January 2007

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Hurley, Brooks: Disappoint Those in the Civil Rights Struggle in Americus

Our newspaper has been trying to motivate the local leadership to act on so many wrongdoings that are taking place against the very people they serve.  And our newspaper has observed the distancing of so many leaders in responsible positions from our local NAACP and anyone who challenges the white power elite. 

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IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE

Submitted by Mathis "Matt" Wright, Jr.

Do you ever wonder what you would do if you were successful in your career, financially secure and well known? Perhaps you would be a leader who would have the desire and means of making positive change not only for yourself, but also your fellow man.

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CAST THE FIRST STONE
ATTORNEY PAUL FARR

By: James L. Bryant, Jr.

For those of you who might not have heard, the Sumter County Board of Commissioners fired County Attorney Paul Farr during the board's December meeting for reasons that have not been disclosed as of yet. This leads me to believe that Farr must have done something mighty bad for this conservative group of commissioners to let him go all of a sudden.

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Run, Obama, run

By Ron Walters

The specter grows that finds Senator Barack Obama being turned into a national phenomenon, drawing huge crowds of people wanting to touch the hem of his garment and catch the verbal morsels that fall from his lips wherever he goes. So massive has been this response that it has sparked a political culture of speculation about his chances of running for president in 2008, especially as he travels to places like the testing ground of New Hampshire.

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