Rumors were flying last week, and late on Memorial Day weekend, CNBC’s David Faber is reporting that Atlanta based Global Payments will merge with Columbus Georgia based Totals Systems. Billed as a “merger of equals” with a split board, Global Payments appears to be slightly more equal, with their CEO Jeffrey Sloan retaining that title,
The following column is from May 25, 2015. I’ll say I’m a tad more optimistic about our country than the tone implies (then and now), but the overall question remains. Happy Memorial Day to you and yours. On Monday we celebrate Memorial Day. Or at least, we commemorate it. Many of us have difficulty using
Gwinnett GOP Secretary Jacqueline Tseng had an apparent low-key announcement at the Georgia Republican Party convention in Savannah last weekend. I had noticed a Facebook post this week about her running for Congress but had not seen a formal press release. Her website is currently active as well. Tseng joins the race with Joe Profit
Yesterday we reported that a deal had been reached between the Senate and the White House to free up disaster relief for those impacted by Hurricane Michael. Residents of Southwest Georgia would be among the beneficiaries. Today, it appears a procedural move in the House is being used to block the measure from reaching President
It’s about @$%^*$%^&#$&**@!#^$%# time. Summer reading list. Hopefully Tank School down at Benning is about to get more funner. Hipcamp. Yes, it’s a thing. Have a great Dunkin summer. The funniest part is you know you’ll have to explain this one to some people. Memories of the Greatest Generation. Wasn’t William Hurt in a movie
Senator Perdue’s office alerted us to the news that is developing this afternoon, as the Senate has agreed to move a “clean” disaster relief bill to benefit victims of Hurricane Michael. In Georgia, that relief will be concentrated in Southwest Georgia. President Trump is said to be supporting and will sign the bill.
When DAs representing a bit over 33% percent of Georgians say they won’t enforce a law because it’s implications weren’t thought out that should be enough to say we’ve got a bad law on our hands. So, yeah, maybe the overriding lesson is that we shouldn’t have legislators grandstanding on poorly-written laws. We now have
Former DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton was arrested by the FBI at her home Tuesday. According to the AJC, she “…is in the process of being released from custody on a $25,000 unsecured bond.” This appears to be some weird sort of i-dotting and t-crossing by the Public Integrity Section. Sutton’s lawyer claims she
New Coke is coming back, but more importantly, so is Stranger Things. Microwaves are bad. Learn to use an oven. Especially if you are operating a giant radio telescope… Alabama families are doing their part to adopt children in need. Who wants to buy some stuff Cobb County doesn’t want anymore? Consider this dodging a
