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Education, Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

SONNY PERDUE MUST NOT BE APPOINTED CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA

Sonny Perdue cannot under any circumstances be selected as Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. A job that pays a hefty $520,00 a year by the way. Aside from the fact…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 14, 2021

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Injunction Sought to Block Political Appointee Sam Olens from KSU Presidency

A coalition of KSU faculty, students, alumni, joined by Cobb community leaders have filed an injunction to block Sam Olens as president of Kennesaw State University. Sam Olens is a political appointee…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 28, 2016
2 Comments

Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Ten Reasons Sam Olens May Have Resigned as AG to go to KSU

Georgia proves once again to be a backwater state controlled by the good ol’ boy network. As many have long speculated, we now have an utterly unqualified Attorney General named Chris Carr…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 13, 2016
4 Comments

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Government Corruption in the University System of Georgia

Abuse of power in the University System of Georgia (USG) has reached such extremes that the commission of major felonies, whether to advance a personal financial agenda or a broader conspiracy, is…

Dr. Alan Wood
January 19, 2016
6 Comments

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Judge Susan Edlein’s questionable conduct in Georgia RICO lawsuit

Judge Edlein never ruled, over the course of two years, on a motion for sanctions against Attorney General Sam Olens for knowing misrepresentations of law and fact. This stems from a Georgia…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 29, 2015
5 Comments

Macon, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Macon-Bibb P&Z meeting will decide fate of Zebulon neighborhoods

Residents of several neighborhoods around Zebulon road are mad as hell about a proposed new development. A meeting is scheduled on December 14, 2015 that will decide if Macon-Bibb planning and zoning…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 10, 2015
8 Comments

Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Dr. Anthony Tricoli exonerated by Georgia Watchdogs

After three-and-a-half years, GPC’s former president has received a full exoneration for the issues which resulted in his contract non-renewal after nearly 6 years of service as Georgia Perimeter College’s chief administrator. Of this…

Dr. Alan Wood
December 7, 2015
36 Comments

Education, News, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Critical Race Theory responsible for crybullies

Melissa Click, University of Missouri professor, confronting student journalists in November 2015

written in November 2015, in the first week of the Yale and Missouri meltdowns, and preserved as published. The links have been repaired and the short version below added; the argument was…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 11, 2015
3 Comments

Macon, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Olaeris Releases Video in Last Ditch Effort of Desperation

Back in August I published an article outlining why Macon-Bibb should avoid any business dealings with a startup Drone company . Here are the links to my two previous articles. Olaeris called…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 6, 2015

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Erick Erickson Agrees that Georgia Republicans are Bought and Paid For

I am not a big fan of Erik Erickson. I view him as a narcissistic bloviavtor who has a massive ego not backed up by his intellect. But just like the old…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 3, 2015
3 Comments

Georgia, Lifestyle, Macon, Watchdog Reports

Mount de Sales President David Held and Allen Peake on leaked Ashley Madison List

Sometimes articles take a lot of time, research, and thought…and sometimes they just write themselves. This is the latter. Two of the most vocal and well-known opponents of same sex marriage in Middle…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 5, 2015

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Anthony Tricoli Lauded for Leadership and Accomplishment

A government watchdog organization in Georgia has published a newsletter highlighting the leadership success of the former president of Georgia Perimeter College, Dr. Anthony Tricoli. After doing a stellar job as president,…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 5, 2015
22 Comments

Education, Georgia, Macon, Watchdog Reports

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia a.k.a. “THE UNTOUCHABLES”

Editor’s note. After I published my article called Retired Middle Georgia State President David Bell Paid $347,300 in 2014 I received the following statement by Denise Caldon who was the whistleblower that claims…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 23, 2015
31 Comments

Macon, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Drone Proposal with Olaeris Needs To Crash and Burn

There comes a point in time when the politicians of Macon-Bibb have to start dealing with the actual problems facing the county. Instead of cooking up pie-in-the-sky proposals that sound too good…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 23, 2015

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Retired Middle Georgia State President David Bell Paid $347,300 in 2014

At a time when college students are seeing the steepest rise in tuition ever, where universities and colleges within the public university system of Georgia are being shrunk or merged under the…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 22, 2015
1 Comment

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

The Ethical Abyss: The Georgia Board of Regents, Gordon State College, and Rhonda Wooley, Assistant Professor of Theatre

In the interest of full disclosure: I am the ex-husband of Rhonda Wooley, an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Gordon State College which is part of the University System of Georgia in…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 15, 2015
7 Comments

Georgia, News, Watchdog Reports

Is Sovereign Immunity in Georgia Being Used To Silence Whistleblowers?

I have been following and writing about several whistleblower lawsuits against various state agencies including the University System of Georgia and the Board of Regents. One of those lawsuits involved controversial former…

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Ralston Inquiry Linked to Illegal Voting Machine Purchase

ATLANTA, GA –If you think the current State Bar of Georgia investigation into actions of House Speaker David Ralston might reach significant conclusions, think again. In June 2014, the bar filed 9…