The Albany Herald takes a look at a House Race in SW Georgia…and finds an interesting series of events as to how Democrats picked an independent to challenge the Republican with the longest record of service to the House of Representatives. The original Democratic challenger, James “I’m not Griftdrift” Williams, lost a post-qualifying challenge based
This week’s Courier Herald column: In last week’s column I wrote about a new factory coming to north Georgia that will make shoes for Adidas. The facility is unique because it is being billed as a Speedfactory – relying significantly on technology to mass produce products – with many of the employees needing technical skills
The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that the much maligned and despised PARKAtlanta has had its contract extended on a month to month basis, not to exceed six months. Monty Python has the rundown:
This week’s Courier Herald column: It was the fall of 1989 and I was finishing my last quarter at the University of Georgia. I had made a drive to North Georgia to interview with a major textile company. I knew much of the textile industry was already moving overseas, but this particular company had been
Pat Malone, a/k/a, “IrishPat” is having a birthday today. I’m not going to ask his age, but he’s around for some mature guidance to the rest of us ruffians around here. He’s one of our newer contributors but has already made his mark with us, and gives us a bit of additional coverage of what’s
Hank Huckabee is retiring as Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. He’ll end his tenure on December 31st. Expect a long line of folks to be positioning for this influential position over the coming weeks. Meanwhile, expect the replacement to continue to battle between the competitive rising costs of delivering a quality higher education
This week’s Courier Herald column: I was walking across the hallways of Georgia’s Capitol in early March when I ran into an old friend. I hadn’t seen Dr. Karen Mathiak in a while, but like many of my friends from political circles I keep up with her on social media. Dr. Mathiak is a Spalding
This week’s Courier Herald column: The benediction to the first night of the Republicans’ convention two weeks ago was unusual. Pastor Mark Burns of South Carolina announced to the delegates “Our enemy is not other Republicans, but is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.” He then prayed that “we together can defeat the liberal Democratic
