An apparent inspiring contributor to The Onion has flummoxed administrators in the Gwinnett County School System by self-identifying as a penguin. “I identify as a penguin, and this is me as a penguin,” he argued. “This isn’t a hood, this is my penguin head. You can’t tell me not to be a penguin.” “I feel
Yesterday Governor Deal signed the legislation that gives the NFL tax exempt ticket sales on a potential Super Bowl in Atlanta in 2019 or 2020. Miami, Taampa and New Orleans are also in the running. As expected, legislators and others opposing the measure decried the action as a tax giveaway and/or corporate welfare. According to
Governor Deal gave us a preview of an independent transportation study on 11 major projects planned for completion in the next decade and the results are good. The complete study by Cambridge Systematics, a nationally recognized firm, is due for release later this month. “These results are a testament to the positive impact this investment
A community re-branding project led by the City of Blairsville, Union County, Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce, and the Union County Development Authority and guided by UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government determined a focus to not only highlight their existing assets, but also to draw entrepreneurs, small business, and young families to Union County.
The University of Georgia Public Service and Outreach and Georgia Trend magazine have recognized four communities that have worked across public-private sectors and nonprofit boundaries on initiatives to improve their community and the quality of life for their citizens. Blairsville-Union County was one of those communities recognized for their re-branding process and received one of
I think everyone would agree that traffic congestion in metro Atlanta is so complex that it will need multiple options to make significant reductions in travel time. The existing and under construction toll lanes, bus rapid transit and other public transit, staggered work hours, car pools and a host of other ideas will work in
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of Georgians through public policies that enhance economic opportunity and freedom. At the end of the 2016 legislative session the Foundation’s President/CEO, Kelly McCutchen, painted a fairly bleak picture of the session’s results with these two words- Missed Opportunities! McCutchen’s overall assessment included the
Over the last few weeks the press, political commentators and comedians have had a field day with the fragile college students frightened and offended by some sidewalk chalk support for Donald Trump. Just when we thought Emory University was an enclave of marginalized, frightened and offended students along comes a ray of sunshine in for
On Saturday night I watched the housing bubble movie “The Big Short” and concluded that Donald Trump’s campaign has some amazing parallels to the 2007 collapse of the financial markets. Start with the premise that real estate is a safe investment because it always goes up. Compare that to the premise that government should run
One of the four qualified candidates in House District 8 is a principled young man from the Tiger area in Rabun County. I had an opportunity to sit down with him to discuss his candidacy and came away with the thought that he may not win but he will not be outworked by his opponents
