With 100% of precincts reporting, it’s clear that Cobb County’s fifth E-SPLOST passed with a bigly margin. Turnout today was a pitiful 7.65%; regardless, the ayes have it with nearly 74% of the vote. Here’s the complete SPLOST notebook, and here’s the Readers’ Digest version of what Cobb voters can expect to see following this vote.
I called the elections officer in DeKalb a moment ago, to see how turnout had been in elections today for the new city of Stonecrest. Fewer than 900 people had cast a ballot so far. Stonecrest has 55,000 residents. Both Stonecrest and the shiny-new 100,000-person city of South Fulton have municipal elections today, while Cobb
Internet personality Michael Strollo of Cumming, Georgia, former Chairman of the Georgia Teenage Republicans, announced his candidacy for First Vice Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. He boasts his experience in the United States National Guard and his 50,000 Twitter followers as the foundations of what he seeks to achieve if elected. His political experience includes Newt
Good morning! It’s election day in many parts of Georgia, including Cobb County, where voters will determine if there will be another E-SPLOST. (Fun fact! It’s not pronounced “SPLOSH!” Know it, live it, stitch it on a pillow. Please!) Savannah and Atlanta are among Southern Living’s best cities in the South (Number 1? Charleston.) Columbus resident
In a press release today, the Georgia Port Authority announced that it had it busiest February to date with a 10% increase over last February. The GPA moved 2.94 million tons across all docks, a figure surpassed only by January’s 3.01 million tons. “Ocean carriers have recognized the Port of Savannah as the must-call port
I ain’t even gonna comment, except to say if you want to vote in the GA-6 Special Election, the deadline is today to register. Here is Judson Hill’s latest, unedited press release about Bob Gray: Clearing up the ‘Gray matters’ Political swamp creature denies his own social media posts The campaign of Judson Hill today
Republican Bob Gray issued a press release after an exclusive poll was released by zPolitics and Clout Research. The poll shows Gray sitting in third place at 15.6% behind Democrat Jon Ossoff (40.9%) and Republican Karen Handel (16.1%). The rest of the poll can be seen at the zPolitics link above. Tyler Jacobs, Gray’s Campaign Manager:
This is a post I would rather not write, had guessed I would probably have to write, but had also hoped it would be much longer down the road than today. But today is that day. After a meeting with Jon’s family and Jon’s doctors, the decision has been made to move Jon into hospice
This is a guest post from Anthony Kreis, once Georgia’s legal champion of all that is right and fair, has returned in a limited engagement to voice his thoughts on HB 159, a one time adoption law reform bill, that is now a vehicle for religious freedom: Once more unto the breach, dear friends! With
Former Governor Sonny Perude is expected to sail through his nomination hearings which begin Thursday. Perdue was nominated as Agriculture Secretary by President Trump but Perdue’s nomination was held up due to paperwork issues. It’s still unclear what caused said hold up but regardless, Perdue can book his plane tickets to DCA now. When the
