September 7, 2020 9:58 AM
Morning Reads for Monday, September 7, 2020 {Labor Day Edition}
Happy Labor Day, y’all! Global pandemic or not, Americans are loath to ignore a holiday weekend of any kind or the opportunity to grill out and drink a few cold beverages. Y’all social distance, mask up if you can’t, and wash those hands!
- Georgia tourist economy expected to recover in 2021, experts say
- Georgia arts communities come together in a grassroots campaign to save Georgia stages
- Georgia deputy shares powerful message about respect Southerners pay to funeral processions
- The State Of The American Worker During A Pandemic
- Some Georgia universities experiencing record enrollment during the pandemic
- Unemployment diary: I’m a 54-year-old business owner in Georgia who’s had all of my clients cancel since March
- Georgia Legislative Update: Protection From COVID-19 Lawsuits and Two Key Construction Bills Become Law
- Fulton County polling location changes to impact 120,000+ voters
- Top nurses upset at sudden exit of popular Georgia board chief
- Georgia man sentenced for stealing checks from mail after Hurricane Michael
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Theresa Garcia Robertson
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WordPress chose today to introduce a new editing window, and require universal participation. As a result, today’s monday morning reader was an exercise in brain damage.
Special thanks to Peter McGuire for Labor Day.
https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/peter-mcguire
If anyone could share more info on the departure of the nursing board head, I’d appreciate it. What are the ‘ethical issues’ that have been mentioned? Did he quit or was he fired? Did he get sideways with Kemp or Raffensperger, insofar as he’s independent of Kemp, and if so, how?
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Time to step up. I’m sure some of y’all know what’s going on. Create a dummy ID if you’re worried about outing yourself , but give.
He and Kemp had a run in back in 2016 when Kemp was SOS.
“Cleghorn’s position at the Georgia board was the focus of a controversy in 2016 when Gov. Brian Kemp, who was then Secretary of State, announced plans to replace Cleghorn without consulting members of the board, who are citizens appointed to oversee nurse licensing. Most of the board members are nurses.
Kemp wanted to replace Cleghorn with the executive director of the state cosmetology board. Facing criticism from the board members and nurses who supported Cleghorn’s leadership, and an unfavorable legal opinion by the state attorney general, the change was never carried out.
However, conflict continued as the board sought to become independent of the Secretary of State’s office, which currently oversees most of Georgia’s professional licensing boards.”
https://www.ajc.com/news/director-of-georgia-nursing-board-out/UD6FF5ZHWFF43HY74BVLGHJ2PA/
This is payback from Kemp who got shown up when he tried to mess with the nursing board. You have to realize Kemp is a very petty man and is like Trump in that he does not forget or forgive.
I worked as an RN in Augusta. The nursing board was shorthanded due to budget cuts over the years.
They used to have a very good re-entry program for nurses who messed up and lost their license. The board also pushed for expansion of the nursing license to include prescribing medications and caring for patients as nurse practitioners. This was done because not many MD’s wanted to practice in less populous areas. The nurse practitioners filled that gap.
But Deal, et al, slowly took away their funds and reduced their investigative power since the hospitals and MD’s had a lot more political power. The MD’s feared competition and hospitals feared having to share billing with the nurse practitioners instead of paying them straight wages.
The Kemp came in and decided that people who cut hair and did beauty treatments could manage nurses and their issues.
He had already lost the pharmacy and dental boards which became independent.
https://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/georgia-nurses-secretary-state-brian-kemp-want-out/jdkQsErOW1kv7OtK0AmypL/
“According to Yelp’s methodology, the Georgia restaurant serving up the best fried chicken is Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room in Savannah. In addition to fried chicken, the restaurant is also offers Southern classics like macaroni and cheese, collard greens and candied yams.”
https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/this-savannah-spot-has-the-best-friend-chicken-georgia-according-yelp/izl8ZTOLQYLMs7f35y3riN/
My mother was from New Hampshire and I grew up with a poor version of fried chicken except when the elementary school had fried chicken on the menu. It was very tasty.
I have learned how to fry a decent piece of chicken using the fry pan. The trouble is it is messy and takes an hour to make.
Mama Jewel’s Kitchen in Athens has some good fried chicken and waffles but they only serve breakfast and lunch and it may be take out only (I last went there in February).
Who else makes good fried chicken?
Well , Mama Jewel’s is no longer open. Sad me.