One week until the CD6 runoff! Meanwhile, maybe it’s time to call an end to this whole American experiment and just make Dolly Parton Queen of America. Listen to Dolly’s cover of Brandi Carlile’s masterpiece “The Story” and try to tell me I’m wrong. She’s seventy-one years old, she’s nailing those high notes, and she remains devoted to making her community a better place. Dolly Parton is an American hero. Parton 2020!
- The New York Times is sending reporters beyond CD6. In fact, they had a feature story on Cumberland Island in this past Sunday’s paper.
- Atlanta chef Asha Gomez, whose cookbook My Two Souths is nominated for a Beard award, reconnected with her roots in India.
- Why are youth suicides increasing in Georgia?
- Yesterday marked the first anniversary of the horrific Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed commemorated the event by announcing that the rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of Piedmont and 10th Street in Midtown Atlanta will be permanent.
- Two Cobb County band directors are in the running for a Grammy award.
- The City of Savannah was fined $20K for polluting an area stream.
- Should service animals be allowed to fly without being confined?
- The mall of the future might have a Panda Express, but it probably won’t have stores.