What’s Behind the Story? The ecstatic hoopla by Democrats and the liberal media surrounding Lt.Gen. Flynn’s plea of guilty of lying to the FBI, is too early, too gleeful and really, too devoid of connection as to have much meaning to the Left’s real aim of bringing down the Trump administration. Flynn’s dilemma is a […]
Read More »Short Takes – The Sexual Predator(s) in Our Midst
The Sexual Predator(s) in Our Midst This story is not new, it just involves new people. I read an account of Maureen O’Hara’s entry into the Hollywood scene in 1945, before her stardom, when she was propositioned by a film studio owner, not identified in the article. Her Irish temper flared and she quickly put […]
Read More »This Week’s Events in Union County November 27, 2017
GOOD MONDAY MORNING FROM THE BLAIRSVILLE-UNION COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE! We’d like to thank you for making us a part of your weekly routine! You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Blairsville-Union County’s Weekly Events Newsletter. Get up, go out, enjoy what this beautiful community has to offer, and have an AMAZING week! […]
Read More »Media Update: House Passes Collins Bill to Honor Fallen Clermont Marine
House Passes Collins Bill to Honor Fallen Clermont Marine WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives today voted unanimously to pass H.R. 3821, to rename Georgia’s Clermont Post Office in honor of Zack T. Addington. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) introduced the bill this September, and it will now proceed to the Senate for consideration. “I’m pleased to see […]
Read More »ICYMI: Thousands in North GA Don’t Have Reliable Internet
ICYMI: It’s 2017, but thousands in north GA don’t have access to reliable internet ATLANTA—WSB TV reports that thousands of northeast Georgians lack access to reliable broadband services while their internet provider has received millions in federal tax dollars. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) hears regularly from neighbors who are frustrated with their lack of internet […]
Read More »This Week’s Events in Union County November 13, 2017
GOOD MONDAY MORNING FROM THE BLAIRSVILLE-UNION COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE! We’d like to thank you for making us a part of your weekly routine! You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Blairsville-Union County’s Weekly Events Newsletter. Get up, go out, enjoy what this beautiful community has to offer, and have an AMAZING […]
Read More »Man who “sextorted” 12-year-old Girl Receives 10-Year Prison Sentence
MAN WHO “SEXTORTED” 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL RECEIVES 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ATLANTA – Gerardo Perez Uribe has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for coercing a minor girl in North Carolina to produce child pornography of herself and send it to him over the Internet. “‘Sextortion’ is a growing problem on social media sites,” said […]
Read More »This Week’s Events in Union County November 6, 2017
GOOD MONDAY MORNING FROM THE BLAIRSVILLE-UNION COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE! We’d like to thank you for making us a part of your weekly routine! You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Blairsville-Union County’s Weekly Events Newsletter. Get up, go out, enjoy what this beautiful community has to offer, and have an AMAZING week! […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue: Iran Is Third Largest Diversity Lottery Visa Recipient
Senator David Perdue: Iran Is Third Largest Diversity Lottery Visa Recipient “The RAISE Act would eliminate the Diversity Visa Lottery and move us to a merit-based immigration system” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) spoke with Laura Ingraham on Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle about how the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act, would create […]
Read More »Employment increases in Georgia Mountains, unemployment down in September
Employment increases in Georgia Mountains, unemployment down in September ATLANTA – State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today the unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains Region fell in September as the number of employed residents increased and unemployment claims declined. The September unemployment rate, at 3.6 percent, was down from 4.1 percent in August. The September […]
Read More »What We Learn From Polls
What We Learn From Polls Beware the pop quizzes the various internet sites ask of its readers. I personally like to consult Bob Livingston’s Personal Liberty site where they ask a serious of ‘loaded’ questions requiring only a “yes” or “no” answer, without qualification. For example, today’s series of questions were: 1) Is President Trump […]
Read More »Spring Flowering Bulbs Start Now
Spring Flowering Bulbs Start Now By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent Now that fall is officially here, does the thought of a long cold winter have you down? Have you considered a landscape full of spring flowering bulbs? It’s that burst of spring color that makes you feel good. Best of all, most spring […]
Read More »“Operation Rattlesnake” Targets On-line Child Predators
“Operation Rattlesnake” Targets On-line Child Predators Decatur, GA (10/10/17) – As a result of a proactive undercover investigation coordinated by the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit (CEACC), the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, and the Hall County District Attorney’s Office, five (5) […]
Read More »Attracting Native Bees
Attracting Native Bees By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent There are approximately 4,000 species of native bees in North America and 542 species live in Georgia. Native bees nest in the ground or in cavities, like hollow stems or bored holes in wood. According to the Xerces Society, only 250 female orchard mason bees […]
Read More »The Readjustment Will Be Painful
The Readjustment Will Be Painful We’re in for a rough ride in the next few years readjusting ourselves, as a democratic country, from our experiment with Socialism to a return to the representative government our Constitution demands. Competing forces are tearing us apart. Thank a Democrat. The war cycles are converging; the economic cycles are […]
Read More »ICYMI: Liberals Shun Science, Defy Obama in Poultry Production
Liberals shun science, defy Obama in poultry production WASHINGTON—This op ed by Congressman Doug Collins (R-Ga.) first appeared in The Hill on September 27, 2017. Not much has changed since 1906, when Upton Sinclair dropped his magnum opus on a world in the throes of industrialization. At least, that’s the picture that liberals like Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) are […]
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