Helllooo, Monday.
- Patrick Caddell, the political pollster who helped send an obscure peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter to the White House, later became disillusioned with fellow Democrats and finally veered right to advise supporters of Donald J. Trump, died on Saturday in Charleston, S.C. He was 68.
- I’m just going to leave this here and y’all vote in the comments and let Fayette County know what you think. Left or right?
- Gerald “Jerry” Blum (and inspiration for Art Carlson on WKRP in Cincinnati), former president and general manager of former top 40 powerhouse 790/WQXI-AM and what was then known as 94Q, passed away Saturday. He was 86. And because I love y’all…here is the link to the theme song.
- There has been a lot of drama over the Miss Georgia competition. But Columbus has secured the 75th Annual event once again.
- Happy Belated 100th Birthday to World War 2 veteran, Edward Murphy in Lawrenceville!
- Only one restaurant in Georgia received the AAA stamp of approval this year.
- Elizabeth Warren was in Atlanta on Saturday. And apparently, she was heckled a little.
- The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is cutting its payouts in half for some and by as much as 70 percent for others, as the fund faces a surge in claims ahead of its expiration date in December 2020.
- Renewable Energy for the win! A hundred miles southeast of Atlanta, some 2,000 acres of sawed-over timberland is about to be planted with what may be Georgia’s hottest crop: row upon row of solar energy panels.
- The Healthcare debate is ramping up in Georgia and Governor Kemp wants to tell you what he thinks moving forward.