July 27, 2021 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, July 27
Good morning! Hey, did y’all know that the Herschel Walker candidacy (that some desire and others choose to fervently hope against) might come with some baggage?
- Ask anyone in the Governor’s office and they’ll assure you that Georgia is open for business! Except, not if you’re talking about the Georgia Department of Labor, where all 21 career centers are still closed for Georgians who need help with employment (and regardless of the staffing shortages in many industries — believe me, there are Georgians who need assistance from the DOL; I still receive multiple emails a day from people across the state who need assistance). Meanwhile, the state is paying $6 million a year on rent for these closed offices.
- If you’ve followed the slow-yet-steady progression of Georgia’s evolving cannabis public policy, you will be pleased to learn that the state issued six licenses for up to 30 THC oil dispensaries.
- OSHA set severe penalties for the Foundation Food Group chicken processing plant in Gainesville where six workers died in what was deemed a “preventable” tragedy earlier this year.
- COVID cases are spiking among trainees at Fort Benning, including an increasing number of them who are admitted to the ICU because of COVID.
- Savannah is the first Georgia city to reinstate a mask mandate as COVID-19 cases continue to rise (despite the fact that there are multiple vaccines that are miracles and that are safe and freely available to every Georgian age 12 and up, ahem.)
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Teri
Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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Teri, have you heard about this? Do you think it will happen?
“With a rising drumbeat of criticism, several Republican Georgia legislators are building a case for the state government to take over Fulton County elections.
The newfound power to fire local elections management, created by Georgia’s voting law, worries voting rights advocates, who say it could be abused for partisan purposes to tamper with the heavily Democratic county.
They see a threat predicated on relentless attacks — from former President Donald Trump to state lawmakers — that point to problems both real and imagined in the county. Though a state monitor reported sloppy management, three counts of Fulton’s ballots arrived at similar results and state election investigators haven’t found fraud…
The head of Fulton’s Senate delegation, Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan, said a takeover appears likely.
“They’re absolutely trying to build this record so that when and if the State Election Board wants to come in and take over Fulton County, they’ll have enough of a paper trail to do it,” said Jordan, who is running for attorney general.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/takeover-of-fulton-elections-considered-by-georgia-republicans/PN3BIED4SREBBI3JG4DUZYHQJM/
“A normal tourist visit”, right ?
More baggage than was on the Titanic, but that won’t deter the Trumpists, or Dear Leader. His demigod status as a semi-pro football player here in Georgia gains him nothing but name recognition. Admittedly a significant attribute in politics that has enabled other celebrities. Baggage aside, however, he has done nothing that qualifies him to get my vote as a US Senator.
Oh Marjorie! Don’t you have a district to represent? Or is this part of your re-election plans? I guess she really needs that $500 since she lost so much money on the Gaetz-Taylor tour.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and two other lawmakers are suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House sergeant-at-arms over fines they received for violating rules on wearing a mask.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Washington’s U.S. District Court on behalf of Greene, Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie and South Carolina U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman. Last week, the House Ethics Committee rejected appeals filed by all three representatives over the $500 fines they received after refusing to wear masks on the House floor as mandated by Pelosi as a precaution during the coronavirus pandemic.
During a press conference to publicize their legal action, Greene characterized the mask policy as “segregation” and “discrimination” against people who both refused to wear the face coverings but also declined to be vaccinated, according to reporter Eva McKend.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-us-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-sues-pelosi-over-mask-fine/Y4AGHDG7EBDMFOLD5FT2XQCOK4/
So two companies get to grow 100,000 sqft or 2.3 acres each. And four companies get to grow 50,000 sqft or 1.15 acres. That brings a grand total of 9.18 acres of crop production for the 15,000 patients. First how much does a permit cost for either type of grower? How much wacky weed can you grow indoors on 9.18 acres of land? Sounds like a bunch of talk about nothing. Some legislator or former legislator is in on one of these companies I bet. The cost will be so high(pun intended) that no one will be able to afford it. It will still be cheaper to get it from your local weed guy. So what one has to do is just buy one bottle of the expensive low THC from one of these venders and then refill it from their local weed guy. This way when they get pulled over it is in a prescription bottle and their is no field test that can tell the difference from low thc to the higher stuff sold on the street. Good job government in out pricing yourself through regulation and high permit fees.
I venture that you can grow quite a bit on 9+ acres.
A basement in the suburbs can put out 100+ lbs/ year.
And there’s no doubt the political establishment is buying the licenses on these operations.
You think for a minute these grifters were gonna let this opportunity pass them by ?
Of course they hide any affiliation behind corporate and LLC entities.
Think they want the good folks at First Baptist to know they’ve got skin in the game ?
Of course. Dr. Tom Price.
https://twitter.com/RepScottHolcomb/status/1424709895278956546?s=20
And it took six years to get to this point.
I wish Georgia would look at Oklahoma and the results of their law:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/27/toke-lahoma-cannabis-market-oklahoma-red-state-weed-legalization-437782
The two big producers pay $200K with a $100K annual renewal.
For smaller producers the rate is $100K and $50K.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/medical-marijuana-georgia-six-companies-chosen-production-licenses/85-6ccff625-8f99-4cdf-bb6b-378f9fa85ad3
Commercial production will be greater than the nominal acre or two. The weed is grown indoors and in tiers like a warehouse.
Well, according to the cops a car trunk load is worth tens of millions in street value… 😉
https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/07/us/georgia-okra-marijuana-raid/index.html
That one is great. I never saw it. I don’t know why they just can’t put a simple tax on it and let the market work it out. I wonder what they do with hemp growers now. Do they grab a sample and smoke it and see if it makes them high? lol