Some stories you find in the news are confusing. That’s to be expected; life is complicated. Some stories actually make you less informed if you read them. But some are a working version of Roko’s Basilisk: if you read it and believe it, you might die. Last night, the AJC posted a story about hypothermia
Apparently, Thursday was “Expand Georgia’s National Parks Day” in Senator Isakson’s office. He reintroduced legislation to protect and expand the parks of Fort Frederica, Kennesaw Mountain and the Ocmulgee Mounds. The legislative effort included Senator David Perdue and a bi-partisan coterie of Georgia’s congressional delegation introducing the same legislation in the House of Representatives. The Fort
Adam Wynn, a resident of Waleska, has announced that he is running as a Democrat in the 2020 GA-11 Congressional election. GA-11 is currently represented by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican. Mr. Wynn’s announcement states that he “wants to be the first openly gay U.S. Representative from Georgia.” Mr. Wynn was previously a candidate for
Imagine, dear readers, all the good $100,000,000 could do for the state of Georgia. Perhaps funding the $123 million in unmet needs for Georgia’s parks. Or maybe buying up-to-date textbooks for our students. Or anything better than buying off candidates for office. Well more than $100,000,000 was spent on last year’s elections. Some lowlights from
Warning – traffic nirvana on Monday. Work from home if you can! Coal-ash leaks. BIG fine for that traffic-wrecking crane. It’s satire, but painfully close to truth. Exponentially dumber, that’s right. Opposite land. Talk about night terrors! Do we need little boy playing a video game to defeat them? Eeeeew. The Return of the Lost
State Representative Michael Caldwell (R – Woodstock) pre-filed legislation for the 2019 session that would allow citizens to vote for or against legislative term limits. HB6 would limit members of the General Assembly to eight consecutive years of service by allowing four separate two-year terms. Under the legislation, General Assembly members must take off one
Good Morning, friends! Jessica is out of the office today, so I am filling in. Georgians are starting to feel the effects of the shutdown. The shutdown is also disrupting the flow of Georgia Beer. R Kelly is under investigation in Georgia after a television series debuted describing his abuse of women, specifically minors. Delta
From a press release from the Georgia House of Representatives: Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) has named State Representative Jay Powell (R-Camilla) as Chairman of the House Rules Committee. Arguably the most powerful committee in the House, the Rules Committee oversees the flow of legislation and determines what bills should be voted on the House
Today, the Georgia State Ethics Commission suspended with pay current Executive Director Stefan Ritter. Commission Chair Jake Evans will oversee the investigation into a December complaint about irregular work hours and inappropriate material on his work computer, according to the AJC. Mr. Ritter called the allegations “untrue.” He told that the AJC that he “hasn’t
Smithsonian has an excellent review of the Cyclorama, which is not the largest painting in the world. It is, however, “the largest palimpsest of Civil War memory to be found anywhere on planet Earth,” and it reopens next month at the Atlanta History Center. Related: Georgia newspapers from the Civil War through the early twentieth
