William G. "Mac" MacCarley is a life-long Democrat running for Governor. Mac is a Navy veteran of WWII. During his service Mac was exposed to the effects of the nuclear bomb testing in the South Pacific. He eventually had cancer, but has apparently whipped it. If you want to be proud to be an American listen to Mac. He understands freedom, the duty to fight for it and glory of understanding it.
Monthly Archive for June, 2006
Heather Janbay is the new Director of O.R.C.A., Ohoopee Regional Council for the Arts.
Greg Dozier, Commissioner of the newly created Department of Driver Services, the old Department of Motor Vehicles. This is the Department of State Government that is responsible for your driver’s license and driver education. Greg explains how the growing us of state driver licenses to meet the requirements for photo identification is changing the security and documentation concerns about driver licenses.
Jake Jacobson, Director, Atlanta Film Festival, watches movies for a living, but in addition he organizes the Atlanta’s very own film festival. Kind of like the Cannes festival but you don’t have to travel to France to enjoy it. I bet you did not even know Atlanta or Georgia had a film festival. The 2006 festival just ended, but listen and make plans to experience the unique next year.
Richard Zacks is the author "The Pirate Hunter". I am sure you have heard the Marine Corp Hymn that contains the lines "…from the shores of Tripoli." Well, this books tells you how the Marines contributed to the first American War following independence. It was our first Arab-American war. Very interesting.
Shyam Reddy is a Democratic Candidate for SOS. He was born in Carrolton and raised in Dublin. He went to Emory University where he received a Bachelors Degree in political science and a Masters Degree in Public Health. He received a law degree from the University of Georgia.
Susan Shipman, Director, Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division tells you everything you want to know about Georgia shrimp, crabs, turtles and a whole lot more about our coastal waters and the efforts to keep them productive for commercial fishing and safe for recreation. Did you know most of the shrimp you eat are grown in farms in other countries? Which would you rather have a fresh Georgia shrimp or a frozen Brazilian shrimp?
Dusty Gres is the Director of the Ohoopee Regional Library. "Dusty" is her real name (She was named after the baseball player, Dusty Rhodes.) She is also the Director of the Ladson Geneological Library which is a part of the Ohoopee Regional Library. The Ladson Geneological Library was created by local businessman, Jack Ladson (John E. Ladson, Jr.), from his extensive private collection of books and records. The library is a well-known and well-respected library resource for genealogical research. Listen to the interview and find out about its rare 400 hundred year old book.
He sued the Senate Leadership to have Senate Rule declared unconsitutional. This is the rule which was intended to place a gag order on any one who filed an ethics complaint against a Senator. You can talk about a Senator all you want but if you actually go to the trouble to file a complaint against a Senator with the Senate itself, you lose your right to say a word about it–to anyone! In the interview, Fort indicates that the Senate Leadership has acknowledged defeat. Even I know a bill like this was unconstitutional.
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