For the second time in four years, efforts to bring a second airport to metro Atlanta seem to be falling apart. Four years ago, plans to offer scheduled passenger service at Gwinnett County’s Briscoe Field were scrapped after many county residents expressed opposition to the plan, and the response to the county’s request for proposals
This week’s Courier Herald column: The Georgia General Assembly adjourned Sine Die the Thursday before Easter, after passing a controversial religious freedom bill the week before. It was a final week filled with threats of boycotts and political reprisals. After a brief break for Easter weekend, the Governor emerged last Monday with a veto. It
The Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of Georgians through public policies that enhance economic opportunity and freedom. At the end of the 2016 legislative session the Foundation’s President/CEO, Kelly McCutchen, painted a fairly bleak picture of the session’s results with these two words- Missed Opportunities! McCutchen’s overall assessment included the
Happy Monday, everyone! It’s April 4th, which means we’re another week closer to the end of our national nightmare: Election 2016. While we’re waiting for it to end, why don’t we read some news? Jawja How a queer, black millennial plans to change #gapol. That movie industry people suddenly hate for opposing discrimination is casting for Fast &
Yesterday, the Georgia Republican Party executive committee voted to reopen qualifying on the Republican ticket in State House Districts 3 and 52 after incumbent Representatives Tom Weldon and Joe Wilkinson, respectively, decided to withdraw their candidacy. The Catoosa County Republican convention passed a resolution requesting that the state GOP to reopen qualifying for House District
Happy Friday! We’re rolling right through the year. I can’t believe it’s already April. I’m filling in today for Ginny, so here’s what you need to know for today, but with feeling this time: National: We’re no strangers to the love…well, lack of it, for the GOP front-runner You know that Rule 40 and so
Over the last few weeks the press, political commentators and comedians have had a field day with the fragile college students frightened and offended by some sidewalk chalk support for Donald Trump. Just when we thought Emory University was an enclave of marginalized, frightened and offended students along comes a ray of sunshine in for
Something about poking around politics in DeKalb County provokes a reaction I call rabid wombat flinging. Inquiry brings a snarling, over-the-top angry reaction designed to raise the legal and emotional cost of pursuing answers. A couple of years ago, I went looking for answers to basic questions about a spurious ethics complaint launched by a part-time
While Georgia, including the 80% that thought Campus Carry was a bad idea (even before the Day Care issue was raised), waits breathlessly to see whether Governor Deal will veto the Campus Carry bill, others are planning for passage. Or have they been given a heads up by the Governor’s Office that he’ll sign it
It’s Friday and that means – Double GeorgiaPol radio, but packed into one hour for efficiency sake. Your regular GeorgiaPol radio crew decided we were all busy doing…anything else next week, so if you want your radio fix with Jon, Stefan, and me, better tune in at noon. Today on the show, we’ve got boycotts.
