Everyone is familiar with the maps that attempt to show how each state will vote in the presidential race, typically color coded red and blue, with lighter shades indicating less confidence in the prediction. Over at ShareBlue, a Democratic-leaning media company, they’ve come up with state-level maps that project how each county will vote in
The only people who like Constitutional Amendments on ballots are the people who write them and the people who stand to benefit from them. The rest of us despise them because we often times don’t understand what the question is asking and later find out we were mislead by legalese lawyer language. Amendment 4 on this
After a close call with Hurricane Matthew on Saturday, Georgia’s ports are up and running again. As of Wednesday morning, the Savannah River Channel was reopened and the ports at Brunswick and Savannah were both operational. Savannah, which hosts the country’s largest single-terminal container facility, had a quick recovery. 8,500 trucks were expected to pass
On this date in 1951, in Atlanta, a football with a rubber covering was used for the first time. Georgia Tech beat Louisiana State 25-7. Peaches The case that spurred Michael’s Law is finally closed. Former sheriff gets 2.5 years for excessive force Congrats to UGA? Coal ash clean up in Georgia – too little,
Now that it’s all over but the shouting, (from some dopey college kids who ought to be locked up for disrupting a public meeting) and Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens been appointed President of Kennesaw State University and Chris Carr, the former Commissioner of the State Department of Economic Development, has been announced as Olens’ replacement, we should
Now that most of the Savannah area is headed back to normalcy, we have some time to assess the handling of the storm by local and state officials. The results are not pretty. I’ve written about the poor preparation for the storm in my City Talk column today in the Savannah Morning News, and I’m
A front page story in today’s New York Times dives into the difficulties Republicans are facing following Donald Trump’s declaration that “the shackles have been taken off me,” and his willingness to go against the Republican Party. The story lists lists states and GOP candidates who are at risk of losing, but it also includes
Television ads are running throughout Georgia trying to scare voters into voting against the proposed Opportunity School District (“OSD”) Constitutional Amendment, an education reform proposal desperately needed in our state. These scare tactics by advocates of the status quo failed before in 2012 when Georgians overwhelmingly supported the State Charter School Amendment, and we need
It’s Wednesday, reading this is the highlight of your week, blah blah blah. “I’ve Had A Little Talk” by Horace Silver. GSU signs multi-year deal with Under Armour. GSU planning to study ebola, zika etc on campus. Board of Regents to vote today on GSU purchase of Turner Field, Sam Olens. Does Morehouse’s president need
I honestly don’t know what I am supposed to feel right now after going through Hurricane Matthew. I just feel pretty numb. I haven’t felt this way since my dad passed away 2.5 years ago. I didn’t lose anybody during the hurricane, but something much bigger than myself happened and I had no way to
