The Gantt Report – I hope the members of the Democratic Party closely watched the recent and raucous Republican Party Convention. The Grand Old Party had a tremendous amount of unity and support for their deceitful nominees for President and Vice President. Cheers for the Republican nominees were preceded and followed by cheers for their […]
Love and Respect Black Elders
By Lucius Gantt 3877 (The Gantt Report) – When some people want to disparage me, they don’t say I’m incompetent, untruthful, inexperienced, or uncaring. The only thing they can say is, “Lucius is old”. Well, I am old. God has blessed me with life longevity. When you have children that are old enough to […]
Willie Lynch Media – The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt – I began my media career at 17 years old when I was hired by WSB-TV, Atlanta’s largest and most famous television station. The year was 1968. At that time, I didn’t know I would have a long media career, I just wanted a job. After graduating from high school, my mother […]
Rats on a Sinking Ship – The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt – A wharf rat is a large rat that is commonly found on wharves. These kinds of rats often sustain themselves by pilfering from warehouses near the seaside or from ships. When the rats board a ship, they don’t all line up like they were following the Pied Piper and get on […]
Christian and Buffalo Soldiers
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – I hope all military veterans and their families enjoyed the recent Memorial Day celebrations honoring men and women that served their country in the Armed Services. My father, Lucius Gantt, was a United States Army Technical Sergeant in the 949 Air Engineering Squadron. There were no books written […]
The Central Florida Puppet Project – The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt – Everybody reading this column has a family member, a friend, a classmate, a coworker or a neighbor that always seems to be complaining, protesting, speaking out or standing up about insensitivity, injustice or inequality. Instead of those people being honored, appreciated or praised, people we know that fight for our rights, […]
Government Pimping – The Gantt Report
The Gantt Report By Lucius Gantt – Growing up in the housing projects and ghettos of Atlanta, I saw my share of gamblers, hustlers, pickpockets, peddlers and pan handlers. When I moved to Tallahassee, I saw a lot of things but a lot of things I didn’t see! Let me explain. Growing up on the […]
All in the Family?
By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – When a man and woman conceive and deliver a baby family members and nosey friends are quick to look for two things. They want to know who does the baby look like and what are the baby’s mannerisms and disposition, who does the baby act like. If a […]