements about what school they’ve chosen to sign with.
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School policy fails expectations
Lowndes County Schools recently implemented new grading guidelines for students. These guidelines have left many parents upset ...
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Leaving NCLB behind
