This is a guest post from Elliot Beckham, a Democratic Senate staffer who has closely watched the process of House Bill 51, which seeks to address the way all felonies are handled on campus, and specifically sexual assault. In the ceaseless and toxic whirlwind of our national politics, it’s easy to forget that just a
This is big news. Stacey Evans has long been considered in Democratic circles as the type of candidate who could unlock our demographic box and appeal to the type of varied constituency that is needed to win a statewide race. In polls, her negatives are almost non-existent (though her name ID is low), she is
GAPol.com’s favorite First Republican Governor of Georgia Since Reconstruction is in D.C. this morning starting the process to become America’s Secretary of Agriculture. C-SPAN is livestreaming all the glory that is Sonny Perdue’s testimony and you can watch the feed here. Let us know what sticks out to you in the comments below. Perdue seems
Way back in 1988, the Writers Guild of America went on strike for 155 days -the longest strike in that organization’s history. The work stoppage screwed up what used to be called “the fall lineup” and forced television networks to rely on a mix of re-runs, specials, sports programming and unscripted original series such as
As much of the metro Atlanta region resets the clocks on their microwaves and coffeemakers this morning, and suffers through the inconveniences of internet outages and tree limbs on our lawns, it’s worth noting that while we may be late to work, we still have jobs to go to, and none of us is worried
I’m so glad I’m livin’ in the U.S.A. Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A. “Back in the USA” by Chuck Berry. Hall County teachers trying to re-create Breaking Bad but with cocaine, heroin. Why isn’t Atlanta the Nashville of hip-hop? Because Atlanta is the Atlanta of hip-hop. Memorial Drive’s Greenway final
With 100% of precincts reporting, it’s clear that Cobb County’s fifth E-SPLOST passed with a bigly margin. Turnout today was a pitiful 7.65%; regardless, the ayes have it with nearly 74% of the vote. Here’s the complete SPLOST notebook, and here’s the Readers’ Digest version of what Cobb voters can expect to see following this vote.
I called the elections officer in DeKalb a moment ago, to see how turnout had been in elections today for the new city of Stonecrest. Fewer than 900 people had cast a ballot so far. Stonecrest has 55,000 residents. Both Stonecrest and the shiny-new 100,000-person city of South Fulton have municipal elections today, while Cobb
Internet personality Michael Strollo of Cumming, Georgia, former Chairman of the Georgia Teenage Republicans, announced his candidacy for First Vice Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. He boasts his experience in the United States National Guard and his 50,000 Twitter followers as the foundations of what he seeks to achieve if elected. His political experience includes Newt
I ain’t even gonna comment, except to say if you want to vote in the GA-6 Special Election, the deadline is today to register. Here is Judson Hill’s latest, unedited press release about Bob Gray: Clearing up the ‘Gray matters’ Political swamp creature denies his own social media posts The campaign of Judson Hill today
