Georgia Democrats have been clamoring that Georgia needs to be considered among North Carolina and Virginia as states worthy of investment. After polls showing that she is running close here, Hillary Clinton may have been convinced. The campaign is running the following ad showing veterans and Gold Star parents watching Donald Trump’s remarks. Georgia has
but he’s wrong about why. This is a guest editorial by Tracie Klinke, an immigration attorney here in Atlanta. After Donald Trump’s speech on immigration many people asked me what I thought about it. After all, as an immigration attorney steeped in the topic day in and day out, I’m bound to have an opinion
A Texas court has granted a temporary injunction in a case brought by a 13-state coalition and two schools districts. At issue is a “Dear Colleague” letter from the Department of Education that purports to require schools to offer restroom facilities consistent with the self-expressed gender of the students, rather than the gender assigned to
In regards to legalization of cultivation of marijuana, 11Alive quoted Chris Riley, the Governor’s Chief of Staff, saying in an email to Rep. Allen Peake during session this year, “As long as this product is a schedule I narcotic at the federal level we keep running into too many risk[s].” Peake quickly responded with another plea, strongly
There are two State Senate runoffs, one in Augusta to replace Bill Jackson in District 24, and another to challenge incumbent JaNice Van Ness in district 43. The Augusta runoff pits former House member and 2012 John Barrow challenger Lee Anderson against newcomer and military veteran Greg Grzybowski. Anderson’s website is a bit short of policy
Get excited, Georgia! Today is the day when we vote on the races a majority of us could not agree on last time. So what’s on the docket? LOTS. A selection of runoffs of Fulton County below. State House In House District 59 (Inman Park down to East Point), David Dreyer faces Janine Brown in what
Hank Johnson, who represents Georgia’s 4th Congressional District, appears to be in the news again with an ill-conceived analogy. Quoting from the Free Beacon: “There has been a steady [stream], almost like termites can get into a residence and eat before you know that you’ve been eaten up and you fall in on yourself, there
On this date in history, the United States Government released its Roswell Incident report, claiming that the aliens people claimed to have seen were merely life-sized dummies and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in
Last night, Charlie Harper and I were on 11Alive discussing Presidential Politics. He remarked that everyone has a crazy uncle who says racist things, but nobody in the family wants him to have the nuclear codes. That about sums up the problem Republicans in Georgia face. You share some DNA with an irresponsible bigot, so
Today the Fulton County Commission will vote on the recommendation from the Library Board of Trustees to vacate the Main Library (the one in Downtown Atlanta) and replace it with a huge building and a parking deck someplace else. Let’s set aside the fact that the library building they want to abandon is by a
