Perpetual Georgia Republican Party Chairman candidate Alex Johnson announced he is running for Georgia Republican Party Chairman. In the email announcing his candidacy, Johnson wrote, Republican Donald Trump was elected based on his common-sense solution to put America first. Following Trump’s lead, it is time for the Georgia GOP to put Republicans first. His platform
16 days ’til Christmas! #panic Of course, he’d say that. Yummy, yummy cheese, coming to town. Shaq makes Walkin’ Small look like Walkin’ Microscopic! There’s an app for that. Smart kid. Electors not electing. Suck it up, buttercup. Shoot, everybody’s got a microwave. We’ll all be rich! Doesn’t BuzzFeed have enough problems? Any Jedi can
The county attorney for Fulton County apparently believes her desire to squash the public’s access to records trumps state law. At a Commission meeting Wednesday, attorney for the county, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, proposed limited open records requests to the same agency from persons not affiliated with a media outlet to 15 per year. Along with other
Exactly one month ago today, Georgia voters agreed to amend the state Constitution with three different amendments, one of which addresses the Judicial Qualifying Commission, or watchdog agency for judges in the state of Georgia. The amendment, during the legislative session and ahead of the election, was plagued with controversy for a number of reasons,
After detecting an attempted breach of the firewall protecting the Georgia Secretary of State’s internal network that came from an Internet address belonging to the US Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of State Brian Kemp today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson demanding an explanation. The network contains the Peach State’s voter
A two and a half year old complaint against House Speaker David Ralston has finally been settled in Ralston’s favor. The complaint, which dealt with the way Ralston handled escrow money of one of the clients in his law practice, was essentially settled last month, with Ralston agreeing to accept a minor reprimand from the
And the trophy goes to….. Debbie Whelchel! She bested the rest of us in this year’s College Pick’em. Her yuuuuge prize package* includes the wonderful trophy seen here as well as the honor of buying Charlie a beer at the next Roadshow. A steak dinner with Ed was an original part of the package, but
Newly minted Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr rolled out his picks for senior leadership today. Replacing Solicitor General Britt Grant, who was appointed by Governor Deal to the Georgia Supreme Court, Carr is promoting Deputy Solicitor General, Sarah Hawkins Warren. Warren also served as the Special Counsel for Water Litigation and was heavily involved in
As Congress prepares to vacate DC for the Holidays and make way for newly elected members, a final vote has shown a split within the Georgia delegation over the Water Resources Development Act. Tom Graves, a potential statewide candidate from Northwest Georgia, voted yes due to the opportunity to complete funding for the Port of
Autonomous (self-driving or driverless) cars are still in their infancy. Autonomous car designs are different from traditional human-driven cars and may lack both a steering wheel and pedals, so laws and regulations on the state and federal level may not be conducive to the testing of these cars on public roads. Public road testing is
