It’s a full week! Petty politics under the Gold Dome, your weekly RFRA update, and a few words on the New Hampshire primary as GeorgiaPol Radio takes the air. Each week, Charlie Harper, Jon Richards, and Stefan Turkheimer take over Rich “Sully” Sullivan’s show for an hour each Friday on WGST to talk about all
Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA-09) has sent a letter to Windstream CEO Tony Thomas regarding issues with customers not getting the quality of service that they are paying for. That’s not usually a thing a congressman gets involved with, but the issue is that Windstream is participating in a federal government program to provide access to
It’s Saturday! You know what that means….the day after payday! Well, that….and the GeorgiaPol Radio podcast. Every Friday, Charlie Harper, Jon Richards, and Stefan Turkheimer take over the radio booth at WGST on Rich “Sully” Sullivan’s radio show to talk about Georgia Politics. Except this week. This week, we’re switching our focus back to the
Senator Steve Gooch (R-SD-51) filed legislation to create a joint study committee to study high-speed Internet access in Georgia, termed the “Joint High-Speed Broadband Communications Access for All Georgians Study Committee”. The committee will meet several times through the summer and fall of this year focusing on obstacles that prevent high-speed Internet access from reaching
It’s that time again! It’s time for GeorgiaPol Radio. Okay, not the live version (which you can hear every Friday at noon on WGST), but the downloadable, listen-on-demand version of GeorgiaPol Radio is here for your listening pleasure. Charlie Harper, Stefan Turkheimer, and Jon Richards borrow the airwaves on Rich “Sully” Sullivan’s show to discuss
Congressman Tom Graves (R-GA-14) will be inheriting soon-to-be-retiring Congressman Lynn Westmoreland’s coveted seat on the House Republican Steering Committee. The 35-member panel determines the committee chairmanships for the US House. A statement by Congressman Graves via the AJC: “I’m grateful to Lynn Westmoreland for his friendship and leadership, and I intend to be a strong
Former State Representative Jeff Brown had formed an exploratory committee to consider a run in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District to succeed Congressman Lynn Westmoreland a few weeks ago, but he has decided not to run for the seat: After much deliberation and input by many, former State Representative Jeff Brown has decided that he will not
I turn 30 this year, so I’m sure a lot of folks will say “do you even know what a rotary phone or a pay phone is?” Yes, I’ve used both a rotary dial phone and a pay phone. In this day and age of digital communication, why am I interested in the history of
On this episode of GeorgiaPol Radio, Charlie, Stefan, and Jon talk about the goings-on during the second week of the Georgia General Assembly along with a couple of special guests. As always, we thank Rich “Sully” Sullivan for the opportunity to allow us on the radio for an hour each week on WGST 640AM, even
The AJC has an article about a possible constitutional amendment proposal by Representative David Stover (R-HD-71) to “give control” to Georgia voters by turning appointed positions on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia into elected ones. Increasing tuition at Georgia universities is spurring this proposal to allow Georgians to “weigh in”: