The County Commission’s announcement came as a surprise to no one… the Collins Hill Golf Club (formerly Springbrook Golf Club) is unable to pay its bills and, as the club’s guarantor, the county—meaning taxpayers—is in the process of repossessing the property. The county assumed responsibility for the $9,700 loan payment last month and will take full possession soon.
While I, personally, do not believe that government should be in the golf business, I recognize that Gwinnett residents have not only not complained about the county’s provision of recreation facilities and programs but have agreed to be taxed a little bit extra to pay for them.
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“There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs. Partly because they want sympathy, and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”
“There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don’t want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.”
Booker T. Washington said this in 1911.
Only about a third of Arizona’s 100,000 employers are using E-Verify, despite the fact that the requirement has been in effect for more than two years and businesses that do not verify risk losing their business license:
During E-Verify’s most recent full fiscal year, which ended in September 2009, Arizona employers made more than 1.3 million new hires but ran just 730,000 E-Verify checks.
Most Arizona employers aren’t using E-Verify
A Wisconsin State House candidate, a black female, wants her campaign slogan to be “Not the white man’s bitch.” Three of the five members of the all white elections oversight board actually voted in favor of Griffin, saying that they didn’t see anything offensive about the slogan:
Ieshuh Griffin, of Milwaukee, is an independent running for the state Assembly. She contends free speech allows her to use the phrase, "NOT the ‘whiteman’s b—-.’"
CNSNews.com – Wisconsin Candidate Can’t Use Controversial Description
A hearing was held on Thursday on challenges to the new Arizona immigration law. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton asked Justice Department lawyers why she should strike down the law:
"You can barely go a day without a location being found in Phoenix where there are numerous people being harbored," she said. "Who am I to stop the state of Arizona?"
Arizona immigration law won’t be completely blocked, federal judges indicates during gov’t lawsuit
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The guessing game continues as to why Facebook’s automated systems deleted a controversial post from Sarah Palin.
Facebook Algorithm Zaps Sarah Palin Post – Tech Talk – CBS News
