When I moved to Georgia in the late ’80s, elections, laws and politics were pretty much the furthest things from my mind. I was a struggling single mom, and that was an all-encompassing role. It wasn’t until maybe the mid to late ’90s that I took notice of politics – Douglasville/Douglas County politics, specifically. Even […]
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The Wisdom To Know The Difference
I bet you’ve heard the Serenity Prayer – you know, the one that’s been popular for eons in self-help circles and asks God to help us accept things we can’t change, give us courage to change what we can, and enough smarts to discern which is which? Although I think it’s a bad idea to request that God […]
You, me and $267 per hour
From the Douglas County Sentinel: Tea Party to protest BOE pay: School board second-highest paid in state Martinez said what the Tea Party found in talking to hundreds of people at September Saturdays was that citizens weren’t aware of the large gap in pay between the Douglas County BOE and other similar-sized school systems. Haskell […]
Congress is the least of our problems
Amanda Swafford, former Flowery Branch, GA city council member, has some advice for you. I think she’s dead on. If you’re not registered to vote or you’re not sure who your city, county or state reps are, please do something about it now. https://www.facebook.com/Swaff/posts/10151922546508545
And you wonder why I want to leave
Yesterday I used my camera phone to make a ghetto-style video about issues I see with Douglas County’s involvement in a resort and conference center at Foxhall Farms. I put it out on Facebook, and it seemed to help people see that there was a problem, so that was good. I wrote a blog post […]
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