In a press release via the Secretary of State’s Office: ATLANTA, GA – Secretary of State Brian Kemp reminds Georgians that today is the start of the qualifying period across the state for the nonpartisan municipal election on November 7, 2017. It is also the last day to register to vote in the September 19,
Happy Monday, everyone! Morning Reads are late this morning because I’ve been listening to Bonnie Tyler on loop. Total Eclipse After Sherman’s march, we know what Georgia looked like because of one photographer. Georgia’s unemployment is the lowest in a decade. Atlanta’s gay bar scene is hopping. She was a teenage skinhead. The best thrift
Shane Hazel, who bills himself as a limited government Republican, filed the necessary paperwork this week to challenge Congressman Rob Woodall for the privilege of representing Georgia’s 7 Congressional District. Hazel, a native of Gwinnett County, is married with 3 young children and resides in Cumming. A Marine Corps veteran he is employed as a
Let’s talk about Alex Michael Ramos, State Sen. Michael Williams, and violence. Ramos is the guy on the far right of the now-famous picture of the III% Security Force with Williams at an anti-sharia protest at Piedmont Park in June. He was also recorded at the Charlottesville rally beating counterprotesters. Ramos attacked Deandre Harris with others.
2017: When it became controversial for Republicans to denounce Nazis in America. Wither the Party of Reagan. “Bash the Fash” by Oi Polloi. Stacey Abrams: You know what is a totally practical idea that is in no way grandstanding? Removing the Stone Mountain carvings. Decatur (the real one) wants in on that action, too! Maybe
If you’ve traveled south of Atlanta on I-75 recently you may have noticed (and if you are me, been considerably confused by) two new reversible express lanes that run about 12 miles through Clayton and Henry counties. Depending on traffic conditions, driving in these lanes costs somewhere between $0.10 and $0.90 per mile. Apparently commuters
An old friend from my time in the Army posted some drivel this morning from Infowars, claiming somehow that counterprotesters in Charlottesville started the violence over the weekend. It led to yet another tired argument about the right to protest and how the urge on the American Left to suppress unwanted speech is just like the Nazi
Georgia native Louis Elrod will serve another two years as President of the Young Democrats of America. The Democrats’ youth wing reelected Elrod at their national convention in Dallas over the weekend. He will miss out on being a kingmaking Superdelegate in the next Democratic Presidential primary. But any interested parties should take note he
This week’s Courier Herald column. You can view the first part of this series here. Last week we began a review of Georgia’s income tax. It appears there is a bidding war breaking out among GOP candidates for Governor as to who can cut the income tax the most. We’re continuing to look at the
The Telegraph (Macon) is reporting that a former Superintendent of Macon-Bibb County Schools, Romain Dallemand, pleaded guilty Wednesday for filing a false tax return in 2012. Dallemand was charged for not reporting a $100,000 payment made to him by Cliffard Whitby, the Chairman of the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority. The payment was made in an
