Author: Goober
It looks like President Trump’s deportation efforts are expanding to include four-legged immigrants. Monday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents began visiting animal shelters across the country searching for purebred chihuahuas and obvious chihuahua mixed breed dogs. The agents have been instructed by the White House to round up all stray chihuahuas and send them back to Mexico. ICE has converted three military transport planes into flying animal shelters. Up to 1,200 of the dogs can be transported at one time. “Chihuahuas are the bullies of the dog world. Everyone knows that. They’re mean. They bite. They’ll fight anything…
The 60 chicken house project that is planned for the south end of Coffee County has more than just the neighbors worried. As it turns out, an advocacy group for meth heads nationwide is also concerned. Jillian Cruz, spokesperson for Tweakers United, the nation’s largest methamphetamine advocacy group, reached out to The Golden Peanut after she read our story that broke the news of the project to the community. I set up a phone interview with her on Thursday afternoon. You can read our interview below. The Golden Peanut (GP): What concerns you and the Tweakers United Board of Directors…
A new project that may come to Coffee County in the near future checks all the boxes that signal a progressive and growing community. Economic development? Check. Job creation? Check. Supporting agriculture? Check. Expanding a major local industry? Check. Diversity? Check. And reducing and possibly getting rid of a thorn in every local government’s side? Check again. If you haven’t heard about this, you will in the coming weeks. A North Carolina company is purchasing 1,000 acres property in southern Coffee County with the plan to bring 60 chicken houses to that tract of land. Yep. 60 chicken houses. You…
New York Police Department officers have arrested nearly 30 protesters who commandeered Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall Tuesday as a part of the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The protesters stand accused of the egregious crime of using milk crates outside of their intended purpose. In New York, illegal possession of milk cartons is punishable by a fine of up to $500, depending on the number of cartons in an individual’s possession, and up to 30 days in jail. The unrest on campus began on April 17 when students set up an encampment at Columbia. That day, university president Nemat Shafik…
Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Resolution 932, which was introduced this year in the Georgia General Assembly, designating the tattoo as the official fashion statement of Georgia. For several years, the Fashion Institute of Georgia has lobbied the Gold Dome to introduce a resolution that would highlight the fashion and cultural trends that make Georgia unique. This year, the General Assembly made good on that request. The resolution, which passed overwhelmingly in both the House and the Senate, recognizes the tattoo’s growing acceptance in Georgia. “Once almost solely reserved for bikers, soldiers and sailors, musicians, and convicts, tattoos are…
Douglas is full of jacked up four-wheel drive pickups, SUVs, and Jeeps. They look nice. They should be offroad machines. But they’re no match for the Central Square Spike, a protrusion at the corner of Bryan Street and Madison Avenue between City Hall and Central Square Complex. The Spike, as we at the Golden Peanut have come to call it, is a result of the Bryan Street water line project that began in December of last year. The project took several months to complete and caused traffic problems on Bryan and Pearl Avenue while it was being completed. The road…
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill puts up monster numbers on the field. He has also put up some solid numbers when it comes to his family. What exactly do we mean? It has been reported that Tyreek has 10 children and he has had 4 in the last year. One more child and he will have a complete offense all on his own. Tyreek has more children than 20 NFL teams had wins last year. The 4 he has fathered in the last year is also an equal or higher number than the win total of 4 teams in…
Pearson Community Technical College, which counts the NFL’s Tyreek Hill among its distinguished list of alumni, has been accredited by the Community Institutions of Higher Learning Authority. Gaining SACS accreditation was the final step in PCTC finally legitimizing its place in the pantheon of areawide institutions of higher learning. The college had been working on CIHLA accreditation for the last year and finally received word Friday afternoon that CIHLA had bestowed the institution with its new status. College leadership hopes that the news will provide a boost in enrollment. Currently, about 175 students attend the college through its online curriculum.…