As of this writing, the opportunity to express your opinion to Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division about their decision to issue draft permits for Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals to strip mine 582 acres of wetlands it owns adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp, is over. That ended April 9th. And our intrepid public servants under the Gold Dome along with their … [Read more...] about April 14, 2024: Twin Pines Mining Indifferent To Okefenokee Backlash
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April 7, 2024: Some Sweet Talk About The Vidalia Onion
Let’s face it. We’re a blessed people. Not only do we have the oldest state-chartered university in the nation with two recent National Football Championships and 27 Rhodes Scholars (but who’s counting?) and the greatest state song in the history of the world, “Georgia on my Mind,” as sung by Ray Charles Robinson, of Albany, Georgia, we are also home to the Sweet Vidalia … [Read more...] about April 7, 2024: Some Sweet Talk About The Vidalia Onion
March 31, 2024: Paying Tribute to Bob Shaw. A Man Who Made Us Better
My boss and mentor at Southern Bell, Jasper Dorsey, taught me a lot about the business world. He also taught me a lot about the world beyond business. One of his precepts was that we have an obligation to leave this a better world than we found it. Otherwise, we have just taken up time and space and wasted a life. Those wise words came to mind last week at the going-home … [Read more...] about March 31, 2024: Paying Tribute to Bob Shaw. A Man Who Made Us Better
March 24, 2024: Welcome To A New Generation of Georgia Bulldogs
There is a lot going on at my alma mater, the University of Georgia. Not all the news has been good. There was the tragedy last year when an athletic department staffer and a member of the football team were killed in a tragic car crash that law enforcement authorities say involved speeding, racing, reckless driving and alcohol impairment. This, ironically, hours after a … [Read more...] about March 24, 2024: Welcome To A New Generation of Georgia Bulldogs
March 17, 2024: Do Our Politicians and Bureaucrats Really Care About Protecting Okefenokee?
Between the time I write this and you read this, conditions can change. Particularly in politics. But as of this writing, there seems to be little doubt that an Alabama mining company will get permission from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (an oxymoron) to begin extractions of minerals from the Okefenokee Swamp. Correction: It is not “the” Okefenokee Swamp. … [Read more...] about March 17, 2024: Do Our Politicians and Bureaucrats Really Care About Protecting Okefenokee?