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Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Low Voter Turnout is a Good Thing

I just finished reading yet another whiny editorial from the Macon Telegraph complaining about the low voter turnout. Although the article was specifically about the recent runoff election a few days ago this really applies in all elections and all…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 26, 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

Macon, Watchdog Reports

Update: Part 2 of my Reply to the Charles Richardson Editorial

First of all. many thanks to all my readers for sharing the link to my last article that dealt with the repercussions from Dallemand’s pedagogical reign of terror and also the fiasco AKA the Promise initiative that was in response…

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…