Around Town – April 3

April 3

Orchids to …

• Association of Realtors, Behind the Badge, Centra, Cummins CMEH, Traditions of Columbus and Toyota for making Easter special for our residential and nonresidential kids, from Turning Point Domestic Violence Services.

• President Joe Biden who is working for all of us, especially with his infrastructure initiative.

• never forgetting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol just like we never forget 9/11.

• President Joe Biden’s 75% approval rating for his handling of the vaccine distribution, 72% approval rating of handling the pandemic and 60% approval rating of the economic recovery.

• Yard Barbours for always doing an excellent job on my yard, from J.D. Mills.

Onions to …

• a proposed $2.2 trillion-dollar infrastructure plan that only has a quarter of it going towards infrastructure.

• neighbors who put up bird feeders, then complain about birds in their yard.

• all those allowing the former federal elected official to live rent-free in their heads.

• the previous federal elected official for putting Columbus on track to be downgraded to a MICROpolitan statistical area, and possibly losing big federal money.

• the highly disorganized kid’s resale event, inadequately prepared and had no concept of how to run one.

• the organizers of the large indoor kids resale.

• those who pretend to be so concerned about abortions yet care nothing about infants at the border.

• people who believe sensationalized news rather than researching the truth.

• politicians that still haven’t learned it’s better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.

• the corporate leader for yet again weekly political views.

• those who think non-whites can’t find their way to the license branch.

• the local CEO who thinks his political opinions matter.

• those bashing the revised Georgia election law who have read neither the old nor the revised law.

• the political party that is trying to strip voters of their voting rights, which is a self-defeating issue.

• the political party that keeps putting its hand on the stove over and over again.

• the federal elected official who is against voters showing their ID when it would keep out illegal immigrants, ISIS and terrorists.

• the federal elected official who gave an individual an assignment of correcting the border surge crisis and nothing has been done yet.

• the racist assumption that African-American farmers can’t do anything without the help of the federal government.

Happy Birthday to …

• Susan Ketring, from your family and Donna.

• Rose Bell, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.

• Debbie Malone, from your family and friends.

• Tyler Devore, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.