Queen Oprah appeared in Georgia this week to knock doors on behalf of Stacey Abrams. News that Oprah might be coming to your door likely increased voter interest tenfold. If you know Oprah you can’t help but to imagine her on a stage with her larger than life personality proclaiming, “You get a vote, and
It feels like 2012 in Georgia! #YesWeCan! There is #hope and #change in the atmosphere. The excitement and energy surrounding the possible historic election of Stacey Abrams is electric. In 2012, new voters were energized, turn out among existing voters increased, and everyone did a little more to secure the President’s win. Stacey Abrams is leading
The fact that I am going to advocate today for Republican Brian Kemp — and for several other similarly aligned Georgia candidates in two additional columns tomorrow and Monday – should not surprise anyone who knows my background as a former legislator and House Republican Whip, but I want to explain why it is so
A post on the Facebook page of Ted Metz, libertarian candidate for Georgia governor, appeared late Friday offering to drop out of the closely-contested race in exchange for payment of his medical bills. “To all the Republicans and Democrats urging me to drop out of the race: Put your money where your mouth is,” Metz’
Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May denied Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s request to pause an injunction regarding the state’s “signature match” law. Last week, May ordered Kemp’s office not to toss absentee ballots where the signature didn’t exactly match the voter’s registration. Kemp had asked that May stay the order while his office
Party politics … suck. I say that as a Democrat, but I know it’s true across the board. The internal struggles over form and process, cliques and factions are horrible things that sane and principled people ignore when they can. The very tight state senate race between Republican State Senator Fran Millar and Democratic former
My preferred candidate didn’t win the Primary, but I believe we have a great candidate in Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Brian is a down-to-earth, genuine man. I remember when I was first elected Walker County Republican Party Chairman in August of 2009, I got a handwritten note from Brian congratulating me and giving me
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle announced today that Silicon Ranch Corporation will invest approximately $89 million into two solar projects in Bluffton, Georgia. These two projects are part of “a portfolio of projects” that were announced back in June by Silicon Ranch and Green Power EMC. The facilities are scheduled to come online before the end of 2021 and
We enter the final stretch of the 2018 mid-term elections after an unbelievably horrific series of events from last week. The lunatic who was mailing bombs to prominent Democrats was captured. Apparently he had “mommy issues.” A wacko white supremacist killed two African Americans at a Kroger in Louisville, Kentucky “...before an armed bystander reportedly
The most controversial Constitutional Amendment set to be voted on by voters on November 6th has received endorsements from the national level. Amendment 4, known as Marsy’s Law, addresses rights of victims of crime. It is part of a national effort to add additional rights and privileges for victims of crime. It’s named after California college
