Back On The Air!

I will be on News/Talk 940 WMAC 6-9am again this morning.  You can also listen online at www.wmac-am.com.  The phone number is (478) 742-0940.

 

The Bibb County Commission is pushing forward with a July SPLOST vote.  I think if Charles Richardson could vote for it today he would.

 

The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office has released a composite sketch of a guy who broke into a woman's home and stabbed her Monday morning.  It would be nice if Macon and Bibb County would do that from time to time.

 

Students at Hawkinsville High School responsible for the senior prank gone bad face felony charges.

 

Two men have been charged with a string of church burglaries in Washington County.  There has to be a special place in hell for people who steal from churches.

 

A Bibb County first grader was suspended after a BB gun was found in his backpack.

 

The Macon Police Department had its accreditation renewed.  Now if only they were able to get a hold on the crime in the city.

 

In the "Why are we spending taxpayer money on that?" file, the Booker T. Washington Community Center, which was taken over by the city last year, still can't pay its bills.  Macon City Council can't decide who they want to manage the city's money-losing pools.  Bibb County is working to crack down on abandoned homes by demolishing many of them.

 

Tommy Stalnaker, who is running unopposed for Houston County Commission Chairman, understands that people feel that they are already being taxed enough.  Good for him.

 

White County, in North Georgia, recently started allowing alcohol to be sold at restaurants and stores.  It turned out to be a very lucrative revenue source.

 

A kid pulled a gun on a school bus in Lafayette after being hit by a Twinkie.

 

Only 7,400 "Super Speeder" tickets have been given out so far this year.  If this is true, it's a big problem for the state.

 

Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, in an attempt to use his current office to try to become Governor, is investigating Blue Cross Blue Shield and their parent company for rate increases.

 

The girl with whom Ray McBerry had an inappropriate relationship is finally going public with her story.

 

In response to the McBerry issue, Karen Handel is refusing to participate in any debates in which McBerry is participating.  She's already gotten her wish with one this weekend, although McBerry is threatening the organizer of the event until he gets his way.  Handel may miss the big Atlanta Press Club debate as a result of her principled stand.

 

Thurbert Baker released a jobs plan yesterday, and he still can only get second billing to Roy Barnes releasing his tax returns.

 

The wailing and gnashing of teeth over teachers losing their jobs continues as the state's second largest teachers' group formally opposed Georgia's attempt to get Race To The Top federal funds because it would require more teacher accountability.  Remember, the government education system does not exist to educate; it exists to create jobs for teachers and bureaucrats and votes for politicians.

 

A cake to honor Braves manager Bobby Cox in Washington, DC had a very unfortunate and inappropriate misspelling of his name.

 

There are more blacks running for Congress as Republicans this year than any year since Reconstruction.

 

A chef in China died after his friends put an eel up his rectum while he was passed out drunk.  The eel ate his bowels.

 

Lindsay Lohan is going to play a porn star in a movie.  No, it is not a porn movie.  Not that I'd be surprised by that either.