Category Georgia

Georgia, Macon, News, Opinion

Son of Mercer Basketball Coach Receives Very Light Sentence for Reckless Homicide

One of the main reasons people were so upset about the way the Tobesofkee case was handled was due to a strong feeling by many in the community that the power and economic influence of Dr. Ghali’s employer, Mercer University,…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 3, 2015

Georgia

Copart Still Owes Georgia $74M in Back taxes

Last year before the election we reported on a company named Copart that owed Georgia millions in back taxes. The reason this was especially newsworthy was due to the close business ties Copart Inc. had with Governor Nathan Deal. In…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 2, 2015

Education, Georgia, Lifestyle, Macon, Opinion

Grindr offers an excuse to Grind a Homophobic Axe in Georgia School System

A gay Georgia superintendent who was outed by an anonymous source with the help of the local right-wing newspaper editor is being pushed out of his job. Although the separation agreement was said to be mutual, it is clear Superintendent…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 2, 2015

Education, Georgia

Two Georgia Educators Lampooned on National TV

I have written several articles about the Dublin, GA teacher that told some students their parents are evil if they voted for Obama. She doubled down by also going even further and saying you can’t be a Christian if you…

Georgia, Macon, Opinion

A Fresh Start to Macon’s Head Start Could Be a Good Thing

It was recently reported the Macon-Bibb Equal Opportunity Council is at risk of losing their contract to administer the Head Start program after a 36 year run. Last year they received a grant of $6.78 million for this program so this…

Georgia, Macon, News

Kinnan Ghali Accused of Terroristic Threats at Gun Range: No Arrest Made

Update: Exactly one day after this article was published Kinnan Ghali was arrested for the incident described below after he turned himself in. He was bonded out of jail soon after at 5:34 P.M. He’s now charged with four counts…

Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

DUI is Emblematic of Decline of Cotton Avenue Mafia in Macon, GA

James Timley , one of the top members of the Cotton Avenue Mafia, was arrested on a DUI charge but has been released. The former council president was booked into the jail at about 1:30 a.m. after being arrested by Georgia…

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Basil Ghali’s Parents Forced To Testify Under Subpoena at Grand Jury

Dr. Jalal Ghali and his wife Dr. Jinan Ghali were issued a subpoena to testify at their 24-year old son Basil’s upcoming Grand Jury case. Their attorney Laura Hogue filed a motion in Bibb County Superior Court Monday seeking to quash…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 29, 2015

Education, Georgia

Obama Hating Dublin Teacher Nancy Perry Allowed to Retire With Pension

The Dublin, Ga teacher that told her students that President Obama isn’t a Christian and neither is anyone that supported him will be allowed to retire with a pension. She said this to her students in an an 8th grade…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 28, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Education, Georgia, Opinion

Unintended Consequences of Drug Testing at Carroll County Schools

Students at the five high schools in the Carroll County, Georgia school system will be subject to random drug testing starting next school year. “It was done as more of a deterrent,” said Assistant Superintendent Terry Jones of the unanimous Board…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 27, 2015
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Georgia, Macon

Basil Ghali Re-Arrested on Aggravated Assault; Kinnan Ghali Arrested on Obstruction

Basil Ghali was re-arrested but this time on a felony count of aggravated assault at 5:00 PM at his home on Lake Tobesofkee where the original shots were fired.. He had formerly been charged with only reckless conduct which is…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 24, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Conversation With Sheriff Davis About The Tobesofkee Fishermen Shooting Case

I recently spoke with Sheriff Davis by phone for forty-two minutes and I learned several new details that haven’t been reported elsewhere. Deputies Theodore Gaines and Salim Abushanab were pulled from patrol on April 15, 2015 and switched to jail duty and…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 18, 2015
9 Comments

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Cryptic Blogs Connected To Tobesofkee Shooting Suspects

This is a follow-up article to Who has been terrorizing fishermen at Lake Tobesofkee in Macon, GA. I have been told that Dr. Ghali might have lost Wael possibly last year and he is deceased. If that is true, the entire…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 15, 2015
2 Comments

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon

Who has Been Terrorizing Fishermen at Tobesofkee?

I first reported on the assault with a deadly weapon/attempted murder with shots fired from a laser beam sighted gun from a lakeside home on Tobesofkee on March 23. I never seriously entertained the idea that Dr. Jalal Ghali had fired…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 14, 2015
18 Comments

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

A District Attorney in Georgia Wrote an Introduction in a Book Praising Hitler

The disgusting text in italics below was written by L. Craig Fraser for a book called THE TESTAMENT OF ADOLF HITLER. – April 1945: L. Craig Fraser edition, circa 1972 page 58 (xiii). “The document you are about to read is one of…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 10, 2015
11 Comments

Georgia, Opinion

Do Gil Gillis and Bill and Nancy Perry Speak For Dublin, Georgia?

The Gillis family has always been a Middle-Georgia bedrock of community pride. There are many famous Gillis’s in the Laurens County community: in 2003, the Georgia Legislature passed a resolution to designate Interstate 16 as the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway in honor of…

Education, Georgia, News

The Seven Reasons a Georgia Teacher Gave For Obama Not Being a Christian

I just received a list of the seven reasons Nancy Price Perry gave as “proof” that President Obama is not a Christian when she met the parents. This comes from a source in Dublin, GA. The reasons from this fringe…

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Macon, News

Fishing For Justice in Macon, Georgia

Approximately ten rounds were fired at three fisherman on lake Tobesofkee in Macon, Georgia and to date no one has been charged or arrested. The shots, according to reports, were fired from 124 Lotus Pointe Drive, the home of Dr.…