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Okay. Okay. I lost. I failed. I give up. And no one else seems to care but me. So, I’ll move on and let the Hazlehurst City Council move on. I don’t like giving up but, like I said, no one seems to care about what I care about. And I did my part ……

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. We need leaders who will do things the right way, not just the expedient way. That may not mean much to some folks and some folks may not understand what I mean, but I’m a guy who believes leaders should follow the rules. That’s not all…

I wanted to speak up and ask a question at Tuesday night’s called budget meeting of the Hazlehurst City Council. But the meeting agenda didn’t include allowing public comments and, if it did, I’ve learned my lesson so I wouldn’t have said anything anyway. More than a year ago, I went to a council meeting…

This week, I was looking at some old issues of the Ledger. The issues were 30 years old, printed in 1996. Three decades ago, a bill was introduced in the Georgia Legislature about which I saw fit to pen a column. The bill was introduced to see if members of the Legislature wanted to learn…

I’ve told this story before but it was a long time ago so faithful readers have probably forgotten and younger readers weren’t old enough to read when I shared the story a long time ago. Anyway, here goes: Horses and I don’t mix. I had a bad experience with a horse many years ago and…

Twenty-three years ago, almost to the day, I was having a bad day at the office. A very bad day. Today, 23 years later, I’ve been having another such day. Twenty-three years ago it was computer glitches that overwhelmed me with frustration, leading me to abandon all hope of getting my column done for that…

Joe and Margaret Frazier were two of my favorite people, for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the fact they were such genuinely nice people. Humble and elegant. Genuinely appreciative of the communities in which they accumulated their wealth and the church family who adored them and whom they adored. Margaret…

South Georgia is notorious for being associated with bugs. Most folks are complaining about gnats. This time of year, we switch gears to lovebugs. They lightly land on your arms, face and head as you go about your business outside and make a huge mess of your car grill and windshield. Lovebugs are part of…