Month: September 2016

Charges Brought Against Former Vice Provost of GA Regents University

From a press release from the Georgia Attorney General’s Office: “On Tuesday, September 28, 2016, a Richmond County Grand Jury charged Roman Cibirka with two felony counts of Theft by Taking (O.C.G.A. § 16-8-2). Roman Cibirka was the Vice Provost of Georgia Regents University (now Augusta University). Prior to serving as the Vice Provost he

Georgia Ag. Commissioner talks preventing labor delays for farmers

Elected officials in Georgia are working to see what they can do to prevent farmers from experiencing the travesty of a lack of seasonal workers because of over-regulation by the federal government. Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Gary Black, joined Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue Thursday for a session with the Department of Labor. The

Morning Reads for Friday, September 30, 2016

Stunning pictures. Reward growing for information in attack of Douglas County deputy’s home. Maybe Saturday will be better? Free sci-fi film festival coming up … UGA researching drug-resistant super bugs. Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. Words matter. Gary Johnson picks up Detroit News endorsement. / The ‘perpetual adolescent’ candidate. Now we know why… And

Killing The Last Zombies of the Foreclosure Apocalypse

The real estate market in Atlanta has been booming, again … he writes, fearful of jinxing things. We’re at a point where we’re worrying about gentrification — and if you’ve got pedestrian-level advertising for plastic surgery shops along the Beltline, I’d say they’re valid. But wide swaths of metro Atlanta are still hanging on by

Racist Comments “Needed To Get A Vote” In Douglas County

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