Couple of things
- It had been a while, but I penned a forum for the Athens Banner-Herald on getting more involved with things like the school system and area non-profits. It's arguably not my best work, but I'm kinda rusty on those whole forum-writin' things.
- This is good journalism by the Banner-Herald, and it's something which has gone on for years but never gets picked up on. Nice story.
- Speaking of nice jobs, let's all give the folks with Partners for a Prosperous Athens a hand. They've made great headway in finding the root causes of poverty in the area and have begun developing a multi-pronged approach to combatting it. I'm also glad the need for affordable and quality child care is getting as much attention as it is as, speaking from my personal experiences with IHN of Athens, I can attest it is one of the greatest roadblocks to helping folks in poverty get back on their feet.
- Speaking of nice jobs (again), let's go back to the Banner-Herald who broke down the mayoral runoff election one final time for us. It's a good read that gives credit where credit is due in the sense that Charlie Maddox firmed up some of his positions. However, it also seems pretty clear to me that Heidi Davison answered a lot of his criticisms rather effectively (the comeback about Maddox working for the Department of Labor was brilliant) ... as well as the simple research done by the newspaper which shows that much of what Maddox is claiming, quite simply, ain't really that true.
- By the way ... it's the Chick-fil-A Bowl for Georgia against Virginia Tech.
- This is good journalism by the Banner-Herald, and it's something which has gone on for years but never gets picked up on. Nice story.
- Speaking of nice jobs, let's all give the folks with Partners for a Prosperous Athens a hand. They've made great headway in finding the root causes of poverty in the area and have begun developing a multi-pronged approach to combatting it. I'm also glad the need for affordable and quality child care is getting as much attention as it is as, speaking from my personal experiences with IHN of Athens, I can attest it is one of the greatest roadblocks to helping folks in poverty get back on their feet.
- Speaking of nice jobs (again), let's go back to the Banner-Herald who broke down the mayoral runoff election one final time for us. It's a good read that gives credit where credit is due in the sense that Charlie Maddox firmed up some of his positions. However, it also seems pretty clear to me that Heidi Davison answered a lot of his criticisms rather effectively (the comeback about Maddox working for the Department of Labor was brilliant) ... as well as the simple research done by the newspaper which shows that much of what Maddox is claiming, quite simply, ain't really that true.
- By the way ... it's the Chick-fil-A Bowl for Georgia against Virginia Tech.
posted by Jmac at 7:16 AM
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