Georgia’s own David Scott donated $1,000 to the reelection campaign of Mia Hunt, a Republican freshman representing Salt Lake City. Why, you might wonder, is Scott concerned about a Republican in Utah? According to Love, Scott told her: “First, I think it is important for us to have people of color on both sides of
And it’s not that we both like Donald Trump. Last week, I participated in a panel discussion as part of the Cobb Opportunity Outlook sponsored by the Council for Quality Growth. At the event, three different panels of policymakers, developers, and elected officials from across Cobb discussed how to maximize collaboration, communication, and connectivity in
A Georgia healthcare task force headed by two Republican legislators has released a series of options for covering uninsured Georgians that they call a “conservative approach to Medicaid expansion”. I thought Republicans supported smaller government not expansion? Vic Reynolds, the Republican District Attorney in Cobb County, on WSB 2 news last night suggested expanding federal
An attorney I know once told me that finding compromise with a zoning issue is often more contentious than reaching an accord in a divorce settlement. I’ve never been divorced – but I have been on the receiving end of zoning-related ire on more than one occasion. It’s… not pleasant. Thankfully, with nearly every zoning
Several members , including Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins, of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group will be traveling to Detroit, Michigan to meet with local community leaders and law enforcement to discuss police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues. Members of the working group plan to
“George Wallace represents the real views of Georgians…. I frankly admired Wallace, not because of his racial views, but because of his willingness to stand up and shake a fist at Washington occasionally. There’s something therapeutic about that in the South.” Click the link, and discover who said that, (via the Daily Jolt from the
Today’s Wall Street Journal takes a look at a study done by Facebook that examines what people who “like” one of the two major presidential candidates also “like” in areas of pop culture. For clarity, the study did not consider users who “liked” both candidates. The results were broken down by state, so it is
This should have been in the Morning Reads, but wasn’t. Atlanta’s Staplehouse is the best new restaurant in America, according to Bon Appetit. From the article: “Let me make one thing clear: Staplehouse didn’t become my restaurant of the year because of a heart-wrenching story. It became my restaurant of the year because of the
In regards to legalization of cultivation of marijuana, 11Alive quoted Chris Riley, the Governor’s Chief of Staff, saying in an email to Rep. Allen Peake during session this year, “As long as this product is a schedule I narcotic at the federal level we keep running into too many risk[s].” Peake quickly responded with another plea, strongly
Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump announced the formation of his agricultural advisory committee today. Three Georgians are members of the committee, including Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, former Governor Sonny Perdue, and State Senate Chairman of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs John Wilkinson. In a statement, Trump said, The members of my agricultural advisory committee
