From Barrow County comes a school board member who speaks truth to power, albeit rudely. In fact, Lynn Stevens has shot her mouth off so profoundly she might look into using gunpowder as toothpaste. From the Barrow NewsJournal: “The Barrow County BOE plans to take a stand against a proposed state constitution [sic] amendment creating “Opportunity School
“George Wallace represents the real views of Georgians…. I frankly admired Wallace, not because of his racial views, but because of his willingness to stand up and shake a fist at Washington occasionally. There’s something therapeutic about that in the South.” Click the link, and discover who said that, (via the Daily Jolt from the
The pride of Smyrna’s City Council since 2007, a fierce Scottie, and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Atlanta, our contributor Teri Anulewicz is still able to find time to memorize and quote the lyrics to Hamilton, argue with the New York Times and iron her childrens’ shoelaces. Most of you think I
This should have been in the Morning Reads, but wasn’t. Atlanta’s Staplehouse is the best new restaurant in America, according to Bon Appetit. From the article: “Let me make one thing clear: Staplehouse didn’t become my restaurant of the year because of a heart-wrenching story. It became my restaurant of the year because of the
Civil asset forfeiture just might be the most anodyne name ever concocted for an outrageous government practice. Maybe if we started calling “letting law enforcement steal your money and stuff” people might pay attention to it. The practice is used by law enforcement to take property from a person if they think it is connected
Let’s see: we have a runoff defined by out-and-out racism, legislators who pass laws that would eliminate a tax break no one understands, and a school board so opposed to a development deal they’ll cost themselves $460,000 in revenue. And that’s just DeKalb County. The summer heat has brought the crazy elsewhere, such as the
There are a handful of runoff elections on July 26, but none more important than the judicial contests. As entertaining as it may be to watch the Euro-weenie elites and their fellow travelling American counterparts have a collective meltdown over the fact that Great Britain voted to leave a common market that they first weren’t
It’s that time of year when literally unbelievable nonsense shows up in your mailbox, such as this accusation from embattled DeKalb District Attorney Robert James accusing his opponent Sherry Boston of handcuffing a victim of domestic violence with two broken arms and leaving her that way for 17 days. No really. The same guy who
