February 24, 2017 6:30 AM
Morning Reads – Friday, February 24, 2017
TGIF. National Margarita Day may have been Wednesday, but this Mexican is going to celebrate tonight.
State
- Georgia Firefighter shot 14 times beats the odds.
- Because we all want to read more about CD-6 and because our own Lawton Sack got a shout out on Political Insider…
- Georgia’s Creative Industries bring $62.5 Billion to State
- Congressman Buddy Carter was the only GOP legislator to hold a town hall meeting this week.
- Meredith buying WPCH Atlanta for $70M.
- Georgia’s State Theater announced it’s 2017-2018 season last night.
- Arrest made in Tara Grinstead murder.
- Driverless cars coming to Georgia?
- The flu took Dade County Schools down for the count.
National
- Someone in Indiana is $435.5 million richer
- Trump set to take CPAC Stage at 10AM
- John Bohner is just cutting his grass and laughing at Congress
- RIP Alan Colmes
- Trump still wants Mexico to like him…kinda.
Wild and Weird
- E.T. went home, but he may be closer than we think.
- John Wilkes Booth POSSIBLY shot in the tushie in Columbus.
And from the Senate Press Office…
The following bills will be on the Senate floor on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24:
- SB 96 – Health; pronouncement of death by registered professional nurses; nursing homes and hospice care; authorize; county medical examiner’s duties after notice of suspicious death; make a conforming change (H&HS- 1st)
- SB 8 – “Surprise Billing and Consumer Protection Act”; health insurance; provide consumer protections; definitions (Substitute) (H&HS- 45th)
- SB 109 – “Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact” (“REPLICA”); provide for the enactment (PUB SAF-27th)
- SB 160 – “Back the Badge Act of 2017” (Substitute) (PUB SAF-7th)
- SB 154 – Assault and Battery; public safety officer while engaged in his or her official duties; provide for the offenses of aggravated assault and aggravated battery (Substitute) (PUB SAF-13th)
- SB 155 – Local Law Enforcement Officer Compensation Commission; create (Substitute) (PUB SAF-13th)
- SB 169 – Specialty License Plate; honoring law enforcement; establish (Substitute) (PUB SAF-13th)
Please note the Senate will convene at 9:00am.
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Theresa Garcia Robertson
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Anyone here attending CPAC? Or do y’all just tape it for binge-watching later?
Today looks especially fun-filled, even after allowing for Trump’s appearance. He’ll be followed by Nigel Farage of UKIP and Fox, Wayne LaPierre, Townhall’s Katie Pavlich, naturalized citizen and Bannon clone Sebastian Gorka, and, in a nod to the greats of the past, John Bolton.
Gorka is a real piece of work.
Only the best and brightest. We’re in good hands. Believe me.
This one seems pretty weird.
Commissioner says something stupid. People are pissed about it. Commissioner apologizes but doesn’t resign. So….
Atlanta mayor threatens to pull a contract from his employer if action isn’t taken?
http://www.11alive.com/news/politics/mayor-reed-pens-letter-to-firm-that-employs-tommy-hunter/413763955
Without reading the link, I think it’s stupid of Reed. The Atlanta City Hall corruption case appears ready to blow though, so getting something else in the news may be the objective.
I watched/listened to 4 of them live streamed. The Savannah one was the most attended, but the Kingsland had a lot of very specific questions on policy from GOP faithful.
Trump is killing it at CPAC!!
Before or after the staff took away their little flags?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cpac-organizers-confiscate-russian-flags-emblazoned-with-trumps-name/article/2615676
You mean the dippy group that was enamored with the receipt of Trump’s name in gold on a Russian flags? Yeah, you can be proud he nailed it with ’em.
Today in infrastructure in America…
http://www.airportsinternational.com/2017/02/new-milestone-in-orlando-airports-development/18551
Good job by the GBI in solving the 11 year old Grinstead murder case. Meanwhile, Atlanta has 51 unsolved murders from 2016.
And Spicer says we wil see “greater enforcement” of federal marijuana laws. Not a good move by this administration.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/federal-marijuana-enforcement-sean-spicer-235318
The Obama administration policy was to leave recreational use up to the states so long as states were taking action to keep legal weed away from kids or crossing state lines.
The GOP is all for states rights, except when it isn’t.
Them $15 /hr CO jobs is good jobs.
It’s a two-fer too, keeps two groups of people occupied.
I said it months ago and today it happened. Trump bars CNN and NYT from press event! Lol! It’s lonely being the smartest guy in the room! Lol!
What? They left Trump in a room all by himself?
Trump: “it was a horrible, horrible mess and we have the brilliant, wonderful (names) that have worked so hard….”
Obama “I have directed my people to allow you…” I, I, I, me,me,me, my, my, my….
Trump and Pence deliver the message differently but are slowly but surely convincing Republicans to work together, not personal positioning, to make a difference on behalf of all Americans.