This week’s Courier Herald column: When Georgia voters go to the polls between now and November 8th, they will be given a series of proposed constitutional amendments to consider. Four measures will be decided that could give the Governor more power to fix chronically failing schools, establish new taxes on strip clubs, provide political oversight
The only people who like Constitutional Amendments on ballots are the people who write them and the people who stand to benefit from them. The rest of us despise them because we often times don’t understand what the question is asking and later find out we were mislead by legalese lawyer language. Amendment 4 on this
Now that most of the Savannah area is headed back to normalcy, we have some time to assess the handling of the storm by local and state officials. The results are not pretty. I’ve written about the poor preparation for the storm in my City Talk column today in the Savannah Morning News, and I’m
As reported by Greg Bluestein, Georgia GOP Attorney and National Republican Committeeman Randy Evans seems to sense something beyond November 8. At an Atlanta Press Club panel, Evans said: “Hillary will do for gender relations what Obama did for race relations,” to “audible gasps” in the room. Evans elaborated: “She will galvanize or divide us
It appear Representative Holmes has an armadillo problem. We’re unsure if she has pet armadillos that are loose or if she is catching them for other purposes such as armadillo racing. Regardless, Representative Holmes is a fantastic representative who, along with her husband, gives everything for Georgia, so let’s help her. If you can trap
I’ll sum up my thoughts thusly – If we disqualify everybody who has said rude, crude stuff in private from seeking public office, it will be damn difficult to find anybody to run for anything. On the other hand, if we disqualify everybody who has exposed national secrets via their own private email server, it
I often say that there are only two categories of predictions in politics -those that turn out to be wrong, and those that turn out to be lucky. I try not to make predictions of any sort, but since the political present is pretty awful, let’s look into the future, and try to see around
For the next water bill public meeting in DeKalb, I note that Intown Ace Hardware is closest for picking up pitchforks and torches, although I might recommend the Home Depot on Lawrenceville Highway for bulk volume purchases. I’ve been going to various flavors of DeKalb County public meetings for years. I have never seen the Maloof
Chris Ragsdale was blunt with what will happen if Cobb County students exercise their peaceful First Amendment Rights by protesting before football games. “Their asses would be benched,” the school superintendent was quoted as saying by The AJC. Ain’t nuthin sacred anymore? Kids wantin’ to voice their opinions during our Friday night traditions? What’s most upsetting about
