It’s Hump Day – Morning Reads, April 12

This is typically Ed’s space on Wednesday, but he is not here. Once the fumigation wears off, he should be back. His birthday is on Saturday, April 15, still the most dreaded day of the year despite taxes being due on Tuesday this year. Ed probably won’t let me fill in for him again.

An equation using today’s date: (4 x 1) + (2 + 2) + 0 – 1 = 7

• Sen. David Perdue: It’s time to work with Democrats on health law.
• Protesters really want Sen. Perdue to hold town hall meetings.
• A Reno, NV teen nears the Twitter retweet record in an attempt to get free Wendy’s nuggets for a year.
• Augusta is contemplating addressing sagging pants. The same article states that SOS (and gubernatorial candidate) Brian Kemp has requested to establish a local regional office in Augusta.
• Questions abound about Kay Kirkpatrick’s eligibility in the Senate District 32 special election race.
• A new brewery slated for downtown Brunswick hopes to take advantage of Senate Bill 85 that passed this year allowing limited direct selling to customers.
• North Korea and President Trump don’t seem to be getting along right now.
• H.H. Gregg is closing 220 stores nationwide, including 17 in Georgia.
• Basil Eleby has five private attorneys representing him pro bono for the fire that caused the I-85 collapse.
• Singer/actress Janelle Monae floats the idea that women should stop having sex until men fight for women’s rights.
• Over 100 teachers from Atlanta have signed onto a federal age discrimination lawsuit against the Atlanta Public Schools.
• Georgia Association of Educators name Sen. Vincent Fort as Legislator of the Year.
• You can’t make this up: A prostitution ring in Austin, Texas was discovered at a business owned by Juan Wang after condoms lead to busted pipe.