The Georgia Young Republicans (GYR) hosted their 2019 GYR Awards Party at Winston’s Wine Cellar this past weekend in Savannah. The event included participants from all around Georgia. As part of the event, Holly Gardner was recognized with the Jon Richards Award for her continued support of Young Republicans. Jon was a tremendous supporter of
Good morning! I was in Savannah this past weekend, but I spent my time surrounded by Girl Scouts, and stayed on the side of the river that was pure and good. Atlanta saw its first e-scooter fatality this past weekend. A bipartisan Senate bill – and with support from Senators from two major tobacco producing
It’s Monday. That’s all I have to say about the lateness of this post. Charlie can fire me later. So, I found our family vacation spot for this summer. I bet a bunch of you are wishing you had sent your kid to Morehouse right about now. This is why we can’t have nice things.
The Georgia Ports Authority today elected William D. McKnight to chair their board of directors. McKnight, formerly Vice-Chairman, replaces Jimmy Allgood in a planned succession. Also elected were Patrick “Kelly” Farr Jr. as Vice-Chairman and Joel O. Wooten as treasurer. Background on all of these gentlemen is below in the press release issued by G.P.A.
A resolution to force the Georgia Republican Party to weigh-in on a Georgia House of Representatives matter did not make it to the floor this weekend. Part of what made the convention longer was debate on the semantics of Rule 3 of the convention rules. The resolution was not submitted on time according to the
Today in the beautiful city of Savannah, dedicated Georgia Republicans locked themselves in a convention hall to deliberate who will lead the state Republican Party over the next two years. Georgia will likely be a battleground state, so the choice of state leadership will be imperative in guiding the direction of our state’s GOP. Surprisingly,
The following is a proposed resolution sent out for the GAGOP Convention. It seeks the resignation of Speaker David Ralston and to term-limit future Speakers. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, it has been brought to the collective attention of the Georgia Republican Party that Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is perversely abusing the power of his office, which
This should be a fun convention. I won’t be in attendance as I will be spending this weekend with my son Lucas, but I know others will enjoy what I can imagine will be a fun ride of yelling out points of order and general grumpiness for not being recognized by the convention chair to
We got a press release this morning from Governor Brian Kemp’s office about Hitatchi Automotive Systems expanding in Walton County. Atlanta, GA – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc., a Tier 1 supplier of world-class products to the global automotive market, is planning to create 100 jobs and invest at least
Brooklet, GA, continues to entertain. No broken hip will keep President Jimmy Carter from teaching his Sunday School class. No way. There are expectations, and then there are expectations. Speaking of honey… Who remembers when Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff? AG Barr makes a funny. Relax. It’s just chicken. Gene Simmons rocks the Pentagon.
