Figuring out Speaker David Ralston’s political philosophy is like putting together a puzzle but the pieces don’t match the picture on the box. Case in point on education.In May “the way it should be” done is by having local school boards sort out their allotment of money. After all, the decent Speaker from Blue Ridge
According to the Daily Citizen, a Democratic Congressional Candidate for Georgia’s 14th District was arrested in September of last year and found guilty on Monday of DUI. Steven Lamar Foster was driving home from dinner with his wife, Elizabeth, when the couple was pulled over by Whitfield County Sheriff’s Deputies. Mr. Foster’s wife commented more
Is it me, or has this week dragged on? Regardless, I know I’ll see you wild animals at the bars tonight. Yesterday, Vice President Pence outlined the Administration’s plan for Space Force. I demand Moon colonization. The Georgia Democratic Party and its top officials called on Brian Kemp to resign from his post as
After a day full of talk about the Pledge of Allegiance at the Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS), Lia Santos, Governing Board Chair, issued the following statement clarifying the issue: “Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School has and will continue to provide students with an opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each school day. In the
Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) issued the following statement on the recent action by Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School regarding the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America: “The Pledge of Allegiance speaks of America as ‘one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.’ Seeing a taxpayer-funded school devalue those ideals
The Democratic Party of Georgia has released an ad defending Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams against claims they say Republican Brian Kemp made over her taxes owed to the IRS. The ad titled ‘Hear from Me’ refutes claims that Abrams didn’t pay her taxes owed to the IRS. Abrams said she did ‘what was right’
Won’t someone think of the children? According to The AJC, the Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School will no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The “reason” according to principal Lara Zelski said in a memo circulated to parents is “to begin our day as a fully inclusive and connected community.” She added: “Over the past couple of
On this date in 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14. Peaches Who will vote on the Brunch Bill this November? Is it realistic to force Georgia to use paper ballots? Georgia and the list
The wide-ranging City of Atlanta corruption investigation is likely to have yet another guilty plea US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia BJay Pak issued a statement today saying Katrina Taylor-Parks will appear before a federal prosecutor at 3:00 PM on Aug. 13 where she will plead guilty to conspiracy to bribery charges. Pak
Katrina Taylor-Parks, who served as former Mayor Kasim Reed’s Deputy Chief of Staff, is expected to appear in front of a federal judge this afternoon as part of the ongoing corruption investigation into Reed’s administration. Multiple media reports say Taylor-Parks and her husband received thousands of dollars in payments from an unspecified airport vendor. The
