Kudos and criticisms

THUMBS UP to Habersham Central athletics, coming through with a big sweep of Gainesville High in basketball on Friday night. In a couple of weeks, the Raiders will host the Region 8-6A tournament in hopes of making it to the state playoffs. It also will be a regional showcase for our community.

Gov. Kemp is smiling

To the editor: In my review of local Atlanta news for upcoming weather, I have observed that our Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent pro-gun legislation is alive and well in Atlanta, and probably the rest of Georgia as well! Lots of shootings in Atlanta daily, probably by unregistered and unlicensed handguns.

Leadership is needed

It has been well documented that Habersham County is facing a litany of challenges in the coming years. We have documented our problems in story after story – hospital debt, landfill, jail and capital projects being bid over budget.

The Birds aren’t life, but I got a look at what is

I usually stick out like a porpoise in a dolphin convention, walking around the hills of North Georgia with my worn out but faithful Philadelphia Eagles jacket. It’s got some wear and tear on it after 13 years, but I plan to wear it until it falls off.

Return to the rule of law

To the editor: We are ready, it seems, for the change that is coming. What was happening in Washington in the vote for House Speaker, contrary to the way it was being pictured by the media, was a good thing. Washington and the mainstream media are not accustomed to something called accountability.

True will of democracy

It was pretty clear from the parking lot at Mt. Airy Town Hall on Wednesday night that there was something going down.

The woods are full of folks who’ll take advantage of you

My wife called the company providing service for our “devices” – cellphones, iPads – to see why our bill had increased. She was transferred to customer service. The woman said, “Well, let’s see what I can come up with.

Make this one easy choice

The shrinking space in the landfill is one problem our community is facing, but we face a trash problem all over Habersham County. It’s called litter. And this time of the year, when the vegetation on the sides of our roads is dead is when our litter problem is most visible.

Files being deleted from the original Google

I was Google before Google was Google. Well, not in quite the all-encompassing detail, but on sports and pop culture stuff, I was the guy.

Community shocked by tragic loss

Filing out of the early service at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Toccoa First United Methodist Church, someone touched my shoulder and shoved an iPhone in front of me. “Have you heard about this?,” I heard the voice of Kenneth Cash ask.