Author: Gunner

  • 67 Years ago today.

      67 years ago today. My Great Uncle Leo Poole stormed the beaches of Normandy. He was a Sgt in an Infantry platoon. Two days later he received a Captain’s battlefield commission. The reason for the commission is that everyone in his chain of command from Sgt. to Captain (that’s a lot of people in between) was…

  • They came…they saw… they inspired…

    The HOPE tour (Sen. Carter, Sen. Jackson, Rep. Evans and Rep. Al Williams) came into Savannah today. The event was at Savannah State University (which is a tough campus to get out of ). They spoke to a packed house (over 100 people showed up) for around 30 minutes and then took questions for another…

  • HOPE in the Low Country

    So if you live in the low country and need something to do on Wednesday afternoon I have what you are looking for. At 1:00PM you should head down to Savannah State for a Town Hall. Savannah is the third stop of a statewide tour which legislators are traveling to discuss the changes in the…

  • The most important infrastructure project in GA just put on hold. Thanks GAGOP.

    So today President Obama released his budget. Thousands of Georgians were waiting to see the if the President was going to include hundreds of millions of dollars for a project called SHEP (Savannah Harbor Expansion Project). This project was one of the only issues that Roy Barnes and Nathan Deal agreed on during the campaign. It has…

  • *UPDATED* Columbia County Commissioner indicted.

    UPDATED: Dean has resigned. You can read his letter of resignation here Awhile back I wrote a post about Republican County Commissioner Scott Dean and his runaway daughter. Today Republican County Commissioner Scott Dean was indicted on two counts of child  molestation. The Columbia County News Times has the story. Scott Dean needs to resign his seat now.…

  • Here’s to a speedy recovery…

    Savannah Alderman Clifton Jones suffered what doctors are calling a pin-stroke today during a breakfast with fellow council members. The savannah morning news has it here.  I like Alderman Jones a lot. He is often the voice of reason on the council. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. Here’s to a…