Growing up, my Dad told me the best job I could ever have is working for the government for three clear reasons: stability, benefits, and impact. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this argument wasn’t terribly interesting to a high schooler craving to experience something new and different.
On Friday, February 28, 2025 I had the need to access public records regarding long deceased family members at the Paulding County Courthouse and Paulding County Carnegie Library across the street.
In recent memory, almost everyone can recount a problem with postal delivery. Bills arrive past due, cards from relatives take weeks to arrive, and periodicals like the Paulding Progress arrive later than expected.
I recently received a phone call from a reader that really didn’t care for an op-ed I ran a few weeks ago. It was definitely more left leaning, but I’ve tried to include opinions from the right as well. Most of the letters to editor that I’ve received are more conservative, as well.
Lately, AI has been crossing my path in my role as Editor of a newspaper.
Trump and Musk aren’t ‘saving money’ by ‘slashing a bloated budget’.
It is on. Elon is burrowing into a hostile takeover of the US government, regulations, and economy.
Last Tuesday, January 28 the FAA admitted the mysterious drones seen flying around the country were, in fact, authorized flights given permission by their agency. This news was presented by Donald Trump’s new Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt at a press conference that morning.
Sometimes in talking to readers, I hear complaints about Paulding County and the villages within. This has gotten me thinking about what I would want to see. That of course brings to mind what other people see in their ideal vision for Paulding County.