With the announced retirement of State Representative Stephen Allison (HD-8, Blairsville) the mountain counties and the entire state of Georgia is losing one of the few real public servants. While it is understandable that he would want to spend more time with his wife and teen-aged sons, his announcement is also indicative of the tremendous
House Majority Whip Matt Ramsey (R-Peachtree City) will not be running for re-election. Ramsey had been considered a possible front runner to replace Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, but decided not to enter that race. Instead, he’s decided (as many others are this cycle) that the difficulty of running a business and being a citizen legislator are
Atlanta-based rapper Killer Mike is Sen. Bernie Sanders’ biggest fan, having crisscrossed the country to get young Americans to #FeelTheBern and making the rounds on talking-head TV shows. It also appears Mike, (aka: Michael Render) has sights on a Sanders event in Atlanta. I can guarantee the rap-concert-qua-political-rally would be massively attended. In fact I’d go so far as
Last night (AFTER Fat Tuesday celebrations) I decided I would follow up on last week’s Iowa results with another 5 takeaways from New Hampshire. After reading them, they were circular and contradictory – a lot like this Presidential race. So I’ve taken another pass. Now I think they’re just mostly circular. Consider it the start
As advance voting got underway in Georgia on Monday, the Marco Rubio campaign held a press conference at the state capitol to announce additional members of Rubio’s Georgia leadership team. The most significant addition to the team is 3rd District Congressman Lynn Westmoreland. Other notable additions include State Senators Dean Burke and Tommie Williams, and
WSB TV is out with a new poll of likely Georgia primary voters conducted by Landmark Communications that was taken Thursday evening. On the Republican side, Donald Trump still leads the field, although his support has dropped by 16 points since a previous December poll. On the Democratic side. Hillary Clinton leads over Bernie Sanders
We haven’t chatted Presidential Politics during our weekly show in a while. We’re going to make up for that today. Iowa has turned the theoretical into actual votes, and New Hampshire will further help frame the campaign from a reality show to a real election. The field is narrowing, the one time presumed front runner
House District 95 Representative Tom Rice of Gwinnett County says he will not seek re-election to the House after serving ten terms. In a statement, the chairman of the Motor Vehicles Committee said, I have been privileged to serve the legislative needs of the citizens of Peachtree Corners, Berkeley Lake, Norcross and parts of John’s
Received via email: Why I decided not to run for Congress I announced on January 25, 2016 that I was not going to run for Congress after previously announcing I had formed an exploratory committee to help me decide whether to run. In that press release I said that in my next opinion column I
Seeking a candidate to replace Rep. Tommy Benton of Jefferson, Newsradio 106.7 FM personality Michael Graham placed an advertisement in Wednesday’s edition of the Jackson Herald featuring a picture of a hooded person in a Ku Klux Klan costume. In the ad, Graham promises to host a fundraiser and endorse a candidate to replace Benton,
