Category Watchdog Reports

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Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Orange is the New Deal: AG’s Office & Ethics Chief Ordered to Pay $20k

A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Wednesdsay sanctioned the Attorney General’s Office and state ethics commission director Holly LaBerge and ordered each to pay $10,000 in fines for failing to turn…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 3, 2014

Georgia, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Citizen journalist Violently Restrained at Public Event

There are so many disturbing aspects to this story. An off-duty deputy manhandled a female citizen journalist and slammed her against a table. She still has bruises and pain a week later.…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 2, 2014
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Georgia, News, Opinion, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Nathan Deal Steps in it Again With $74M Copart Tax Dispute

One month ago I wrote an articled entitled “Are Georgian’s Getting a Raw Deal from Our Governor?” The more we learn about Nathan Deal the clearer that answer becomes. In that article I…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 2, 2014

Georgia, News, Watchdog Reports

Financial State of States Released: Georgia Sinkhole State

Truth in Accounting is a non-partisan group that has been examining the financial health of states since 2002. Their mission statement: To educate and empower citizens with understandable, reliable, and transparent government financial…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 2, 2014

Crime & Justice, News, Watchdog Reports

Why is There No Database For People Killed by Police

We Have No Idea How Many Americans are Killed By Cops Each Year Because of several high-profile killings of unarmed people by cops recently, I became curious what the total numbers were…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 29, 2014

Georgia, Macon, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Do We Have A Fourth Estate Left To Save?

A double octuple newspaper web press, the industrial machinery behind the old daily newspaper (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

full rewrite on the decline of local journalism. This replaces my 2014, 2023, and 2025 versions with one account, every statistic checked against the latest State of Local News report and the…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 28, 2014
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Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Largely Ignored South Bibb Had First Roundabout in Macon,GA

Let me begin by saying that I think roundabouts are generally a very good thing. They are safer, reduce congestions, save money over time, and also can save lives. I am all…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 20, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Where Nathan Deal’s Georgia Really Ranks

I collected a list of statistics on where Georgia ranks in a lot of important categories but since it was hidden at the bottom of another article, I thought it might be…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 13, 2014

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

My Lunch with Andrew Hunt: Libertarian Candidate for Governor

I just returned home from a very enjoyable lunch at Ingleside Village Pizza. The lunch included several supporters in addition to Andrew Hunt and some very good pizza. We were also joined…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 13, 2014

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,…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 7, 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…

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…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 1, 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 16, 2014