It’s time to tell our legislators to oppose restricting SNAP benefits! Over 42 million people in the US rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also known as food stamps) to put food on their tables. The new Farm Bill threatens to add stronger work requirements to SNAP, restricting […]
Monthly Archives: July 2018
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A boatload of new policies are about to be voted on by the Clarke County Board of Education in August and you have the opportunity to review them and make comments and suggestions before the vote on August 9. Public comment ends on July 27 (this Friday)! Why is […]
In the name of transparency, we ask National EMS to release its full data from the 31,055 calls that exceeded the response time standard between 2014 and 2017. We are asking for an open audit of these calls, to include the nature of the 911 emergency, the zone in which […]
A4E member Steve Piazza is a writer and poet living in Athens, Georgia with his wife and cat. He is a retired educator who advocates for education, workers’ rights and global welfare. Interested in writing for our blog? Get in touch! Stability in any society requires that its people be […]