Month November 2014

Macon, Watchdog Reports

Progressive Consulting Misrepresenting Credentials on Website

If you look at the screenshot below from Progressive Consulting you will see the words “The only Capabilities maturity Model Integrated Company in Macon,GA.” You will also notice a logo for the Software Engineering Institute and the name Carnegie-Mellon which…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 24, 2014
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Crime & Justice, Education, Macon, Watchdog Reports

More Details Emerge Involving Missing $52 Million from Bibb County Schools

Today the Macon Telegraph published an article called Report: Bibb school technology contracting suggests collusion. This was a very good report I just wish these types of articles were more timely and more frequent. It has been largely left up…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 23, 2014
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Education, Georgia, Macon

Proof Found in Support of David Oedel in Mercer Law School N-Word Controversy

This is a continuation of my article Political Correctness Run Amok at Mercer Law School where some hypersensitive students, administration, and faculty completely overreacted over the use of the n-word in a pedagogical environment in a teaching moment over a lesson about…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 22, 2014
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News

Germany Now Considered Greatest Country in The World

Achtung! Germany named world’s favorite country By Matthew Diebel of USA Today Well, it took about 70 years. Yes, from being the world’s pariah in the decades following Nazism and World War II, Germany is now the world’s favorite…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 22, 2014

Education, Macon, News, Opinion

Political Correctness Run Amok at Mercer Law School

Homer Scarborough, an attorney with decades of experience, wrote an article in support of Mercer Law Professor David Oedel and I decided to add my own thoughts to this important conversation. This is a rebuttal to a hack piece at…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 21, 2014
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Macon, Opinion

Mercer University law students call for law professor’s resignation for using a quote containing the “n” word.

By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang We have known law professor David Oedel for a number of years. We have even worked as a volunteer with him on a few projects for his students at Mercer over the years. …

Dr. Alan Wood
November 21, 2014
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Georgia, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Anthony Tricoli’s Record While President of Georgia Perimeter College

In my recent series of articles looking into the Georgia Perimeter College coup d’état and the subsequent scapegoating of Tricoli and a few others, I always kept my mind open to the possibility that Dr. Tricoli was at fault. Like…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 21, 2014
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Georgia, Watchdog Reports

A Motion for Interlocutory Injunction filed in Dekalb Superior Court in Georgia Perimeter College Case

“You cannot falsify official state reports for your own personal or political ends–it is a crime, under OCGA 16-10-20. In other words, no legislative reform is needed to make that happen. The legislature has already outlawed the behavior. Now the…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 20, 2014

Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Over 700 Pages of Open records from University System of Georgia

The entire file contains over 700 pages of documents. It is also embedded at the end of this article for online viewing without downloading. It is the result of an Open Records request conducted in 2012. It is not new…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 19, 2014
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Georgia, Opinion

Anthony Tricoli praised by former USG Chancellor Davis for outstanding Leadership

In Part I of this series I examined questions about the recent spending at Georgia Perimeter College by the interim president Rob Watts. I also questioned how Rob Watts as well as Hank Huckaby ever rose to these positions of…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 19, 2014
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Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Why is Georgia Perimeter College Suddenly Flush With Money?

Georgia Perimeter College Budget Part 1 This is a very complex story in regards to a budget deficit at Georgia Perimeter College which led to the ouster of a highly regarded and successful president named Dr. Anthony Tricoli who was…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 18, 2014

News, Opinion

ISIS Beheads a Fifth Non-Combatant

By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang There is a video of the murder of most of the victims of the barbaric beheading of the non-combatants murdered by ISIS making the rounds on the internet. That the actions of ISIS…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 18, 2014

Macon

Georgia Peach Awards: Nominate your Own Elberta or Rotten Peach

South Carolina may ship more peaches than Georgia now, but Georgia is still known as the peach state. So I have decided to start a new category where the public can nominate someone in Georgia that is doing great work…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 14, 2014
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Macon

Open Letter to The Macon-Bibb Council and Mayor Reichert

On September the 4th I sent the following email to all the Macon-Bibb commissioners and the Mayor. I have not received even one reply to date so I thought I would publish an open letter in the hopes it would…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 14, 2014
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Georgia, Health, Opinion

Cannabis oil clinical trial could cost Georgia $8 million

By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang Hold on! A few questions first, if you don’t mind: 1. Is a clinical trial going to be legally required in the proposed bill prior to the use of marijuana derivatives by those that…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 14, 2014

Macon, Opinion

Macon Bibb EOC Heating Assistance Leaving Truly Needy in Cold

The Macon-Bibb EOC expects to have at least $500,000 to distribute in about $300 increments this year after receiving $2 million last year. This is part of the LIHEAP program and it is meant to assist the elderly poor with…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 13, 2014
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Georgia, News, Opinion

Georgia Democrats Need a Good Kick in the Ass

This will be a much shorter and more focused article about the Midterm. For a much longer and more detailed analysis please see my article Democalypse 2014 Postmortem: An Analysis of the Midterm Bludgeoning In this article I want to…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 12, 2014

Technology

One Sure way the GOP Can Lose in 2016 is to Screw with the Internet and Netflix

Today Ted Cruz might have definitely made a lot of his own potential supporters very angry with a tweet. He compared Net Neutrality to Obamacare. Net Neutrality is the idea that there should be no slow lanes and we should all…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 10, 2014