February 21, 2019 6:06 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, February 21, 2019
Happy Thursday! Today is day 63 of Winter and we only have 27 more days until Spring! With that said…some news:
Peaches
- Congressman John Lewis to present award at Academy Awards
- Medical College of Georgia proposes program to bring more doctors to rural areas
- Stacey Abrams: Voter suppression in Georgia is ‘nearly seamless’
- Meanwhile, in the legislature, Dems want federal oversight of elections
- Georgia Building Authority defends controversial downtown parking deck project
- Does Georgia’s governor have the power to end Common Core? Or a better question – should he?
- Delaying the update on the delay of what has long been delayed
Jimmy Carter
- Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in
- 19 Attorneys General fight U.S. Dept of Ed over presumption of innocence on college campuses
- Speaking of that: Google says the built-in microphone it never told Nest users about was ‘never supposed to be a secret’
- FBI raids the house of a mayor, city hall amid corruption investigation
- Cartoon frog at center of campus concern over hate speech
- A win for liberty
- …and people on both sides of the aisle agree
Sweet Tea
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I am shocked, shocked I tell you that the PSC has granted the delay in reporting further delays at Plant Vogtle. Essentially they are complicit with Georgia Power in stretching this project beyond the unreasonable bounds already afforded them. The ratepayers are already committed to this boondoggle as the pig is to the barbecue. The least they could do is desist in greasing the skids and then spraying them with silicone for Georgia Power. Anyone who continues to vote for this bunch is a chump.
Good read…
https://thebulwark.com/conservatives-should-not-abandon-the-free-press/?utm_source=afternoon-newsletter&utm_medium=email
So the corrupt speaker falls back on the Nixon defense. “I am not a crook.” And, he’s solicited other crooks to say so….
https://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/republican-seeks-oust-ralston-after-ajc-channel-investigation/D1NTrSsAwtwQUZ6PzCxgWK/
Another common defense is that if I was a crook, it’s legal to be corrupt.
Another crooked Deal
https://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/deal-daughter-landed-six-figure-state-job-weeks-before-left-office/cWsDgKHhNLusTFHJ5d8jIL/?utm_source=newspaper&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7406272&ecmp=newspaper_email&&iaccess=MjdhZmNkYWEtMjg3Yy00ZmQyLTgyZGItNTI3YjJlZDMzZTFhfDIvMjEvMjAxOSA4OjMyOjAwIFBNfGVtYWls
Is it the same daughter that skimmed 10% of campaign contributions to Deal without any real campaign fund raising experience, or is Deal spreading the nepotism around?
Yet another Shady Deal, but hey, until it’s proven illegal it’s ethical. Ask any Republican.
But the state pols will run the ATL airport differently, am I right?
I’m not going to be an apologist or enabler or condone the actions here, but I am intellectually curious about the way we approach and view ethics. So, as a thought experiment, I’d propose the following scenario: You are the governor of Georgia. Your daughter, who you love to death, has been getting a bad run of luck, and all her talents, that you know she has, are not being appreciated by a number of employers, maybe in part because of how a number of employers feel about you and your politics. Things are presently financially rough for her and your grandchildren- they’re suffering. You know that she can put her good skills to use, and be a valued employee, in a public service role. And your life’s work will definitively help her, not be held against her. A job opening becomes known to you; your daughter also finds out about the opening, and she asks you to call on her behalf. Do you make the call?
Pls disregard any naivete- this is all hypothetical.