The consternation and hand-wringing over the views of the Notorious MTG, aka Marjorie Taylor Greene, the GOP nominee to Georgia’s 14th Congressional district, needs a bit of perspective. It’s not that Ms. Greene’s apparent belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory puts her far out of the mainstream. It’s that her belief isn’t far enough out
As ghoulish as it may seem for Democrats to be jockeying to replace the late Rep. John Lewis in the House of Representatives, so soon after his passing, Georgia election law doesn’t give them much of a choice. The OCGA 21-2-134(b)(1)(B) says they have to replace Lewis’ name on the ballot by 4:00 PM “the next
City elections happen in odd-numbered years, and because most peoples’ political awareness funnel is inverted, (with the least important things taking up the most attention) we often overlook them. But the people who sit on the City Councils, (and local school boards) have more power over your day-to-day life than any of the yahoos in
Superior Court Judge Horace Johnson, (Alcovy Circuit) has declared his candidacy for the Georgia Supreme Court seat currently held by retiring Justice Robert Benham. Johnson, a graduate of Emory University and the University of Georgia School of Law, joins former Democrat Georgia Congressman John Barrow, former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, and state Court of
Touting his integrity and accomplishments -along with support from former Atlanta Brave Hank Aaron and former Atlanta Mayor and Ambassador Andrew Young- Fulton County Sheriff Ted Jackson announced his re-election campaign via a press release: “The department has a long list of accomplishments over the last 10 years. I am especially proud that we were
Former DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton was arrested by the FBI at her home Tuesday. According to the AJC, she “…is in the process of being released from custody on a $25,000 unsecured bond.” This appears to be some weird sort of i-dotting and t-crossing by the Public Integrity Section. Sutton’s lawyer claims she
State Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Jim Beck has been indicted on 38 counts alleging wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, according to Fox5 News. U.S. Attorney BJay Pak will hold a news conference to discuss the indictment at a 3:30 p.m. news conference at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta.
Over at FloridaPolitics.com, Noah Pransky noticed an odd expenditure in former Congressman Tom Price’s FEC disclosures -a $19,500 payment to Public Opinion Strategies for polling. This single fact, coupled with the absence of any evidence or comments, led Pransky to speculate that Price, who briefly headed the Department of Health and Human Services, “may be
Contrary to what a lot of people believe, the work of the Georgia Legislature doesn’t begin in January. Complex issues are given to study committees, where the issues get some pre-session consideration. House Speaker David Ralston’s office announced the appointed members of a joint commission, a House study committee and a joint study committee. From
There’s a $13.6 billion package of disaster relief money sitting on some shelf in a Congressional conference room, waiting to be passed. It includes hundreds of millions of aid money for farmers in south Georgia, as well as residents in north Florida, and Americans from Puerto Rico to Hawaii. But it’s been six months since
