Collins and Blue Ridge Business Owners Talk Pro-Growth Policies BLUE RIDGE, Ga.—Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) joined the Blue Ridge Business Association recently to hear from business leaders about the local economy and related policy issues. Collins asked the Fannin County group to share the economic outlook for their operations and invited questions on policy issues […]
Read More »Short Takes – Perspectives in Violence
Perspective, about deadly events, means nothing if you are the victim facing any threat that could kill you. Currently, the objet d’jour of outrage is against guns because they are noisy, frightening and, if semi-automatic, can do a lot of damage quickly. One such, in the hands of a disturbed individual just killed a lot […]
Read More »Short Takes – Just Another Shooting?
The multiple murders at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida was absolutely preventable! Yet, the organizations capable of preventing it, did not, could not, or would not, for whatever reasons, take action against a known potential danger because of the fear of social backlash from one group or another because it would […]
Read More »BKP Interviews Georgia House Speaker David Ralston
On FYN TV, BKP interviews Georgia’s Speaker of the House for District-7 Representative David Ralston, as they discuss Georgia’s aggressive plan for a large infrastructure investment that was presented and highlighted at a meeting for Republican leaders including Ralston, over the weekend at The White House. Speaker David Ralston comments on what that means for […]
Read More »Road Median Flowers
Before the cold turned them brown, I was getting questions about the flowers planted in the road median between Blue Ridge and Ellijay. As it turns out the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is teaching all of us about an old floral favorite that needs to be brought back to the garden: cosmos. This year […]
Read More »Controlling Springtails
Over the past few weeks, many people have either called or come by the office with a question about tiny, purplish-brown, hopping insects around or in their homes. These tiny creatures are springtails. Springtails are one of those insects that you may wonder why are they here on Earth. But in reality, they serve a […]
Read More »What Just Happened?
What happened? Date line, Monday 22 Jan 2018: Inexplicably, Senate minority leader Chuckie Schemer rallied the Senate Democrats to support the Government funding bill. Suddenly there was a virtual stampede of Democrat Senators to vote with Republicans to send the CR bill to Trumps desk to continue the funding the US Government into March. […]
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