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That Was for You, Coach! Yesterday was a busy day for me. This year, I’ve been the head coach for my oldest son’s school soccer team. So far, we are undefeated. But yesterday, well, it was a close one. We had to travel up to Dalton to play at Heritage Soccer Complex. Seph’s school has the use of transit-type passenger buses, but in order to get there and get warmed up in time for...
Are You Doing What You Always Did? As I’m writing this, it’s the beginning of October. That means three quarters of 2026 are over, and we have but three months left. What are you going to do about it? Now, I didn’t mean for that to sound ominous. Instead, I meant for it to be a call to action. We still have three months left, and a lot can be done. And of those things, I believe...
Feeling Nothing but Grateful As I’m writing this to you, I am speeding toward Atlanta at a rate of 556 mph. Currently, I’m 27,988 feet in the air and somewhere between San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Florida. To my left are my oldest and middle sons. To my right sit Ashley, our youngest son and our daughter. All I know is we are somewhere over the Caribbean, and the monitor on the back of this...
Annexation without Representation Today I’d like to talk to you, not as an authority, but as a member of the community trying to reason through some things. My hope is that you’ll be my sounding board as I try to come to grips with something that just happened in my area. A property owner has decided to convert his family farm into a new housing development in Calhoun off Liberty Road,...
Be There… In Person This week was one of my favorite meetings of the Calhoun Creative Deal Structuring Luncheon, which I host on the fourth Wednesday of every month. I've been hosting this free event for two and a half years now. And as anyone who has ever started a recurring event knows, there comes a point when you begin to wonder whether the commitment you've created is really worth it...