Category Georgia

Georgia, Lifestyle, Opinion

Firing Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran Both Justified and Necessary

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed just fired Chief Kelvin Cochran on Tuesday. Cochran claimed that his PRIORITY (his word) as Fire Chief of the AFD was to “cultivate its culture to the glory…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 8, 2015

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Six Figure Pension Too Small for Saxby Chambliss: Becomes Lobbyist

It took less than a week for former Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss to land a new job at a K street lobbying firm called DLA Piper. Congratulations to former Sen. Saxby Chambliss on his…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 8, 2015

Education, Georgia, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

The Real Motive for Dr. Anthony Tricoli Ouster was GSU and GPC Merger

An official announcement was finally released by USG officials that they want to move forward with a “merger” of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. I used the word merger in…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 6, 2015
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Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Truth, Justice and Anthony Tricoli

Preface: The following essay was written by a person that works within the USG and wishes to remain anonymous. We at Georgia Watch understand the difficulty that whistleblowers face and will always…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 5, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Court RICO summary of Dr. Anthony Tricoli Case

The Order dismissing Anthony Tricoli’s RICO action makes the following express findings: Despite Defendants’ admissions that they committed many of the crimes alleged in Tricoli’s complaint, they are immune as state employees…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 5, 2015
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Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Sample Open Records Request Template

I just published a link to the fifth edition of the Georgia Sunshine Laws and hidden near the bottom was a sample request form. Many people have asked me for this template…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 4, 2015

Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Georgia’s Sunshine Laws Fifth Edition 2014

The Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta at night, its gold dome lit against the dark sky

The fifth edition of the extremely informative and valuable resource for all citizens and journalists alike has been released. It is available for free as a PDF here. I am including the…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 4, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

Georgia Police Chief’s Wife Heard Moaning on 911 Call After He Shot Her

More ABC News Videos | ABC World News By MEGHAN KENEALLY Meghan Keneally More from Meghan » Digital Reporter via Good Morning America The dramatic 911 call made by a Georgia police…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 3, 2015

Georgia

What’s Wrong With Georgia?

The Atlantic Magazine just published a very good article that examines a lot of metrics for Georgia. They look at our unemployment, education, healthcare, infrastructure, taxes, job growth, and several other area…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 3, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia

Disturbing video shows anti-gay hate crime in heart of Midtown Atlanta – LGBT Georgia | Gay Georgia | Gay Atlanta | LGBT Atlanta

Disturbing video of a violent hate crime in the heart of Midtown Atlanta shows an unknown suspect reportedly yelling homophobic slurs at a gay couple holding hands before the suspect assaults one…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 3, 2015

Georgia, News

Possible Chick-fil-A data breach may affect Georgia customers

Michael King, WXIA-TV, Atlanta 6:43 p.m. EST January 2, 2015 Drive through customers wait in line at a Chick-fil-A restaurant.(Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images) ATLANTA (WXIA) – A reported possible data breach of…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 3, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, News

Peachtree City police chief shoots wife

Peachtree City Police(Photo: WXIA) The GBI is investigating a predawn shooting Thursday that critically wounded the wife of Peachtree City’s police chief. Officers were called to Chief William McCollom’s home on Autumn…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 1, 2015

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Dr. Anthony Tricoli’s name is Cleared with Sovereign Immunity Finding for USG

By Dr. Alan Wood Let’s begin this story the same way we end it: The moral of this story is this: If you are a State Employee in Georgia, and if…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 31, 2014
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Georgia, Opinion

Grading the Editorial Sections of Newspapers in Georgia

Good editorials are hard to find in Georgia it seems. Here in Macon they died long ago if they ever existed at all, but I decided to take a look at a…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 28, 2014
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Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Some Thoughts on Outgoing Senator Saxby Chambliss

By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang Senator Chambliss shares some thoughts about his career in politics, leaving out how he got his Senate seat.I read an interesting article from The Telegraph…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 27, 2014
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Georgia, Politics & Elections

Your first glimpse at the polarizing ‘religious liberty’ proposal | Political Insider blog

There’s a reason why many lawmakers choose to pre-file their legislation long before the session begins: To stoke conversation, and media attention, about their proposals. State Rep. Sam Teasley didn’t want any…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 23, 2014

Crime & Justice, Georgia

Problems with Deputy Chris Brewer Go Back Many Years

In an interesting development I decided to do a bit of good ole fashioned research about Chris Brewer, the deputy and self-described “Drug Czar” of Laurens County Georgia who is at the…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 16, 2014
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Possible Pattern of Abuse by Laurens County Sheriff Department

The following submissions are courtesy of a contributor from Spartacus Legal. He claims that be became aware of this information while he was running for Sheriff of Laurens county. The current Sheriff Bill…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 16, 2014
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