This week’s Courier Herald column: During the process to approve partial taxpayer financing of Atlanta’s new Mercedes Benz stadium, I was perhaps one of the most frequent and outspoken of the critics. Atlanta had and has many infrastructure needs. The decision to tie up a dedicated revenue stream for three decades in order to replace
We haven’t chatted Presidential Politics during our weekly show in a while. We’re going to make up for that today. Iowa has turned the theoretical into actual votes, and New Hampshire will further help frame the campaign from a reality show to a real election. The field is narrowing, the one time presumed front runner
Received via email: Why I decided not to run for Congress I announced on January 25, 2016 that I was not going to run for Congress after previously announcing I had formed an exploratory committee to help me decide whether to run. In that press release I said that in my next opinion column I
This week’s column, a day late: 1) Donald Trump is a loser. No, that needs no sugar coating. We’ve spent the better part of a year with his supporters telling us how much they liked plain, blunt, in your face language. And in Donald Trump’s world, you’re either a winner, or you’re a loser. Donald
As you know, we strive to be a site that specializes in Georgia politics. That’s different than the politics of Georgians, which opens up all discussions to the national talking points of the day. That said we’re also a community, and we understand that you fine people still want (for some of you need) to
Edward Jefferson Alvarez’s funeral was yesterday. Ed was my distant cousin. He was also a close friend. Ed’s great grandfather was John Hunt Harper, brother of my great grandfather Robert Frank Harper. Those men were two of the eleven children of Benjamin Franklin Harper. Robert Frank Harper had 21 children, the last of whom was
While some school districts continue to excuse away failure and fight accountability, Atlanta Public Schools is thinking way outside the box. School Superintendent Maria Carstarphen has a long letter outlining the changes that APS is embracing. She’s proven both with a stare down with the popular and powerful Mayor (Beltline settlement announced this morning) and
Today on WGST’s Sully Show we’ll get our usual hour starting at noon. Jon Richards and Stefan Turkheimer will join me to break down this week in Georgia Politics, and start to look ahead as real battles are finally starting to shape up. The politics of the Opportunity School District are alive an well, even
Oh goodie, it’s another Savannah Port story… We know, sometimes the sound of success can sound like a broken record. The Savannah port continues to grow, with a record 2015 now in the books. So reports the port via press release: Over the last calendar year, the Port of Savannah moved an all-time high 3.73
…and then there were three for Georgia’s Third Congressional District. Fayette County resident (and business partner of Chick-Fil-A’s Dan Cathy) has formally announced his bid to replace Lynn Westmoreland when his term ends in January. Westmoreland has announced he is not seeking re-election. In addition to Pace who has never held public office, Senator Mike
