Secretary of State Brian Kemp has released his new TV ad entitled “So Conservative.” The ad, in addition to blowing up stuff, highlights the following: Cut government spending Protect second amendment Rip up regulations Deport criminal illegals, including using his own “big truck” to round up illegals, if necessary
Ronald Acuna Jr.: Atlanta’s savior or merely Atlanta’s greatest non-Ed resident? “I’ll Always Love My Mama” by the Intruders. (You know, in case you forgot about Sunday). Science: The Braves Got Hot Fast and Might Stay That Way Markakis: Somehow Better Than Ever Jimmy Carter: I look on my faith as liberation John Lewis talks
Today, Governor Nathan Deal signed the “Bunch Bill”, Senate Bill 17, into law. The bill would allow restaurants to serve alcohol on Sunday mornings starting at 11 AM rather than the current 12:30. So can you start drinking this Sunday? Well, not yet. There will need to be referendum which should be on the ballot
Good morning! If you only click on one of these links, click on this New Yorker piece about Officer Patrick Skinner, a Savannah native who joined the Savannah Police Department following a career with the CIA. Meanwhile… It’s veto day in Georgia! When we hear about Apalachicola’s oysters, it’s typically either on menu, of in
Charlie’s Courier Herald column for this week: Several Republican candidates, including candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, are using their opponents’ support for 2015’s HB 170 to assert their own “conservative” credentials. They’re calling the transportation funding bill that changed a 40-year-old gas tax formula the largest tax increase in Georgia history and/or a billion-dollar
I snatch Coke Zero out of State Sen. Steve Henson’s fridge when I visit the capitol, and he hasn’t thrown me out of his office yet, which I find oddly gratifying. I generally drop in when something dumb is happening in DeKalb – a corruption issue here, an incorporation issue there – to offer the
Happy Monday, everyone! I’m changing my format for the next few weeks. We will return to normal soon! Take a look into Melania Trump’s world. Lobbyist spending reports have come out and they’re better than last year (maybe)! …hey guys, so this is happening. Denis O’Hayer is retiring. That’s a huge loss to Georgia politics.
Move over transit and transportation issues in Georgia. Forget about expounding upon how he will eliminate the state income tax. What about the 50 distressed counties in Georgia or the rural healthcare crisis? Nah. Michael Williams is focusing his campaign on what is really important to Georgia citizens: the decision of the Boys Scouts of America
From a campaign press release: “Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich has endorsed Ken Shigley in his race for Georgia Court of Appeals judge, joining a chorus of support from conservative leader including Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren, former Georgia GOP chair Sue Everhart and former Congressman Lynn Westmoreland. “Ken Shigley is the best candidate
It’s a bleak outlook for 104 counties, with a whopping seven ranking anywhere near the top nationally. Using data from the Appalachian Regional Commission, Reddit user u/killroy200 created a harrowing map of the economic status of Georgia’s counties. As you might guess, metropolitan areas are doing well. The rest of the state–well…. There are 50
