Running parallel to Peachtree Street, one of the most historic streets in Georgia’s political and civic history is Auburn Ave. Auburn Avenue was the center of African American life in Atlanta. It boasts the commercial and cultural home of many firsts for African American’s in Georgia. Dubbed “Sweet Auburn” Auburn Avenue was filled with black-owned
So there’s print journalism –a noble and wretched profession I once practiced -and then there’s tv news, which has been scientifically proven to kill brain cells and make you stupid. Other than weather reports, local tv news is informative in the same way that cigarettes are nutritious. So it’s almost unremarkable that Giovanna Drpic, a
Yesterday Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue highlighted a growing number of Georgia businesses and workers who are seeing a positive impact from the historic tax cuts signed into law only seven weeks ago. In alphabetical order here are the companies and a summary of the respective impacts: Aflac (Columbus, Ga.) – Increased 401(k)
We received a presser from Tricia Pridemore’s campaign to fill the District 5 Public Service Commission seat being vacated by Stan Wise. In the presser, Pridemore has raised close to $200,000 with over $185,000 cash on-hand in the first hundred days of her campaign. It’s a record haul for a non-incumbent candidate for Georgia’s PSC.
You have one week to finish writing your love letters to my MRs. Ten years ago today the Southwest Dekalb Drumline released their greatest cultural contribution. The not-shocking high costs of new cities. Jimmy Carter is still a draw. How to reduce traffic: get cars off the road. Period. Half this cost would be better spent on
Guest post from Merrie Soltis: Last week, former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 175 years in prison -what will surely be a life sentence- for sexually abusing his patients. Nassar’s case has provoked nationwide outrage that a sexual predator was allowed to harm so many girls and young women for so long.
Well, ready or not it is that time of the election cycle for political ads to start hitting the airways. I have come across two so far, both from Republicans in the race to become Georgia’s next Governor. They both have an ex-military theme and they both enlist actors portraying all or some of their
You know that odd looking MLK bust near John Wesley Dobbs Dr. between Edgewood and Auburn Ave, in downtown Atlanta, just one exit up from the Georgia Capitol? That is not Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That is a bust of John Wesley Dobbs, the “mayor” of Auburn Ave. John Wesley Dobbs was a Georgia
Georgia’s Senator Johnny Isakson and 8th District Congressman Austin Scott, yesterday introduced the Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act, a bill to require the U.S. Department of the Interior to provide outer burial receptacles for veterans buried in cemeteries under the control of the National Park Service. In Georgia, this would include Andersonville National Cemetery. Current
Lucy Craft Laney (1854-1933) was an American educator, trailblazer, and hero. Most known for creating the Haines Institute in Augusta, Georgia. Born April 13, 1854, Lucy was one of ten children. Her father purchased his freedom and worked tirelessly to purchase his wife’s freedom. Twenty years later Lucy Laney was born. Laney was extremely smart,
