Month: September 2017

Perdue & Collins on the budget

Georgia’s Senator David Perdue and 9th District Congressman Doug Collins have teamed up in an op-ed setting forth three guiding principles to fix the broken budgetary process. The Real Clear Policy piece that appeared yesterday, points out that the approved budget was on time in only 4 years out of the last 43. The lawmakers

Is Hank Johnson Already Backing Kamala Harris for President?

I’ll start by saying: let’s pump the brakes on 2020 POTUS speculation….he says unironically. Anyway, NBC News started poking around to see who Black Democratic leaders are starting to support in the 2020 Presidential race. Sens. Corey Booker and Kamala Harris are the way-too-early front-runners. Cong. Hank Johnson, still harboring some bitterness about Hillary Clinton’s

20th Century opposition to 21st Century Innovation

In a scathing op-ed in The Hill, Georgia’s 9th Congressman Doug Collins tries to explain to some liberals that it is actually 2017 and not 1906.  At issue is a proposal to increase the line speed in poultry processing plants in the U.S. and Collins minces no words when describing the rationale of those opposing

Casey Cagle speaks at UGA

Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle came to the University of Georgia last night to speak at a College Republicans event about his 2018 gubernatorial campaign. He gave a slightly-modified version of his campaign stump speech ($100 million in tax cuts, 500,000 jobs…you know). He focused more on workforce development given that he was speaking to soon-to-be

Cagle announces Gubernatorial Campaign Team

From a campaign press release: Casey Cagle today announced his team of campaign staff and advisers. “I’ve always said: In business, you find someone who’s proven they can do a job and can go out and do it again,” Cagle said. “I have assembled a group of professionals who are experienced veterans of Georgia political

Spencer & Jones present bipartisan compromise for Confederate memorials

Last month, Republican State Rep. Jason Spencer and former legislation Democrat LaDawn Jones went head to head over Confederate monuments across Georgia. The controversy went viral across the nation and supporters from both sides once again became wildly vocal. Wednesday morning, the pair sat down to discuss their sides, their reasoning and a proposed compromise

Morning Reads on September 27, 2017

Ray Charles’ was born on September 23, 1930. That’s close enough to today. “Hey Good Lookin'” by, uh, Ray Charles.  GSU signs four-star recruit, now has 38th-best recruiting class in country.  GSU making NASA data available to all.  Packers make safe bet: sign human highlight reel and GSU alum Ulrick John.  Morehouse AD continues to