Month: October 2016

It’s Halloween. Let Me Scare You.

So Halloween is this evening, and on a Monday.  I don’t have the usual Georgia-Florida excuse to not be home, nor am I attending a Monday night party dressed as “Sexy Blogger”.  You’re welcome. Thus, it is my civic duty to prepare to give neighborhood kids candy.  Except my neighborhood is a bunch of old

Opportunity School District: Demand More

This week’s Courier Herald column: A funny thing happened on the way to way to passing a constitutional amendment to fix Georgia’s failing schools. The NEA – the largest national teachers’ union – decided to send several million dollars to Georgia to kill the measure via a group called “Keep Georgia Schools Local”. Don’t let

FBI Director Comey to Further Investigate Clinton Emails

The following is from a letter to several U.S. Senate Committee Chairs from FBI Director James B. Comey in which the Director states that they will be further investigating emails by Hillary Clinton: Dear Messrs Chairmen: In previous congressional testimony, I referred to the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had completed its investigation

GA House Minority Leader Abrams on GA Democrats, Clinton, and a Racist Trump

I posted earlier about Sen. David Perdue’s thoughts from a CNBC interview that Georgia was not in play for Hillary Clinton. CNBC has also released a portion of an interview with Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams where she shares her belief that Georgia is winnable for Hillary Clinton. She began the interview by stating: “To

Transportation Ranked as the Biggest Issue for Metro Atlanta Residents

The Atlanta Regional Commission is out with its annual look at the issues that are most important to the region. Metro Atlanta Speaks is a scientific poll measuring area residents opinions on education, transportation, livability, and more. It’s perhaps not surprising that transportation was thought of as being the biggest issue facing the metro area,