Category Watchdog Reports

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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, and winning both state and national awards for…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 5, 2015
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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 she was fired after she refused to falsify…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 23, 2015
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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 to be true, let’s instead look at why…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 23, 2015

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 guise of cutting costs, they somehow managed to…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 22, 2015
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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 Barnesville, GA. While I was her husband I had…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 15, 2015
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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 UGA president Michael Adams who many are thankful…

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 misconduct charges against Ralston in regards to stalling…

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

The Very Broken Georgia Board of Regents

The Georgia Board of Regents is probably the most powerful entity in the state. They control billions of the state budget yet operate without any oversight and practically no transparency or accountability. In fact they control close to $8 billion…

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…

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
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Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Shots Fired At Fisherman From Doctor’s Mansion and Deputies Do Nothing

CBS Affiliate WMAZ news out of Macon, GA reports that two men and a teenage boy were fishing on a boat at Lake Tobesofkee a public not private lake, when multiple shots were fired from an assault rifle from a balcony.…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 23, 2015
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Georgia, News, Watchdog Reports

Seeking sanctions against the Attorney General of Georgia for Hiding Evidence

In this article I am including three attachments. One shows sanctions against Attorney general Sam Olens in the Stacey Kalberman case which dealt with ethics charges involving Nathan Deal. Another attachment is the plaintiff’s reply to the defendant’s response to motion…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 23, 2015
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Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Happy Sunshine Week Puts Spotlight on Expense and Weaknesses of Laws

Back in September of 2014 I wrote an article called Are Georgia Sunshine Laws under Assault? Skip ahead to today which is Happy Sunshine Week! and I think the answer is a definitive yes. It is harder and more expensive than ever…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 17, 2015

Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Sam Olens Hiding Behind Obfuscation and Sovereign Immunity in Whistleblower cases

By Stephen F. Humphreys, P.C. As part of the growing interest in the cases I have filed against the Georgia Attorney General and Board of Regents, I was requested to outline the response of the courts so far. In particular, I…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 15, 2015
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Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Time for Georgia Republicans To Put Up or Shut Up on Six Key Issues

There are currently six important issues that will be a litmus test for Georgia Republicans that claim to support capitalism, free-markets, and just good ol’ fashioned freedom and limiting government intrusion. Republicans sure like to use those terms “liberally” during…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 12, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

THE HIDDEN FORCE BEHIND GEORGIA’S MOVE TO LEGALIZE NO-KNOCK SEARCHES

By Garland Favorito Unanimous Public Opposition at Senate No-Knock Search Warrant Hearings On March 4, a Senate Non-Civil Judiciary Committee passed Chairman Jesse Stone’s SB159 bill that proposes to legalize no-knock searches for the first time in Georgia history. Two days…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 11, 2015
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Watchdog Reports

Dirty Dozen Georgia Sovereign Immunity Cases

Dirty Dozen Georgia Sovereign Immunity Cases As Citizens of Georgia, you may be surprised to learn that, according to exceedingly broad court interpretations of the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA), you have no recourse against state officials who sexually assault…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 3, 2015

Education, Macon, Watchdog Reports

Bibb BOE Member Jason Downey Responds to Criticism After Counterclaim

In a very brief but highly informative post on his personal Facebook page, Bibb county Board of Education member Jason Downey issued a statement that I have pasted below. From the context it is clear it is meant to address some…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 1, 2015