No time to text (Staff Blog)
By pdonahue

Will our legislators get this message?State lawmakers will take up a bill to ban text messaging while driving. Allen Peake (R-Macon) has introduced HB 938, which will prohibit the use of wireless telecommunications devices for sending or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle.AAA Auto Club South supports the bill — the AAA is trying to get text messaging by drivers banned in all 50 states. So far, 18 states and the District of ...

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The president's allies (Staff Blog)
By pdonahue

A roundup of what some of our Congressmen are saying about President Obama’s new Afghanistan plan:First, from Rep. John Barrow — “We don’t have all of the details on President Obama's plans for Afghanistan, but what we've heard so far is encouraging. I was just there last week, and here’s what I learned: The troops over there believe they have a job to do, and we need to give them what they need to get ...

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TEA for 1.5 million? (Staff Blog)
By pdonahue

County Commissioner Verna Phillips has a few tales to share from her weekend.She went to the TEA Party in Washington, D.C., and noted that though the crowd was numbered to be “in the tens of thousands,” it looked more like more than a million people had filled the National Mall to protest runaway spending and a lack of accountability by the federal government.The speakers were all very good and informative, Phillips said to us just ...

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