Fitzgerald, in South Georgia, is known for its chickens, and its about to get a really big one. Mayor Jim Puckett this week told reporters that the town is planning to spend more than $150,000 on a chicken-shaped topiary that at 62 feet tall will be the largest in the world. Constructed by the aptly named Topiary Joe, the steel-framed structure will be filled with growing plants and will unseat Marietta’s famed Big Chicken as the largest fowl in the state – if not the world. Is a giant chicken the smartest use of tax dollars? That’s for the reader to decide – but its presence in Fitzgerald will have the city’s stature RISING…
ICE operation catches criminals
During the Biden administration illegal immigrants overwhelmed systems ranging from healthcare to schools. Illegal alien street gangs flourished. Now, though, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the results of an enhanced immigration enforcement operation throughout Georgia. “Operation Safe Community” yielded 1,226 immigration arrests in recent weeks. Of those individuals who snuck across our borders, 720 had been convicted or charged with crimes in the U.S. According to ICE, the criminal histories of the arrested aliens include sex crimes, crimes against children, aggravated assault, assault and battery, drug crimes, lewd and lascivious acts, weapons crimes and burglary. Incarceration and deportation of Georgia’s illegal immigrants are RISING…
