Opinion Section
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Council's vote for raise handled poorly You attract more flies with honey than with vinegar … or, as the Hinesville City Council recently demonstrated with its salary-increase vote, you garner more trust (and perhaps a pay raise) with open discussion. |
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It's all about balancing budget, state spending • Day 21 (Monday, March 8): After a two week working recess to address our budget woes, we’re back in session today and greeted with more bad news as we learn that February’s revenues fell by nearly 10 percent from this time last year. Considering that February 2009 revenues were down by 34 percent from February 2008, this means that February 2010 revenues are down 44 percent from two years ago- devastating news. |
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No buck, no cluck; Keep the thrasher The news in Georgia has gone to the birds. Literally. The latest big debate in the state isn’t centered on how lawmakers are tackling the much-hyped $1 billion budget hole or even how the Atlanta Braves look at spring training. The campaign creating the most buzz isn’t political in nature — it’s ornithological. |
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Perdue not horsing around with buget In the midst of one of the worst economic crises in memory, the Georgia General Assembly has to make some extremely difficult financial decisions. I don’t envy their job. |
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Long term thinking on state funding The news is not good for Georgia on the economic front. It seems sales tax revenue is down approximately 10 percent from February 2009, and last year revenue was down ... well, let’s say they were way down and leave it at that for now. |
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Deadline for homestead exemption is near April 1, 2010 is the deadline for accepting applications for homestead exemption for tax year 2010. Applications can be accepted year round but those received after April 1st will be applied to 2011 taxes. You can file at either of the two offices of the Tax Commissioner: (1) 11 North College Street in Pembroke or (2) 185 Richard Davis Drive in Richmond Hill. |
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Tell me what you'd like to read As a child who wanted nothing more than to grow up and become a journalist, I used to write stories for and draw out my own homemade “newspapers” to distribute to my family on Sunday mornings at breakfast. I tried to design my publications based on what I thought each of my family members might want to read. Dad’s “newspaper” was about sports and my younger sister’s often featured reports on Strawberry Shortcake and her social circle. |
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There is no easy way to balance budget For the past two weeks, the Georgia state legislature has taken a working recess to address our budget crisis. At issue are both the FY 2010 amended and the FY 2011 general budgets. |
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Crowd, students nearly as impressive as president The crowd gathered behind barricades in barely contained anticipation — and in some cases adoration — Tuesday prior to President Barack Obama’s arrival at Savannah Technical College reminded me of Beatle-mania way back in the 1960s, when four charismatic musicians from Manchester, England, forever changed America’s rock music scene. |
