Squawkbox – May 30, 2026

I went down to the Dougherty County Tax Office to renew my handicap parking sticker a month and 4 days ahead of its expiration date only to be informed that I have to come back next week because they have a rule that you cannot renew until 30 days before expiration. This stupid rule ranks right up there with the post office on Meridyth Drive not having a drop box and forcing hundreds of people each day to park, get out of their car and go inside to mail a letter.

City of Albany officials: When are you going to clean up that huge trash pile off Stuart? It’s unsightly, and I’m sure the Northwest Library and Deerfield are getting rats from this disgusting mess. Do your jobs!

Report: 45% of Georgia births are paid for by Medicaid. Let that sink in. Hard-working Georgia taxpayers are paying for almost half of the births in our state. That is ridiculous. Things really need to change.

I was told Strom Thurmond was deceased, then I saw Lindsay Graham speaking on one of the Sunday morning news shows. Once again, proof that some of those wrapping themselves in the American flag and holding a Bible aren’t really patriots or Christians, but they are good actors.

Gloria Gaines leaves bread crumbs to find her way home, and she is one of seven people making decisions on how our tax money is spent?

City and county commissioners wonder why taxpayers are angry. But nothing is done about litter. The police don’t come when you call. No discussion about constant reckless racing. Half of the people in the Government Center have no idea how to do their jobs. They just sit there all day. Taxes just keep going up. Meetings are uncivilized. Private-sector investors are scared out of town. Should I continue?

You are seeing in real time why Trump companies went bankrupt. This guy is incapable of making a deal or a meaningful decision. He pretends he knows everything, but he’s proven time and again he knows little or nothing about business or governing.

Are we great yet?

Littering is out of control. But there are no enforcement efforts and zero citations written? Flock cameras and surveillance cameras are everywhere. What is your plan, Lorenzo?

Democrats aren’t always wrong about everything, but they are nearly always wrong about the important stuff. So are RINO Republicans.

The Democrats have no vision, strategy or game plan on helping the American people or the economy. Their only agenda is going after President Trump and has been since Day 1 of his presidency.

Dougherty County’s “Mini-Me” commission chairman may have won his election (against a Trump-like convicted felon), but his slate of candidates he encouraged to run against people he opposed (read that white people) went down in flames. So much for being a king-maker.