Month: October 2017

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on the Importance of Hunting

The following is an op-ed from Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, currently a candidate for Governor of Georgia. Opening Day: Spreading the importance of hunting By: Lt. Governor Casey Cagle   Sitting in complete silence – watching the morning sun penetrate the woods full of Georgia pines and large white oaks – you cannot help but marvel at God’s creation.

Move To The Right, Slowpoke

This week’s Courier Herald column: Some of you need to move to the right. All of us need to get our friends and neighbors to understand when they need to move to the right. No, this isn’t about political directions, though it is about a problem that has been addressed through the political process. More

Morning Reads for Friday, October 13, 2017

Another Friday the 13th! Clarkston, GA, the most ethnically diverse spot in America. Afraid. Oh, you will be. So very sadz. This isn’t good. You served my father in the Clone Wars. Behold our betters. Yes, it is a hostile environment. Not your father’s bank fraud. What happens when you eat like The Rock. Disappointing.

Wither the Mary Norwood Campaign?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Mary Norwood has a commanding lead in the polls throughout her mayoral candidacy only to see it evaporate at the last second. Well sorry but we’re getting an encore presentation of the 2009 Atlanta mayoral race. (Even better, she’s poised to head to a runoff with Mayor

Internal poll shows Cagle with big lead

The first poll that wasn’t conducted at a local GOP’s backyard barbeque is out for Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary. The news is good for Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle. He has 41 percent of the vote among likely Republican primary voters, while his nearest rival, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, has just 12 percent. Hunter Hill,

Morning Reads – Thursday, October 12, 2017

On this date in 1958, in the early morning hours of this day in 1958, 50 sticks of dynamite exploded at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta’s oldest and most prominent synagogue. Mayor William Hartsfield condemned the bombings, as did Atlanta Constitution editor Ralph McGill in editorials that won the Pulitzer Prize. Peaches The best places in Georgia for