The loser of the most expensive congressional race in American history will challenge Senator David Perdue in 2020. From Bluestein: Former congressional candidate Jon Ossoff said he will challenge Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and “mount a ruthless assault on corruption in our political system” that’s prevented Congress from addressing urgent issues. The Democrat told
Call it chutzpah or moxie or whatever you like, but the Atlanta Board of Education just rebuked seemingly the entirety of Atlanta’s business and political leaders. In a closed-door session, the Board declined to renew the contract of Superintendent Meria Carstarphen. Or, in the words of AJC education reporter Maureen Downey: “Yikes.” To fully contextualize
Oh, happy morning, fellow Georgians. There are four missing crew members from the capsized Golden Ray cargo ship off the Georgia coast. Dahlonega is bracing for a rally organized by white supremacists. This Georgia man caught a SEVEN HUNDRED POUND alligator in Eufaula. State lawmakers are studying the potential for economic benefits with expanded gambling.
Prayers for all in the path/aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Cruise ships taking aid to Bahamas. Another former Atlanta official pleads guilty. Faster, please. Funny. Folks are talking about this very same thing in South Georgia, too. Remember Neerja Bhanot. https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/338496/ Really. No-one is worse than Voldemort. (Except maybe Anne Rice, who thought it was okay for a
Roger Williams past away this week after a lifetime of public service to his country, community, and the State of Georgia. In 1963, he moved to Dalton, Georgia after having served in the Army as a Captain. He quickly became a leader in his community and was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives
On this day the Brits took Singapore without opposition, Tokyo Rose was arrested in Yokohama, ZEEP – Canada’s first nuclear reactor went critical and Igor Gouzenko defected with 109 documents detailing Soviet espionage in the West. More importantly Kathryn Louise Gent was born in Baltimore, MD and she went on to attempt to keep one
Republicans Philip Singleton and Marcy Westmoreland Sakrison were the top vote-getters in last night’s election for the HD-71 seat in southwest metro Atlanta. They will face off again in the October 1 runoff. The AJC details the results and how the two remaining candidates represent The Establishment(TM) and Anti-Establishment(TM) wings of the GOP.
We said this yesterday… There is a hurricane coming. Please evacuate if you have been asked to. Satellite imagery of the flooding in the Bahamas is amazing. Aerial footage of the destruction. Pretty good article on GEORGIA v California. Water Wars 10/17/2019 edition. The Cherokee Nation has appointed their first delegate to Congress in their
The first full week of NCAA football is in the books and Clemson and Alabama are still on top. Our annual college pick’em is in full swing and it appears it may be a tight race for top bragging rights. The following are the current top 5 in the pick’em standings: 1 – Kavorca –
Despite polling almost 9 points behind Marcy Westmoreland Sakrison (R), Philip Singleton (R) has forced a runoff to be held on October 1 by garnering almost 37% of the vote to Sakrison’s 34%. Jill E. Prouty (D) finished with 22% and Nina Blackwelder (R) at 7%.
