A couple of weeks ago I noted a bit of a thaw in the sometimes frosty relations between Speaker of the House David Ralston and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle. If that was a slight thaw, then consider the following more of polar ice caps melting. A friend sent me the pictured invitation for a fundraising
This week’s Courier Herald column: I don’t spend a lot of time writing about campaigns these days. I work primarily in policy now, and too often the things said and done during campaigns are antithetical to good policy. There’s a few races on the Republican side that are being run primarily on actual policy. These
I’ve included the videos connected to each incident I described. If you have not watched any of them, I strongly suggest you watch them back to back – because this is our America. We can’t turn the channel and avoid these issues any longer. Trump Said, “Don’t be too nice” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHdF_bmV2Ew when addressing law enforcement back
The Lieutenant Governor is the second-highest ranking position in the state and will be charged with the day-to-day operations of the Senate. The race has actually garnered more media attention than the Governor’s race over the last several months due to heavyweight endorsements and negative campaigning, The nice thing about all three candidates is that
Georgia’s most respected pro-Second Amendment organization has come out strong against a candidate in the Republican Primary. GeorgiaCarry.org is getting involved in the Governor’s race. It’s the first time the organization has ever come out in opposition of a Republican Senator, according to their announcement. GeorgiaCarry.org announced their opposition to Republican Hunter Hill on Tuesday.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman running for office is going to have to explain herself if she doesn’t have a spouse and children – and she’ll certainly have to explain herself if she does. In 2017, the Barbara Lee Family Foundation released the results of a study that were not surprising
Yesterday afternoon House Bill 930 was signed into law at the Georgia Capitol. Those in attendance waited silently and in the dark prior to the ceremony in the Capitol’s North Wing. A scene for The Walking Dead was being filmed on the 2nd floor. Make of that metaphor what you will, but it punctuated the
In her newly released ad, former Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Stacey Evans, moves away from her introductory video into distinguishing herself from her opponent the former House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams. This short commercial may answer the questions many democrats have – why you and not the other Stacey? [WATCH AD HERE] In
As a prosecutor, I prosecuted dozens of individuals, who pulled out a weapon and pointed it at someone with the intent to cause fear in that person. Some of those people are likely still in jail. As a defense attorney, I have defended individuals at trial who were accused of aggravated assault when they pulled
Eight Democratic women woke up to some good news. EMILY’s List endorsed Lucy McBath in CD-6, Carolyn Bourdeaux in CD-7,Lindy Miller for Public Service Commissioner, Park Cannon for HD-58, Betsy Holland for HD-54, Angelika Kausche for HD-50 and Aisha Yaqoob for HD-97. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILY’s List said in separate press releases: “Lucy McBath is
