This week’s Courier Herald column: I will not be voting for Donald Trump Tuesday. I do have a person for which I will be able to cast an enthusiastic vote. This column isn’t about him, nor to try to persuade you to vote for or like him. We have far more pressing issues, and there
From a press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicating that he will exercise his constitutional authority to withhold consent of any nominee submitted by President Barack Obama and the Senate Judiciary Committee will not hold
This week’s Courier Herald column: One of the more interesting semi-public power plays during this year’s General Assembly has been between legislators and the Board of Regents. Georgia’s Constitution insulates the Board of Regents and thus the University System of Georgia from direct political influence. This is to keep the whims of modern politics from
Ted Cruz’s anti-establishment message seems to be winning with the members of the GOP establishment who gathered Saturday to begin the process to select their leaders. “Large” counties with populations over 80,000 held GOP mass precinct meetings today, where delegates from Georgia are chosen to represent the state at the Republican National Convention in exciting
Congressmen Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-Georgia) stopped by Marco Rubio’s Cobb County GA campaign headquarters for a media availability before continuing on to an event for campaign supporters. Regarding the official topic at hand, Gowdy said his support for Rubio was because he “carries our message in an aspirational and thus persuasive
The Legislature is getting busy, and regulars Stefan and Jon will both being on duty at the Capitol today. Thus, I’ll be not quite all alone as Sully (and likely Alfred) will keep me company in the luxurious bright orange confines of the WGST studios today. I’m going to have a few words at the
This is the final and longest segment in our Becoming A Georgia Budget Expert Series from PolicyBEST. It will hopefully help put into perspective how Georgia’s spending in major categories compares to our neighboring states, most of which are not only our closest competitors for attracting new residents and businesses, but also have similar stated
In today’s installment of the Become A Georgia Budget Expert series from PolicyBEST, we’re taking a direct look at how Georgia’s budget has changed over the last decade. Our state budget hit a peak in 2008 and then tax revenues tumbled during the great recession. We emptied the rainy day fund and got a big
Georgia’s 3rd District Congressman Lynn Westmoreland knows Trey Gowdy well. They’ve served together not just as Congressmen from neighboring states in the GOP caucus, but also served together on the House committee investigating Benghazi. Tomorrow they’ll be talking about another common interest: Electing Marco Rubio. The media availability will be tomorrow afternoon just before rush
At last we leave the safety of the shallow end of the budget knowledge pool, and dive into deeper waters that require a comfortability with the basics to tread. Consider videos four through six of this series from PolicyBEST a bit more advanced and hitting at a deeper level for discussion here at GeorgiaPol. Georgia
