Despite a comfortable and consistent lead in the polls US Senator Johnny Isakson’s campaign is apparently taking nothing for granted and released a commercial accusing his opponent of hypocrisy. Notice there’s not a single accusation that Jim Barksdale is lying, low-energy crook whose father probably killed JFK. By 2016 standards, accusing your political opponent of only hypocrisy seems
A family in Roswell is battling their Homeowners Association and now the Code Enforcement tier of the Roswell Police Department over whether or not they are permitted to own two backyard chickens. The Willow Springs/Country Club of Roswell couple has retained former FBI agent-now attorney Joseph Rosen to represent them in the matter. The two
This week’s Courier Herald column: Over the weekend there was quite a shakeup in the political landscape. An eleven-year-old video of Donald Trump surfaced that is yet another straw on an overloaded camel’s back. Many who have been holding their nose to support him can no longer stand the accumulated stench. There are now more
According to a new report by CrowdPAC, Georgia’s most polarized city is Cumming, while the least polarized city is Decatur. CrowdPAC ranks political candidates and officeholders on a 20 point scale allows up to 10 points on the liberal side and 10 points on the conservative side. The organization uses candidates’ statements, voting records, and
My strategy of drinking heavily during debates failed me, because here I am collecting news stories for you to read with a headache. But I do it for you. Also, I never want to hear about genitalia on CNN ever again Jawja UGA beat South Carolina! A little girl is missing. Please read this. Governor
The Friday release of a tape of Republican candidate Donald Trump bragging about his groping and kissing women has led NPR to revise its projected electoral college map, and move Georgia from Lean R to Tossup. NPR is also moving Ohio and Iowa into tossup territory, along with one electoral vote from Nebraska and Maine.
With much of traffic still blocked east of I-95, the Georgia Ports authority is preparing to restore service within the ports. Reading between the lines, it appears container service at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal will resume most quickly. Meanwhile, it will be tomorrow before activity at Brunswick’s facilities can be evaluated by
Georgia Association of College Republicans Chairman Brennan Mancil is apparently the first member of the Georgia Republican Party Executive Committee to publicly state that he will not support Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee. Mancil’s disavowal of Trump came after a video surfaced in which the candidate described in graphic terms an attempt to
I’ll sum up my thoughts thusly – If we disqualify everybody who has said rude, crude stuff in private from seeking public office, it will be damn difficult to find anybody to run for anything. On the other hand, if we disqualify everybody who has exposed national secrets via their own private email server, it
It’s early Saturday morning, and at the moment it looks like we dodged a bullet. In most senses of the word, that is a true statement. While the storm is still a threat to the Carolinas and additional flooding rains will be an issue, the monster storm that was a Category 4 never made US
