Tuesday, December 04, 2007

it appears billy maddox will win...

the district 127 house runoff.

with all of lamar and pike counties and all but one precinct in upson county reporting, maddox has 56% of the vote. maddox leads jim fletcher 2341-1838.

maddox took lamar county 234-150. he also took pike county 976-445.

these results are unofficial and will remain so until certified by secretary of state karen handel and the elections superintendents in the three counties.

6 comments:

I said...

this blog really - really sucks now. Get more entertainment reading an old owners manual. Scoop you got a first class dud now.

gmichael said...

Scoop - I disagree with i. I like the new format much better.

The old format of allowing anonymous to make unchecked comments had made this blog seem like a Jerry Springer show.

walter geiger said...

i think it proves people are really brave in attacking others when they can do so anonymously but when they have to chose an identity - even just a screen name which i have no way of tracing - they are not so courageous.

i really don't have a problem with comments about public officials but when they rip into the families of public officials or private citizens, that is where i draw the line.

unfortunately, the google blogger system does not allow me to blacklist those who get out of line - and, i am sure that is a minority of the posters.

my only other option is to allow anonymous comments but have them all e-mailed to me for approval before they are posted. that is a lot of work and takes the spontaniety out of the blog.

i am open to suggestions. post them here or e-mail to news@barnesville.com.

Jarad B. said...

http://www.examiner.com/a-1089067~Students_beat_woman_on_city_bus__police_say.html

Read this article and tell me where the media uproar is?

GILLRILLA said...

Im sorry scoop but the new format is not the problem, Ive always posted a name but I have not posted a comment lately because there was nothing worth commenting on....Why no more politics? the debates are rageing! But dont get me rong i do like the blog and thank you for the work you do.

GMAC said...

I don't have any suggestions but I don't like this format. The cowards won't comment any longer and it appears that if you don't want to discuss football - there's nothing to discuss.