The following is a guest post from my friend and colleague, Fredrick Hicks, a political consultant and founder of the non-partisan firm HEG, LLC. He is a frequent television and radio commentator and his work has been published in numerous outlets. Fredrick can be found on social media @hicksreport. The midterm elections delivered on everything—drama, the
The following statement was issued by Secretary of State Robyn A. Crittenden, with emphasis added on my part: “The Secretary of State holds a tremendous responsibility to Georgia’s voting electorate. I am honored and humbled by Governor Deal’s faith in me to take the helm and fulfill this responsibility. I intend to take on this
A call was issued today by Gov. Nathan Deal to convene a special session for the Georgia General Assembly on Tuesday, November 13. The special session will be limited to “providing emergency funding to state agencies and local governments following Hurricane Michael,” “ratifying Deal’s executive order dated July 30, 2018,” and “providing for general law
(A letter, sent a moment ago, to various leaders in Hall County and Gainesville.) I’m George Chidi. I work on policy related to homelessness, substance abuse, mental illness and other quality-of-life issues for the Atlanta Downtown Business District. I am a former staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and occasionally provide commentary to local television
Sad times. Safety training for houses of worship. Are you locally famous for something you cook? Enter this contest! Make us proud! Why we can’t have nice things. This again? C’mon. You can do better than this. Be original. Find a new way to cheat. Operation Choke Point. It all boils down to manners. Or
From a press release from Secretary of State’s office: On the morning of November 8, 2018, Secretary of State Brian Kemp tendered his resignation – effective at 11:59 AM – to Governor Nathan Deal. “We deeply appreciate Brian Kemp’s public service as Secretary of State. We will continue our work in this office on behalf
From the Secretary of State’s office in regards to last night’s election: “On November 6, 2018, a record number of Georgians cast their ballots in a mid-term election. Immediately after the polls closed, county election officials worked through the night to tabulate ballots. Today, Clarke, Fulton, Hall, and Gwinnett counties completed tabulation of their remaining
So, who’s surprised? Truthfully? UGA moves up to #5 National Guard cyber units were called into Washington, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Wonder if they had any fun yesterday? $2.2m to get out of a price fixing lawsuit, chicken. Visual effects companies are reaping the rewards from production of films in Georgia. $1b in profit sharing over
(NOTE: Machines are now working at Anniston Elementary.) Electronic voting machines in four Gwinnett County polling locations malfunctioned on Election Day, county officials said Tuesday. The yellow cards that voters use to record their votes on each machine were not working with the machines, said Gwinnett County spokesman Joe Sorenson. Annistown Elementary and Suwanee public
