Opinion

The truth will set you free. Unless it seems, you work for Valdosta State University, in which case it could cost you more than $7,000.

Opinion piece by William Perry

These are my kids. They’re twins so I love them twice as much. 

Smoking is legal in Georgia, but even most smokers would admit it isn't good for them. Most wouldn't want their children to follow their example, and they've gotten used to laws that protect the public health by limiting where they can light up.

Some Georgia lawmakers are threatening to weaken a law that allows sick children and adults to ease their pain with cannabis oil, which is made from marijuana. Either those lawmakers aren’t listening to us, or they don’t care what we think.

Let’s consider the story behind Amendment 3, which is on next week’s general election ballot. If it passes, the amendment would abolish the independent, constitutionally protected agency that polices Georgia judges. It’s known as the JQC. The legislature would create a new JQC under its control.

 A takeover.  A power grab.  A coup. Governor Deal’s push for Amendment 1 on Opportunity School Districts is all of those things, and you should vote against it. Pay no attention to the gauzy TV ads, promising the Constitutional Amendment will “save failing schools” and “help the children.” Let’s take a look at who’s behind it, and why it’s facing so much opposition...

State Representative Greg Morris was a member of the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Bank and Trust in Ailey, Georgia when it went bust. He has no business running the Banks and Banking Committee in the Georgia House of Representatives, and here’s why.

If anyone, even someone you disagree with, steps up and does something well, you ought to say so, and you ought to applaud them for it.

Some government services should just be boring: public works, senior services, code compliance. Your water bill should not be exciting. In DeKalb, it’s been a lottery ticket— in reverse.