top of page
Search
Letter to the Editor: Deffenbaugh Urges Dade to Vote
John Deffenbaugh is Dade's current voice in the Georgia House of Representatives. This is his letter to the editor. I would like to take...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 29, 20181 min read
2 views
0 comments
The Language Nazi: Putting the UGH Back in Donuts, Or: Why Nobody Invites I Anywhere No More
I have been criticized for being too liberal to run a newspaper in a place like this. As it happens, I’ve noticed that most people who...
Robin Ford Wallace
Oct 25, 20185 min read
3 views
0 comments
Dr. Harris Congratulates DCHS on Stellar Graduation Rate
Letter to the Editor: Before we go to sleep tonight.... I have good news to share with you. Please join me in congratulating Mr. Fahrney,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 20, 20181 min read
1 view
0 comments
Maj. Tommy Thanks Dade For Tsunami of Love
Maj. Tommy Bradford, pictured here with his wife, Mary Ann, wrote the letter below to the area residents who showered him with love and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 23, 20182 min read
2 views
0 comments
Car Carrier Crash Complicates Commute; Or Why I Didn't Go To The B of E Meeting
Law enforcement and recovery personnel converge on a car carrier that crashed on 136 East. NEWS/V I E W P O I N T S I keep trumpeting in...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 21, 20186 min read
0 views
0 comments
IDA, Ag, Sewers and Pol Pot: Questioning Basic Ec. Dev. Wisdom
V I E W P O I N T S The Cambodian dictator Pol Pot was famous for marching city dwellers—doctors, lawyers, university professors—into the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 1, 201813 min read
2 views
0 comments
Health Providers Clash Over CHI's N. Ga. Cancer Facility
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: This is a press release from CHI Memorial Hospital that I think requires a little explanation, and to...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 27, 20184 min read
2 views
0 comments
The Public's Right to Know (Or, Anyway, The Planet's Right to Tell 'Em)
V I E W P O I N T S There’s a woman out there mad at The Dade Planet for covering her trial last April. She feels that the DA’s office...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 27, 201811 min read
1 view
0 comments
Letter to the Editor: Jeffares Endorses Shafer for Lt. Gov.
V I E W P O I N T S To the Editor: I am grateful to the nearly 135,000 Georgians who gave me their votes in the Republican primary for...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 19, 20181 min read
2 views
0 comments
Letter to the Editor: Dunn Protests Vinyl Siding Tax Assessment Increase
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: Dade Chief Appraiser Paula Duvall addressed the issue Ms. Dunn is talking about in this letter to the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 8, 20181 min read
1 view
0 comments
Citizens Steamed About Rail Crossing Blockages: Here's Who to Call
Photo: This crash two weeks ago happened when a motorist (who was miraculously unhurt) was struck by an oncoming train he did not see...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 29, 20182 min read
0 views
0 comments
Letter to the Editor: Vote Yes for TSPLOST!
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: This is a letter to the editor from Donna M. Street. I write with some thoughts in favor of the...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 14, 20183 min read
2 views
0 comments
Sidewalks! Sidewalks! Sidewalks! (Do You Hear Me? Sidewalks!)
V I E W P O I N T S One of the patterns of my life has been noticing some weird facet of life that I find insane but that those around me...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 8, 20189 min read
2 views
0 comments
May 22: The Rules of Engagement
V I E W P O I N T S My neighbor had what she called a “rental kid,” a bright 12-year-old whose parents would send the girl out here to...
Robin Ford Wallace
May 2, 20189 min read
0 views
0 comments
Keep the Carpetbagging Yankees From Exploiting Our School System!
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: Colton Moore is a Republican candidate for District 1 representative in the Georgia House of...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 9, 20181 min read
0 views
0 comments
Now For Sale From Your Friendly Neighborhood Planet—Onyx, Jasper and the Yunwi Tsunsdi
F r o m T h e P u b l i s h e r (Photo: Onyx, Jasper and the Yunwi Tsundi has cover art by the fabulous Jerry Wallace.) One of the...
Robin Ford Wallace
Apr 4, 20184 min read
1 view
0 comments
Right: It's All About Communication; Wrong: It's All About Communication, Jerk!
V I E W P O I N T S It’s all about communication. That’s what I thought when I got home from last week’s chaotic special called meeting...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 22, 20189 min read
2 views
0 comments
The Unholy Tour: Deffenbaugh Promotes Awareness of Child Sex Slavery
V I E W P O I N T S Editor's Note: John Deffenbaugh, Dade County's voice in the Georgia House of Representatives, went on a legislators'...
Robin Ford Wallace
Feb 6, 20182 min read
2 views
0 comments
I Saw The Statue of Liberty Weep (While Smoking a Marlboro): My Brilliant Career as a Liberty Tax Pr
Editorial cartoon by Jerry Wallace V I E W P O I N T S I had an inquiry recently about this Liberty Tax piece I wrote in 2015 and...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jan 23, 201813 min read
0 views
0 comments
Rosie's End of The Year Planet Fundraiser
V I E W P O I N T S What is a newspaper? How the hell should I know? I’m a (bleep)ing German shepherd. Mostly. Sorry for the surly tone!...
Robin Ford Wallace
Dec 23, 20176 min read
1 view
0 comments
bottom of page