Summerville Attorney Don Thompson was named by Governor Nathan Deal to succeed Judge Jon “Bo” Wood in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit that covers Dade, Walker, Catoosa, and Chattooga Counties. According to a Chattanooga Times-Free Press article, Thompson was chosen over local District Attorney Herbert “Buzz” Franklin: Deal appointed Thompson over Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District
On this date in 1818, The U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel. Peaches No additional voter regisration deadline extensions, judge says. Georgia slumps for maternal and infant health. Student loan debt in Georgia is on the rise. Georgia and Arizona aren’t swing states, some say.
You can watch the debate here via YouTube. Share your thoughts before, during, or after tonight’s final debate between 2 of the several Presidential candidates.
The Carter Center, probably the world’s leading experts on fraudulent elections, hopes to tamp down some of the paranoia being inflamed by certain candidates about the integrity of U.S. elections this November. Without naming any specific candidates, the Carter Center issued a multi-point rebuttal for why there is no reason to believe the POTUS elections will
Within days of taking office in 2015, Senator David Perdue fulfilled a campaign promise, and co-sponsored a bill limiting the number of terms a congressman could serve in Washington. It fit his image as a political outsider. On Tuesday, another political outsider, Donald Trump, also called for term limits. Donald Trump’s Washington is shaping up
As clear as the list of potential candidates for Governor in 2018, the list for Lieutenant Governor is probably longer and more uncertain. Nonetheless, some potential candidates make bigger-than-average blips on the radar screen, and deserve consideration. The man at the top of everyone’s list has to be State Rep. Allen Peake, a Republican from
Two of the 39 people under initial consideration for Hillary’s VP nomination came from Atlanta. Mayor Kasim Reed and Coca-Cola head honcho Muhtar Kent were suggested to Hillary Clinton from campaign chair John Podesta, the AJC reports having sifted through the WikiLeaks dump of Podesta’s hacked email account. Podesta lumped them in as the “first cut
Georgia voters will have the opportunity to vote on Amendment 1 when they go to the polls this November. Amendment 1 authorizes the creation of the Opportunity School District, which would have the ability to revitalize the worst academically performing of the Peach State’s elementary and secondary schools. There is considerable opposition to the OSD,
It seemed impossible but these MRs are better than the totality of every other MRs posted anywhere at anytime. “Nobody Loves Me But My Mother”* by B.B. King September 16 was the hottest September ever, meaning 11 of the last 12 months set new records from… last year which was up from last year… Good
A poll of battleground states by the Washington Post released today has Democrat Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump by 3 points in a two way race, or four points in a race that includes Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein. Clinton’s lead in Peach State polling is the first since early
