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Hate speech on local sports talk needs to stop

For the second day in a row May 5th, 2010, notorious local sports radio mouthpiece and recently DUI accused Georgia fan Jeff Dantzler of Cox Radio's 960 the Ref (broadcast out of Bogart) decided to needlessly inject a political slur into what is usually a fairly entertaining and informative afternoon talk show. Neither time, taken by themselves, would warrant any action, but this is not Dantzler's first trip to the woodshed, so to speak. Jeff's antipathy toward anyone left of Ronald Reagan is well known, but this time he decided that all left wingers hate our government. I responded for the second day in a row in the most effective way possible, and that is turning off the radio. I would expect something this sophomoric and juvenile out of someone with much less experience that Dantzler. Anyone who even gives a casual listen to the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Neal Boortz would realize the standard operating procedure of right wing radio talk show hosts is to dec...

Jeff Dantzler's arrests may be the best thing that ever happened to him

THis has next to nothing to do with Oconee County with the possible exception of the location of his former office, but a former colleague of mine on the radio got popped today for four counts. Any one who has listened to 960 the Ref AM sports talk radio or heard the UGA Lady Dawgs or men's baseball team has surely heard the encyclopedic knowledge of one Jeff Dantzler. Jeff and I are pretty much diametrically opposed poltically, but today he was arrested on four counts including DUI. I hope he gets the help he needs following his incarceration. I work for a lawyer who could help him out if he does not having someone already representing him. This man is a great broadcaster and I hope this arrest serves as a wake-up call for him and his rock and roll lifestyle. I live a far from perfect life myself but long ago and far away I learned how and when not to drink. Now we will be without he dulcet tones on Lady Bulldog broadcasts as well as on Georgia baseball games and also on the after...