The Marietta Daily Journal reports that 59% of Cobb County residents (Cobblers? Cobbers?) want a sales tax of up to one percent to fund transit with 39% opposed. In the understated words of Chairman Mike Boyce: “It certainly gives this credibility now that there is support for transit in Cobb County.” From the article: The
If you missed (or couldn’t get enough of) the very touching funeral for President George HW Bush, Senator Isakson eulogized the POTUS on the floor of the Senate today. The two met during Isakson’s run for governor on board Air Force One. “[Bush] said, ‘Why don’t you fly down to St. Augustine and meet me
A word of warning to any Horsefaces out there….I’m coming for you! I remember when Republicans cared about deficits. Hartsfield’s best police beagle finds the motherlode! (A roasted pig). Medicaid expansion and the fate of Obamacare in our gubernatorial race. Apparently Jimmy Carter’s 1976 Florida POTUS primary win was worthy of a book. Terri Lee
Does anyone else think whoever is selling the purported list of Georgia’s voters is setting the price too low? If so, you can scoop up that bargain (and 18 other states’ rolls) according to a report in ZDNet. The technology news website didn’t list the “popular hacking forum” where the information is being sold, but according
Does anyone still doubt November’s election will be a nailbiter? If so the latest AJC/WSB poll should put that to bed. From the AJC writeup: The poll showed Kemp ahead of Abrams 47.7 percent to 46.3 percent, a statistically insignificant difference within the poll’s 2.8 percentage point margin of error. Libertarian Ted Metz had 2.3 percent
GSU professor earns Guggenheim Fellowship. GA’s motor-voter drive boosts eligible balloters who lean Democratic At 80, fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn continues to meet in the middle. Cong. Bishop: Moving agricultural programs would not benefit SW GA. Sonny: Farmer aid could be less than first estimated. Fmr. Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice will give Tech’s fall
From a press release sent a few minutes ago: “The Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Chuck Grassley, did a remarkable job conducting the confirmation process to consider the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. After reviewing the proceedings, including more than 30 hours of testimony from Judge Kavanaugh,
I’m already on PSL #17 D’Marcus Simonds a pre-season All-American John Legend stumps for Stacey at Georgia State Folty to start Game 1 Looks like Columbus mayor is starting the 2020 race. Black Rural Voters Could be Key to Democrats Eyeing Georgia Brian Kemp lost his niece’s vote Sonny Talks Trade and Farm Outlook Donald
The latest poll from Landmark Communications finds Brian Kemp leading Stacey Abrams 48%-46.3%. What I find more interesting is that the same numbers hold true for the Lite Governor race as well. Were I a Republican I’d be very concerned heading into the election. That seems to lend some credence to Abrams’ internal poll released
An internal poll for Stacey Abrams has the Democratic challenger leading Brian Kemp 48%-42% of likely voters. The poll was conducted by Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group who found in May that Abrams was beating Kemp 49%-40%. I’m not smart enough to comment on the validity of the poll or the firm’s methods. However, GHY compares its results
