The Clinton Saga Continues The Clinton’s years of association with big cash donors aside, many now being outed as sexual predators, pedophiles and rapists, the Clinton’s actual collusion with the Russians, as compared to what they claim Trump did, is becoming a point of fact, not a phony $6 million dossier filled with rumors, lies […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue: We’re One Step Closer To Getting Tax Done This Year
Senator David Perdue: We’re One Step Closer To Getting Tax Done This Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate moved one step closer to fixing our tax code this year: “Let’s be very clear. This budget is a sham and the […]
Read More »What We Learn From Polls
What We Learn From Polls Beware the pop quizzes the various internet sites ask of its readers. I personally like to consult Bob Livingston’s Personal Liberty site where they ask a serious of ‘loaded’ questions requiring only a “yes” or “no” answer, without qualification. For example, today’s series of questions were: 1) Is President Trump […]
Read More »We’re Blind To What’s Coming
We’re Blind to What’s Coming Let’s see if we can figure this one out. ISIS claims 64 year old Stephen Paddock, the mass murderer in Las Vegas, was a convert to Islam fulfilling their call to conduct lone-wolf attacks in the West. Almost Immediately the FBI tells us there’s absolutely no such connection; and this […]
Read More »ICYMI: Liberals Shun Science, Defy Obama in Poultry Production
Liberals shun science, defy Obama in poultry production WASHINGTON—This op ed by Congressman Doug Collins (R-Ga.) first appeared in The Hill on September 27, 2017. Not much has changed since 1906, when Upton Sinclair dropped his magnum opus on a world in the throes of industrialization. At least, that’s the picture that liberals like Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) are […]
Read More »Employment Up, Unemployment Rate Down in Georgia Mountains in August
Mark Butler | Commissioner David Bennett | Director of Communications Suite 642 148 Andrew Young International Blvd., NE Atlanta, GA 30303-1751 (404) 232-3685 [email protected] dol.georgia.gov NOTE: Audio comments from GDOL Communications Director David Bennett are available for download at: http://www.mediafire.com/file/epe6w23xa6asxu1/Commissioner_Mark_Butler_comments_on_Georgia_Mountains_Aug2017_Local_Job_Market_Report_-_9_20_17%2C_11.mp3 ++++++++++++++++ Sept. 21, 2017 Employment up, unemployment rate down in Georgia Mountains in […]
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Op–Ed submitted by Todd Rehm
Georgia is suffering a wave of overdoses as new forms of extremely potent and often deadly drugs make their way into our communities. In fact, a new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that opioid-related hospital admissions nearly doubled between 2009 and 2014 – the highest rate of the 43 states […]
Read More »Martina “Tina” Faye Adams: Obituary
Mrs. Martina “Tina” Faye Adams, age 86, of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away July 22, 2018 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. Tina was born to the late Glen and Juanita Ross on August 9, 1932 in McHenry, Kentucky. Before moving to Hiawassee, Tina lived in northwest Indiana and Baker, Louisiana. She worked as a bookkeeper and […]
Read More »Prevent Problems with Leyland Cypress
By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent Leyland cypress is a popular, fast growing hedge or border tree reaching heights of 50 to 100 feet and widths of 20 to 30 feet. Though Leyland cypress originally appeared pest resistant, problems have recently become apparent. Over use of this plant, improper site selection, improper planting, and stressful […]
Read More »Short Takes – What We Learned From Helsinki, 2018
What We Learned From Helsinki, 2018. We watched a clash of two techniques at the Helsinki Summit yesterday, Trump’s The Art of the Deal and the other, The Art of Deception, as practiced by KGB’er Vladimir Putin. After the joint press conference two things emerged that need to be understood. President Trump is a deal […]
Read More »Voles or Moles?
By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent Are some of your plants suddenly dying? Did the tulips forget to bloom this spring? After you hunted for some bulbs, did you find little tunnels in and around your flower beds? If so, you may be a victim of the pine vole. Often confused with moles, pine voles […]
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