letters_to_the_editor

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Passport voting requirement amounts to poll tax

Requiring a $160 fee in order to be able to vote is a poll tax, which is not lawful anymore.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dougherty County citizens deserve answers

As qualifying wraps up and the 2026 election cycle begins, citizens deserve to reflect on what has been accomplished — and what has not.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Parents should be punished in lieu of under-age offenders

I believe that birth parents, unless relieved by a court order, should be held criminally responsible for felonies committed by their children under the age of 18.

LETTER TO EDITOR: Dougherty County faces fiscal crisis: Tax increase or service cuts looming

A declining digest does not correct itself. It signals a community in need of new investment, new construction, new jobs, business recruitment and redevelopment of underperforming areas.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ASU finally updates computer program 

It looks like a lot of change is finally happening for the better at Albany State.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Diplomas without direction

Across the three DCSS high schools, only 22.2% of students are testing at a “proficient” level; that is, performing on grade level in core subjects such as math, reading and science.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It’s not a lesson to be learned but a culture to be eliminated

In Albany, “management” is an abstract term representing an unidentifiable plurality in charge but having a nature of assignment accountability akin to “nailing jelly to a pine tree.”

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Medicaid is no longer just for ‘freeloaders’

Taking a closer look at proposed cuts to Medicaid.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let doctors prescribe medications, not advertisers

It seems today advertisers are responsible for prescriptions, not physicians.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Democrats’ wait-and-see strategy is not working

The Democrats are remaining quiet as the Trump administration runs roughshod over Constitutional guarantees.

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