High cost of Rollins family GREAT NEWS, FOLKS! The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced that “funds have been set aside for the 7.6-mile connector from U.S. 411 to Interstate 75 in c...
From the Rome News-Tribune, Sept. 2, 2010 -- COMPARED TO Georgia as a whole, Floyd Countians dwell in an absolutely enlightened place when it comes to penal policy. Indeed, the state’s taxpayers ...
From the Macon Telegraph, Sept. 1, 2010 -- There is an oft believed notion that the Georgia Open Records Act is a tool only for news gathering organizations. Wrong. Every citizen in the state has ...
From the Athens Banner-Herald, Sept. 1, 2010 -- It may be that Jack Kingston, who grew up in Athens and now represents coastal and deep South Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives, actually...
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Aug. 31, 2010 -- Once upon a time, candidates who had weathered primary races in the spring and summer waited until Labor Day to renew campaigns seeking elec...
Tea Party activist in good company
As an activist in the Rome Tea Party, I took exception with the writer of a recent letter to the editor titled, “Glad not to be a tea party member.” If he believes the patriots who participated i...
Selective use of constitutional right Liberal Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City made a statement in support of building the potential mosque at Ground Zero saying that they have the First Amendment right to do so. Since when do...
Agency’s mistakes have hurt families Social Security personnel need to really check their work thoroughly. Their mistakes cause additional hardships on struggling families. Hopefully one day, these people will try to take their time ...
PSC’s action on Vogtle will prevent major cost overruns Recently there have been statements made to the news media concerning a change in how, fluctuations in construction costs for the two new units at Georgia Power Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power plant ne...
Health Initiative reached 500 men On behalf of Jerome Parks, president of 100 Black Men of Rome-Northwest Georgia, I want to thank all those who participated in our ninth annual Health Initiative for Men at the Floyd County Health...