From a press release: Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Wole Ralph, former Clayton County Commissioner, entered a guilty plea to filing false campaign disclosure reports in violation of the Ethics in Government Act and received 24 months of probation. The court sentenced Ralph under the First Offender Act. “As elected officials, we have
I’ve become intimately familiar with our medical system over the past three months. My mother has been hospitalized twice (One of them was necessary. One?…) My uncle had a serious heart attack. Jon remains in treatment for cancer. In between, I’ve had a recurring case of bronchitis that has required five doctor’s visits and 40
This is what I hope to be the last word on the Falcons’ Super Bowl performance, and perhaps my first here on my sister. Sunday wasn’t about me. For those of you that have access to my Facebook feed, you routinely see my check ins at Falcons home games. Those aren’t my tickets. They belong
From Representative Buddy Carter, via press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter’s (GA-01) legislation today to expand and protect Fort Frederica National Monument located on St. Simons Island, Ga. “Fort Frederica is a historic treasure and my legislation passed in the House today is
This week’s Courier Herald column: When a loss comes suddenly, especially after a long series of victories, the blow can seem overwhelming. Cruel. Even Permanent. Many an Atlantan can understand that feeling this week. We’re used to our sports teams becoming good when we didn’t necessarily expect it. Remaining good enough to change our expectations.
Ten years is a long time. In two weeks, “Icarus” has his tenth anniversary. It’s with that in mind I enjoyed reading this. It’s a letter from Michael Vick to Atlanta. I don’t care if you like sports, the Falcons, or if you love or hate Matt Ryan. You need to take the time to
The funny thing about rules is there’s more than one of them. Democrats again boycotted the Senate Finance Committee today leveraging a rule that says there’s not a quorum unless there’s a member of the minority party present. This was keen strategy to gum up the works and delay Tom Price and Steve Mnuchin’s cabinet
President Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Georgia’s Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue released the following statements on the nomination: Senator Isaskon: “I have consistently said that the next Supreme Court justice should be someone who understands and values the
The Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee have decided to refuse to appear at meetings in order to slow down the nominations of Congressman Tom Price for HHS and Steven Mnuchin for Treasury. Senate rules require one member of the minority party to be present in order to have a quorum. Senator Johnny Isakson
In looking through the GeorgiaPol.com Hazmat Unit’s inbox, I see the following three statements from members of the Georgia congressional delegation. I’ll post others in the comments section as I receive them and am available to do so. Senator David Perdue: “We are at war with ISIS and our previous president refused to put a
