Category Georgia

Georgia, Macon, Opinion

An Open Letter to the McClatchty Company: Owners of The Macon Telegraph

To: Patrick J Talamntes, Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zieman, Vice President of Operations, and Donald Bailey, President and Publisher of the Macon Telegraph Dear Messieurs, We the people of middle Georgia understand that the Macon Telegraph is of far less importance…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 11, 2014

Georgia, News

Prayer Rally in Dublin Over Mall Policy Much Ado About Nothing?

I just read an article in the about a story that is gaining widespread national media attention with Fox News and Glen Beck both chiming in. The gist of the story as far as I can tell from reading a…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 7, 2014
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Georgia, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Georgia Only State Not To Display Executive Orders

I decided to share this story from the Sunlight Foundation with their permission about the sudden removal of all the executive orders from the governor’s website. The sunlight foundation is a nonpartisan, non-profit, national watchdog group focused on government transparency.…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 7, 2014

Georgia, Pets & Saving Money

Macon Purrs N Paws Desperately Needs Your Help

Americans are a very charitable people. 95.4% of households give to charity and we collectively gave $335.17 billion in 2013. Unfortunately with that much money in play, there are a lot of very greedy and dishonest people that do their…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 6, 2014

Georgia, Macon, Watchdog Reports

Georgia has three of the Fastest Shrinking Cities: Macon #7

Georgia has the dubious honor of being the only state in the country to have three cities on the recently released Bloomberg report of the nation’s fastest shrinking cities. In fact, Georgia was the only state to even have more…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 6, 2014
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Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Are Georgian’s getting a Raw Deal from our Governor?

There is a very old expression that nothing is fatal in politics besides a bullet. When it comes to many politicians in Georgia, and indeed all over the country that been proven true time and time again. Georgia has the dubious…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 1, 2014

Georgia, Macon, Pets & Saving Money

Adorable Kittens in need of a forever Home

(Update: These kittens found forever homes! 😀 ) An 82 year old lady has been feeding a beautiful ( but human friendly feral) cat out of pity but the mother had kittens. The lady cannot take care of more cats…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 29, 2014

Education, Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Here is your document Mr. Richardson

I suppose the fact that Cliffard Whitby is the director of the Central Georgia Partnership for Individual and Community Development was not sufficient proof for Mr. Richardson. CGPICD are the ones behind Promise at Ballard. The screenshot above was his…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 27, 2014

Education, Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Why the Public has Doubts about the Promise Neighborhood in Macon

Charles Richardson released part III in his “hard-hitting” series to get to the truth. Never mind that this is the same crap he has spewed for two years or more. I see no need to discuss his newest editorial because he…

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Governor Nathan Deal’s Situational Ethics

ATLANTA—Carter for Governor campaign manager Matt McGrath issued the following statement regarding a news report of a complaint filed by a major donor to Gov. Deal’s campaign: “This is a pathetic and transparent attempt to deflect attention from the never-ending ethical quagmire in which…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 25, 2014

Education, Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

A Glimmer of Hope on the Macon-Bibb County Board of Education

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As much as Charles Richardson would like to blame the entire previous BOE for the shenanigans that were allowed to occur under the pedagogical reign of terror of Dallemand’s tenure, we all know that it was five members in particular…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 22, 2014

Education, Georgia, Macon, Watchdog Reports

There is no Accounting in Macon

I think Charles missed his calling. Instead of working as an editor, he would have made a great stenographer or someone that keeps minutes at meetings. An opinion editorialist and indeed any journalist has a number of duties and responsibilities…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 21, 2014

Georgia, Macon, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Are Too Many Counties in Georgia Hurting Growth?

Georgia has 159 counties but why? This is a subject that has always intrigued me. Why is Georgia second only to Texas in the number of counties given that Texas has not only a larger population but is also just…

Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Serious Problems Facing Macon-Bibb Revitalization Efforts

Unless you have been living under a rock you have likely used or at least heard about Google Earth. It is available for desktop computer platforms, as browser plug-ins, and also for mobile devices. What you might not have heard…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 16, 2014

Education, Georgia, Macon, Watchdog Reports

My Response to Charles Richardson on “An Accounting” Editorial

Charles must be getting nervous. He is circling the wagons and trying to spread the culpability far and wide over the Promise center boondoggle. He is purposefully trying to misrepresent the criticism voiced by such critics as Dave Oedel and…

Georgia, Lifestyle, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Macon vs. Warner Robins: 12 Years Later, Who Won?

The Great Temple Mound at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon (National Park Service, public domain), which drew 141,905 visits in 2024.

In July 2014 I wrote a prizefight preview. Macon: a pile of museums, a music legacy, and a city government I did not much trust with either. Warner Robins: a fast growing base town about to spend real money on…

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Funny Business at the Laurens County BOE in Dublin GA?

A reader of this site from Dublin, GA asked me to write an article about some rather bizarre events at their Board of Education recently. I really do not have enough details to do any sort of in-depth analysis, however…

Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Zebulon Rd. Development Symptom of Larger Problem

For anyone not familiar with the battle between residents in the Zebulon Rd. neighborhood in Macon, GA and a commercial developer called Blackwater I encourage you to scroll to the end of this story and watch either or both of…