VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
Wisenbaker > Georgia’s State of the State: a…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: Georgia Governor Nathan Deal recently delivered his fifth State of the State address to the legislature and the people of Georgia. His message was as humble as it was…
Wisenbaker > Class Warfare: Entitlements, Bread and Circuses
Gary M. Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: “Free” college tuition, tax cuts, expanded benefits, tax hikes on corporations and “the rich”. As predicted in this column back in November, “Over the next two years Obama…
Wisenbaker > Transportation Needs and Funding: Competing Concepts?
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director As promised, the “committee of lawmakers, business leaders and advocates for local government”, a/k/a the Georgia Transportation Study Committee (TSC), issued its assessment of Georgia’s present and future transportation…
Wisenbaker > NLRB to Corporate America: “Contract? What…
Gary M. Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director Making good on a warning made in July, the National Labor Relations Board took a breathtaking move late last week to control nearly ten percent of the private…
Wisenbaker | Pyongyang and Atlanta: A Tale of…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: PYONGYANG AND ATLANTA: A TALE OF TWO CITIES “The world's greatest and most powerful nation deserves people who exhibit backbone and have the confidence to live by their principles.”…
Wisenbaker | “Better Watch Out”: It’s Not Just…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: “Nothing’s off the table.” Not particularly comforting words when they come from the chairman of the Georgia House Transportation Committee, Jay Roberts (R-Ocilla), especially when the reference is how…
Wisenbaker | The Season of Advent is upon…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: In the hustle and bustle of getting ready for December 25th and all that happens between now and then, we forget that there is more to Christmas than its…
Wisenbaker | Early Voting: More (and Less) to…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: Dekalb County’s decision to allow Sunday voting in the last election cycle of 2014 was received with applause and cheers as well as angst and consternation. Dekalb was the…