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Steen Miles, The Newslady, is a retired journalist and former Georgia state senator. Contact Steen Milies at Steen@dekalbchamp.com.


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Glad It's Over

  By the time you read this, the 2012 general election will be over. We will have re-elected the president, or a new one, along with a number of other officials from members of Congress to those who collect water and soil samples. We will also have ...

Domestic violence: worth noting

I’m not going to succumb to the temptation to talk about the Bishop Eddie Long debacle. There is more than enough being said in print, on the radio and television airwaves and in cyberspace. I’d rather devote this space to something more universa...

Class and no class

Four women in the news recently—two of them exhibiting class, and two no class. First up Karen Handel. With a very slim margin between them, Handel conceded defeat to Nathan Deal in the GOP gubernatorial primary runoff. She could have called for a ...

Freedom’s Sisters exhibit—well worth your hour

Take your daughters and your sons, in fact, take the entire family and as many friends as you can round up to the Freedom’s Sisters exhibit at the Carter Presidential Library. The exhibit, which runs now through Oct. 3, is a compelling audio-visual...

Dems no surprises – GOP shuffle

  Georgia’s 2010 Primary Election is history. In the Democratic gubernatorial race there were no real surprises. Call him “Hammering Hank,”—Congressman Hank Johnson handily beat his Democratic challengers without a runoff. No surprise there ...

Billy McKinney: A tall Georgia pine

  Former State Representative Billy McKinney, father of former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, has transitioned to the spirit world. And, by the time you read this no doubt his homegoing service will have been held. He passed at 11:30 a.m. on Thursd...

Booze + ink = career crash

What sometimes starts out as a private lark ends up a very public debacle with extremely dire and far-reaching consequences. Such is the case with former University of Georgia Athletic Director Damon Evans, forced to resign following a DUI arrest. At...

Perdue taps Bryant – A good thing

Our lame duck Gov. Sonny Perdue has done another really good thing. He named former DeKalb School Board Chairman Brad Bryant as the new State School Superintendent. Bryant, who resigned as 4th district representative on the State Board of Education, ...

Had enough!

Major kudos to the city of Atlanta and Fulton County. The word has gone forth—we’ve had enough! Mayor Kasim Reed and Fulton District Attorney Paul Howard are saying in no uncertain terms to the thieves, muggers and home invasion thugs, “We’ve...

Penny wise, pound foolish

A property tax increase in DeKalb County is inevitable. Nothing much else can be done. It should have been done when CEO Ellis suggested it at the beginning of the budget process. Instead, we have the cries of “no tax increase” from individuals w...