It’s Friday, and we’re back in our regular slot for WGST GeorgiaPol radio at noon on 640AM. It’s been a rather eventful week as we’ve transitioned fully into campaign season. So what are we going to talk about today? Let’s see. We have prophet for profit Debbie Dooley discovering that threatening to sue isn’t the
This week’s Courier Herald column: Georgia’s emerging film and entertainment industry has spent the past decade going from a mostly conceptual phase to one where the roots are firmly planted in Georgia soil, and fruits are regularly harvested. As the industry begins to mature and expand, it’s also showing evidence of meeting the long term
In 2011, Caroline was a staffer for Johnny Isakson when she first got sick. She had just ended a 4 year relationship that she had expected to become marriage, not a return to single life. After a month of strange physical ailments and trips between Atlanta and DC things took a turn for the worst.
George Chidi wrote a four part series this week on the problems of an ungovernable DeKalb County. Today in another form he’s launched the fifth. George has announced he will seek the open seat vacated by Stan Watson on the DeKalb County Commission. This will require George to resign as a city councilman for the
Today is the birthday of our original Millennial contributor, Ed. No one loves attention, or his own birthday, as much as Ed. He starts planning his birthday festivities three years in advance. Usually the plans don’t quite come together, but…Ed. Ed also loves music. He’s also a bit left leaning. He doesn’t fear socialism nor
Since y’all missed us so much last week (and since Sully is doing a remote with his show tomorrow) we’re going to call an audible and do our audible radio show a day early. Hey, that’s today! At noon Jon Richards and I will start the transition from the legislative session to campaign season, and
Today, Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue introduced bi-partisan leglisation to re-authorize the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, which have their headquarters in Brunswick Georgia. The following is from a press release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., David Perdue, R-Ga., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., today introduced bipartisan legislation
Governor Nathan Deal is expected to announce that Australian firm EdenCrete Industries will be locating it’s US manufacturing headquarters in Augusta Georgia. The plant is expected to create 230 jobs initially, with expansion plans for additional growth opportunities in place. EdenCrete is an additive for concrete that was recently approved for use in GDOT maintenance
This week’s Courier Herald column: Starting at the beginning of this month, food stamp recipients in three Georgia counties who are “able bodied” and without dependents had to show that they either had a job or were in a job training program in order to continue to receive their taxpayer funded benefit. Volunteering at a
This week’s Courier Herald column: The Georgia General Assembly adjourned Sine Die the Thursday before Easter, after passing a controversial religious freedom bill the week before. It was a final week filled with threats of boycotts and political reprisals. After a brief break for Easter weekend, the Governor emerged last Monday with a veto. It
