Procedural Maneuver, Publicity Stunt. Tomato, Tomahtoe. Regardless, with the house unofficially on recess for Memorial Day week, there was a “pro-forma” session this morning as the House was technically open. Thus, another chance to present the bipartisan agreement on aid for Hurricane Michael victims came….and went. House Freedom Caucus member Thomas Massie today was in
This week’s Courier Herald column: Amazon’s recent search for a new major headquarters location was typical Amazon, in that it was anything but typical. It was public and quite publicized. We know who bid, and in many cases, how much. As with most things Amazon does, it was able to collect a huge amount of
Rumors were flying last week, and late on Memorial Day weekend, CNBC’s David Faber is reporting that Atlanta based Global Payments will merge with Columbus Georgia based Totals Systems. Billed as a “merger of equals” with a split board, Global Payments appears to be slightly more equal, with their CEO Jeffrey Sloan retaining that title,
The following column is from May 25, 2015. I’ll say I’m a tad more optimistic about our country than the tone implies (then and now), but the overall question remains. Happy Memorial Day to you and yours. On Monday we celebrate Memorial Day. Or at least, we commemorate it. Many of us have difficulty using
Yesterday we reported that a deal had been reached between the Senate and the White House to free up disaster relief for those impacted by Hurricane Michael. Residents of Southwest Georgia would be among the beneficiaries. Today, it appears a procedural move in the House is being used to block the measure from reaching President
Senator Perdue’s office alerted us to the news that is developing this afternoon, as the Senate has agreed to move a “clean” disaster relief bill to benefit victims of Hurricane Michael. In Georgia, that relief will be concentrated in Southwest Georgia. President Trump is said to be supporting and will sign the bill.
For our readers that somehow equate Georgia being a “red state” with being bad on the environment, I ask you to compare our coastline to that of the Florida gulf coast. While that’s the easiest comparison to make, the work of preserving Georgia’s environment and open spaces has been decades in the making, and continues
From a press release: (ATLANTA) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger today announced Georgia as the 26th state to join the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a multistate partnership that uses a sophisticated and secure data-matching tool to improve the accuracy and efficiency of state voter registration systems. “Joining ERIC is a tremendous step forward for
The Georgia Ports Authority today elected William D. McKnight to chair their board of directors. McKnight, formerly Vice-Chairman, replaces Jimmy Allgood in a planned succession. Also elected were Patrick “Kelly” Farr Jr. as Vice-Chairman and Joel O. Wooten as treasurer. Background on all of these gentlemen is below in the press release issued by G.P.A.
This week’s Courier Herald column: Condolences to David Shafer. The Georgia Republican Party held its biennial convention for the election of state officers last weekend in Savannah. Shafer, the former candidate for Lieutenant Governor and President Pro Tempore of the Georgia Senate prior to that, takes the helm of the party’s grassroots structure in advance
