Carlton Fletcher

Baby boomers raising a ‘Generation Text’ 1 Comment Last Updated: 11:09 PM 08/31/10 - When we were kids, we all wanted to be heroes. Maybe it’s a generational thing, but it seems that many young people today are not that interested in significance. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

Tomahawk chops down on the Braves 4 Comments Last Updated: 4:47 PM 08/29/10 - I watched, as I’m sure many Atlanta Braves fans did, in disbelief as the Braves blew a 9-1 lead and eventually lost 12-10 to the Colorado Rockies Wednesday. Upon reflection, it hit me that this awful collapse is pretty much a microcosm of the Braves’ season. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

Citizen filibusters no way to run government 1 Comment Last Updated: 11:36 PM 08/24/10 - Every planned government meeting should be turned into an open community forum at which anyone with a personal gripe — be it a legitimate concern that might affect a number of citizens or a personal vendetta that impacts no one but that individual — can subject all who are gathered to his or her airing of grievances. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

Nothing’s as creative as experience 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:55 PM 08/21/10 - I was channel surfing late one night last week and came across “Dazed and Confused” on one of the cable networks that turns one-and-a-half-hour movies into three-hour-plus movie/commercial marathons. Didn’t matter, I still had to watch. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

‘Free ride’ is in the eye of the beholder 2 Comments Last Updated: 10:49 PM 08/17/10 - “Welfare,” I’ve come to see, is in the eye of the beholder. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

City manager not bothered by criticism 3 Comments Last Updated: 11:39 PM 08/13/10 - While serving in the U.S. Army, Alfred Lott dealt daily with the nation’s major media players: the CNN correspondents, political columnists at major newspapers, the celebreporters whose faces regularly appeared on network newscasts. But even that experience did not prepare Lott for the Albany media. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

Lott: I’m leaving with Albany in better shape 5 Comments Last Updated: 10:11 PM 08/10/10 - Asked during a recent extended conversation to list his accomplishments in office, Albany City Manager Alfred Lott had a ready list. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of two columns based on a one-on-one interview of Albany City Manager Alfred Lott by Metro Editor Carlton Fletcher. Part 2 will appear Sunday. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

Handel banking on Palin endorsement 1 Comment Last Updated: 8:01 PM 08/07/10 - In her quest to hold off the challenge of Nathan Deal in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial runoff Tuesday, Karen Handel is, it seems, playing the estrogen card. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

McCartney’s music lets us come together 1 Comment Last Updated: 11:50 PM 08/03/10 - I talked with a couple of people — obviously folks who can still stomach the fact that we’d let an African-born Muslim in the White House ... and, yes, that was sarcasm — about the edited PBS broadcast last week of Paul McCartney’s performance at the East Room of the White House. After watching artists perform some of his most memorable compositions, the 67-year-old former Beatle showed them all how it was really done. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

Capable Lee candidate close to home 1 Comment Last Updated: 6:51 PM 07/31/10 - Lee County is at a crossroads. Administrator Alan Ours has given the county four years of effective leadership that have been crucial to its unprecedented growth. But on Friday, Ours’ tenure in the county will end. County leaders, then, have the unenviable task of finding a capable person to fill Ours’ large shoes. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)

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