Author: Edatlanta

A Whopping .061% Of New Georgia Project Voting Applications Might Be Fraudulent

The investigation into the Stacey-Abrams-led and much-maligned (on all sides) New Georgia Project finished, finding a massive, high-level conspiracy executed by the top names of Georgia Democratic politics. Just kidding! According to the AJC just 53 of the 87,000 voter registration forms the State Elections Board reviewed were allegedly forged. And the perpetrators were 25

Morning Reads for 9/20

Who picked Mississippi State over UGA with 10 confidence points in the GAPol Pick Em? Oh wait, me. (Go Bulldogs!) “Red Clay” by Jack Wilkins. Georgia State basketball’s culture of winning has it poised for another NCAA Tournament run.  Financial Times: Does anyone else remember when Atlanta-based Equifax’s CEO was named one of Atlanta’s top

ATL Log Cabin GOP “Prefers”, Not Endorses in Mayor Race

Ceasar Mitchell and Mary Norwood are sort-of-but-not-really endorsed by the Atlanta Log Cabin Republicans. The organization for LGBT Republicans apparently found that both Mitchell and Norwood are the best candidates for the LGBT community. (Sidenote: This has to sting for the one candidate who proudly claims himself a “Bernie-Sanders-style Democrat”). In a press release the

Is Amazon HQ2 Search Cobb/Gwinnett’s Transit Wake Up Call?

As Charlie alluded to in his latest column, Amazon’s search for a “full equal” HQ highlights the most vexing question for Cobb/Gwinnett Counties and Georgia generally. Will you join the mass transit program or get left behind? It can’t get any more explicit than Amazon requiring “direct” mass transit access “at site” for their new

Amazon’s “HQ2” Should Come to Atlanta

Amazon is looking for a $5-billion-or-more “full equal” second headquarters with some 50,000 jobs to be based somewhere in North America. Atlanta is the best option.  While I extol the virtues of Atlanta in particular, the entire state is a boon for businesses and I’d be happy if HQ2 lands anywhere in the Peach State.

Mo(u)rning Reads for 9/6

College football is no fun, man. I will only watch 55 games this year as a protest. “You’re No Good” by Ken Boothe. Atlanta rabbi: Great Americans “moral warts and all” deserve statues.  Tony Horwitz: The Confederacy is slowly dying in Dixie.  Cherokee school district: Just to be clear–we are not anti-Trump.  Hank Johnson to

Join the GAPol College Football Pick Em Tournament!

It’s that time of year again when adults revel in the athletic accomplishment of boys “attending” schools we have no connection to, celebrate the work of each university’s highest-paid employee who is neither a researcher, teacher or administrator all while these institutes of higher education generate millions of dollars for themselves under the thoroughly-discredited sham of

Morning Reads for Two Days Until Football

OK, so college football started last weekend. Whatever, GSU plays on Thursday. “Be True to Your School” by The Beach Boys.  Associated Press digs the new GSU Stadium.  ABC Q&A w/GSU P(res).  Atlanta rescuing Harvey left-behind pets.  Anheuser-Busch brewery in Georgia shipping water to Harvey-affected areas.  Area laureate writes, recites poem for John Lewis.  Albanians