Squawkbox – May 23-26, 2026

It’s one of the tragedies of our times that race is the deciding factor — and the primary concern — of pretty much every issue in this area. Of course, if you’re being honest, race was pretty much the primary consideration with every issue when the white majority ran the city. Sad in both cases.

Fletcher, I’m surprised you didn’t find room in your latest column to talk about that racist Inyang nobody. He’s never done a thing to help anyone but himself.

As I look back on some of the men and women who helped turn Albany into a successful metropolis, I can’t help but think they’re collectively turning in their graves right now. The self-centered clowns we now have serving on the Albany and Dougherty commissions have overseen the complete demise of a once-great city. Sadly, it appears we’ll never have leaders like those again.

A recent survey of my loud-mouthed Trump friends indicates they realize that Fox News is actually lying to them about Trump. They quietly admitted they are watching CNN now for the truth. Have they finally found religion?

Latest U.S. Census Bureau figures: Lee County, 133; Colquitt County, 97: Worth County, 76; Dougherty County, 45. These were the number of building permits issued in 2024 in each county. Dougherty’s population is double or triple some of these counties. Does anyone think we need some new leadership or are we going to continue to spend tax dollars on affordable Section 8 housing? Affordable housing is paid for with tax dollars, and then tax dollars will pay the rent for decades. Nobody wins but the folks getting the free stuff.

If you like low taxes, safe streets, secure borders and capitalism, don’t vote Democrat.

If all you’ve known all your life is that everything from food to housing to transportation to infant care is provided for free, you’d be in line for all those handouts, too.

Trump is the Ric Flair of the GOP … hero of the low-educated.

Democrats attempt to whitewash their political terrorism by demonizing the South and whites. They play the role of victim — they are the oppressed and whites are the oppressors — straight from the Marxist Critical Race Theory playbook.

The items in this forum are becoming more and more depressing. I know we’re living in a time when the top branches of government are ceding power to a racist madman who is trying to turn our amazing country into a wasteland much like his business ventures, but at least we’re alive. That’s gotta be worth something.

I laughed when I read the other day a quote from a voter who said he was supporting Trump because “he’s doing a great job with the economy.” I don’t know which hole this man just crawled out of, but if he thinks the economy under Trump is great, he’s either a multi-millionaire enjoying all the tax breaks or he’s a loony tunes.