This week’s Courier Herald column: I got the sad news that Uncle Bob passed away last week, at the age of 90. Robert Poydasheff wasn’t really my uncle, but that’s what everyone in Columbus Georgia called him. In addition to the honorary title of Uncle, he accumulated other titles of significance during his life. He
Today, in a long overdue move, I’m naming Lawton Sack Editor In Chief of GeorgiaPol.com. It’s my last act as the Publisher/owner of the website. I’ll also be turning over the ownership and role of Publisher to him as well this week. The headline on this could be “Harper Sacks Himself” but I didn’t want
This week’s Courier Herald column: 2020 has presented unique challenges that most of us wouldn’t have dreamed of a year ago. We’ve added social unrest and a pandemic to an election year, and forced a shutdown of much of the economy in the process. It’s not surprising that much of the news these days is
This week’s Courier Herald column: Georgians who find themselves unemployed due to the pandemic are no longer receiving additional unemployment insurance payments due to gridlock in Washington. That’s the nice, sanitized way that the current situation is currently being reported. It sounds much nicer and less sinister than reporting that those hardest hit by the
From Congressman Graves’ office: Ranger, G.A. – This evening Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) released the following statement: “With the House planning to wrap up the People’s business and the final report from the Modernization Committee set to be filed in the next few weeks, I intend to step down from Congress and begin the next chapter of
This week’s Courier Herald column: It is important to always strive to do the right thing. When government is involved, it’s even more important to do the right things the right way. Last week the Centers For Disease Control issued a nationwide moratorium on evictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic. It differs from a now
Today, Governor Brian Kemp made two appointments to fill judgeships in two Georgia Superior Courts. From a press release: Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced his appointments of Connie Williford and Gregory Voyles to fill vacancies on the Superior Courts of the Macon and Southern Judicial Circuits, respectively. Williford will fill the vacancy
This week’s Courier Herald column: Labor Day is supposed to be one of the fun holidays. It’s one where you’re expected to be at the lake or the beach. Only the most unfun of Facebook scolds will spend the day lecturing you for having the temerity of enjoying a holiday rather than attending some sort
In Fulton County, voting issues seem to be a feature, not a bug. Today, the State Elections Board has referred the systemic mishandling of absentee ballot requests during this year’s primary to Attorney General Chris Carr. Noted pointedly in the press release below from Secretary of State Raffensperger, David Worley – a Democrat – made
This week’s Courier Herald column: Checking my inbox this week, I had an email from a political consultant with the subject line “All we do is win, win, win”. Hubris is often on full display with consultants after a successful primary season, but I’d likely hear “it ain’t bragging if you can back it up”
