From a press release: State Senator and candidate for Lt. Governor Rick Jeffares today announced the senior campaign team that will help him bring his conservative education and job creation message to the people of Georgia. “This is a terrific team and I look forward to their help in organizing the grassroots, raising resources and
June 30 comes but once a year, and for political watchers it’s like Christmas. When you have a Governor’s race, where early polls mean almost nothing, the real measure of any candidacy is what’s disclosed by their campaigns in the middle of the year. So here at GeorgiaPol we are taking a deeper dive into
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R, GA) will hold an in-person town hall meeting on Monday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center on the campus of Kennesaw State University. The event is free and open to the public, though seating is limited and will be offered on a first
Morris Publishing Group announced early this morning they sold their print and digital assets to GateHouse Media. The publishing group owned papers in Savannah, Athens, Augusta, Jacksonville (eh, close enough), Juneau (….not close enough) and other cities in Florida and Texas. Announcing the sale on the websites of its newspapers, the parent company of Morris
When you write for a political blog, there is an understanding that a group of people will disagree with whatever you post, regardless of the subject matter. This is one of those times that people I truly respect, including some members of Congress, will disagree with me. It is okay to hold and discuss differing
An announcement made yesterday by Gov. Nathan Deal stated that Georgia’s net tax collections for July, 2017 totaled almost $1.72 billion, an increase of about $113.4 million (7.1%) from July, 2016. The following is a breakdown of the July, 2017 revenues in comparison to July, 2016: Description Amount Collected Change From July, 2016 % Change Individual income
Johnny Isakson sat down with The Marietta Daily Journal recently and reading between the lines, he appears to have a growing unease with U.S. President Donald Trump. The most telling exchange came when Isakson was asked about Trump’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military. Quote Isakson (emphasis added): “That came out of left field. We
As Will mentioned in the Morning Reads, today is National Purple Heart Day. I am the grandson of a Purple Heart recipient, George DeVlaming, who earned a Purple Heart (and a Silver Star) in World War II while serving in the U.S. Army. He very rarely spoke of his experiences in the U.S. Army, but
Today, members of the Georgia Republican Party State Committee gathered in Warner Robbins to make a few decisions. Some of those decisions involved resolutions that were left upon the table from the state convention earlier this year. This was also the first meeting of the state committee where new GAGOP Chairman John Watson took the
The following was presented to the Editors of GeorgiaPol by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s campaign. It is presented in its entirety without any modification. Lt. Gov. Cagle is a candidate for Governor of Georgia, so this Op-Ed should be considered as a campaign piece. The publication of this Op-Ed is not an endorsement of Cagle’s