Ever get the feeling that all our public institutions are unraveling? No? Maybe you should move to Savannah. Late last week, we got word that Savannah Fire Marshal Craig Landolt, who was honored as fire inspector of the year by the Georgia Fire Inspectors Association, had abruptly left his post. From the Savannah Morning News:
One of the reasons the General Assembly passed House Bill 225 during the 2015 legislative seession was to equitably regulate ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft. Despite worries that Chairman Alan Powell’s bill was going to effectively put ride sharing companies out of business by saddling them with the same requirements as traditional
George Soros, the 86-year old currency manipulator and alleged Nazi collaborator, has forced Matt McCord out of the race for Henry County District Attorney. “Matt McCord announced his withdrawal from the campaign effective immediately, after apparently learning of a six-figure donation to his opponent, Darius Pattillo.” Soros’ donations were first reported by Aaron Gould Sheinin
This week’s Courier Herald column: We’ve now clocked the fifteenth anniversary of September 11th. As is typical – and well deserved – we couple this remembrance of when terrorists killed over 3,000 on American soil with a recognition of the first responders that ran toward the danger rather than away from it. As a country,
An attorney I know once told me that finding compromise with a zoning issue is often more contentious than reaching an accord in a divorce settlement. I’ve never been divorced – but I have been on the receiving end of zoning-related ire on more than one occasion. It’s… not pleasant. Thankfully, with nearly every zoning
Our friends at Creative Loafing bring us word that Michael Sterling is now running for Mayor. Sterling will be the seventh and nowhere near last candidate for the job. The alt-weekly reports: The 34-year-old Beaumont, Texas native wants to go from a career mostly spent practicing law and investigating cases, advising Reed and leading City Hall initiatives,
The Albany Herald takes a look at a House Race in SW Georgia…and finds an interesting series of events as to how Democrats picked an independent to challenge the Republican with the longest record of service to the House of Representatives. The original Democratic challenger, James “I’m not Griftdrift” Williams, lost a post-qualifying challenge based
The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that the much maligned and despised PARKAtlanta has had its contract extended on a month to month basis, not to exceed six months. Monty Python has the rundown:
A plan by a religious group to build a school, a residential area, cemetery, and a worship facility on 135 acres in Newton County has drawn criticism from elected officials, according to a story in the Newton Citizen. Despite the fact that the property in question was purchased a year ago, county leadership appeared to
Since it was chartered in 1965, expansion and funding have been among MARTA’s most formidable opponents. MARTA was designed to serve the entire metro Atlanta region, but Cobb County and Gwinnett County never agreed to participate. Fulton County, DeKalb County, and now Clayton County have footed the bill through a 1 percent sales tax, but without regular
