It’s that time of year again where rumors are flying and you take them all with a grain of salt until formal announcements are made. On Saturday afternoon around 3pm, Michele Smith, wife of former House Representative and D.O.T. Commissioner Vance Smith, posted this to her Facebook page: “An announcement from my husband Vance C.
On February 9, 2008, I was a day away from turning 29 years-old. I found myself having driven just over three hours south on that Saturday to Norfolk, Virginia, and sitting on a bench in Town Point Park, staring blankly for hours into the Elizabeth River. My grandfather had been stationed in Norfolk during his
This week’s Courier Herald column: It has long been a theme of this column that campaigns are antithetical to governing. The polarity of partisan bases continues to push candidates into untenable positions that are demanded by voters but lack sufficient grounding in reality for legislation and implementation. Policy nuances rarely fit on a bumper sticker,
Happy Monday, everyone! This week will usher in the newest addition to my family and the newest tiny human who will address me as Uncle Will. Hope for the best. State Atlanta deserves more R-E-S-P-E-C-T than this. Basic. How Georgia became Yallywood. Sheriff indicted after ordering a pat-down of 900 students. Okay, okay, this is
In true political nerd fashion, I spent my Saturday morning in Milledgeville attending the first Republican gubernatorial debate. I also had the pleasure of sitting front and center on the panel to ask questions of candidates. In all my cynicism, I can still say the forum was informative and a mechanism for distinguishing candidates. In a
A tip of the hat to the GAGOP 10th District and the College Republicans at Georgia College and State University for putting on a very well-run forum. Aside from the unfortunate scheduling of a political event on game day, it went off without a hitch, and these things aren’t ever hitch-free without a lot of
Georgia’s 10th District Republican Party is hosting a candidate forum this morning in Millegeville. Candidates invited include Lt Governor Casey Cagle, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, State Senators Hunter Hill and Michael Williams and Marc Urbach. Not invited is new entrant Clay Tippins, who filed his candidacy a bit over three weeks ago yet was
Arrests continue after the Georgia Tech protest. Georgia’s brain drain. Believe it or not, this building still stands in Atlanta, “the city never too busy to not tear down its past.” Finally. Hoping a jet pack is under the tree this year. Hi-lar-i-ous. He’s back and moved on to the hard stuff. Don’t see the
On this date in 1947, President Harry S Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House. The subject was the current international food crisis. Peaches Stonecrest’s ‘Amazon’ proposal makes its way to Alabama papers Georgia sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search Kemp targeted for targeting voter rights Hunter Hill’s gubernatorial
DailyKos announced their endorsement of gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams. In a press release from the Abrams campaign, DailyKos’ founder, Markos Moulitsas said: “We’ve supported many candidates this cycle, but the community excitement around this endorsement is off the charts. We are going to be aggressive in this race. Georgia is in the midst of dramatic
