Nearly every Georgia dairy farmer voted to extend the Georgia Milk Marketing Order for another three years. The measure, which passed with 96% support, allows for 10 cents of every 15 cents raised in Georgia will stay in Georgia. What, you might ask, is the basis for this scheme? Federal law requires U.S. dairy producers
You have a mere eight shopping days left for my birthday. For those of you who were wondering… “Solitary Confinement” by the Members. While, at times, Georgia may be a bit of a laughingstock at least we are neither Mississippi nor Alabama (thanks, Seth for the AL link). Reed sez city employees can’t travel to NC due
Is it coincidence that two of the top five days in mankind’s history (MLB Opening Day and my birthday) are so close? Probably not. #IntelligentDesign “Big Dipper” by Built to Spill One of These is the Most Pressing Issue in the World Today. You Decide Which. GSU eyes conference title, continued growth. Sam Nunn offers
Congressman John Lewis heaped tremendous praise on Gov. Nathan Deal for announcing a veto of the controversial RFRA legislation. In fact, Lewis, a lieutenant for Martin Luther King Jr during the Civil Rights Era, said Gov. Deal and other political heavyweights who banded together against HB 757 are following in King’s footsteps. In a statement released
President Barack Obama will hold a town hall at the National Prescription Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit at the Westin hotel downtown on March 29. A time for the town hall has not been set. From the summit: President Barack Obama announced March 22, that he will speak at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin
Mere hours after the controversial HB 757 was passed, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said companies and conventions have expressed reservations about coming to and staying in Atlanta. Also in jeopardy, Reed said, was Atlanta’s bid for the Super Bowl. A report in The Atlanta Business Chronicle says Reed was “inundated” with phone calls immediately following the bill’s passage: “I
Ralph David Abernathy III, who was the son of a civil rights icon and a former state senator, died on Thursday two days before his 57th birthday. Abernathy was diagnosed with cancer but I can’t seem to find a cause of death. In prepared statements, Congressman John Lewis and Mayor Kasim Reed honored Abernathy. Lewis
Georgia Democrats hope the David Perdue strategy will be the one that defeats Senator Johnny Isakson. Jim Barksdale filed his paperwork on Thursday to challenge Isakson. A political newcomer, Barksdale is an accomplished Atlanta businessman, much like Perdue. Barksdale is the pick of Georgia Democrats’ brass and with a strong first impression has no website
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport will be well poised to fend off a growing ward of challengers when it completes a massive renovation. The AJC reported details of the project on Wednesday. First up for the airport is a new parking deck. Work should begin on that this year. Hartsfield-Jackson International will soon start work on a $6 billion
Conspiracy? Yes, conspiracy. “I Won’t Tell a Soul” Jimmy Witherspoon and Brother Jack McDuff Newt Gingrich said GOP insiders don’t like Trump because he’s not part of “the secret society.” It’s like the Stonecutters but better. Sam Nunn apparently partly responsible for Trumpism. John’s Creek is leading the fight against illegal massage parlors. Atlanta Magazine’s one-on-one
