Month: May 2019

Morning Reads for Friday, May 31, 2019

Made in Georgia. Yes! The Candler Building gets a new life. You know as long as the tax break money keeps flowing, nobody’s going anywhere. Just WOW. Wasn’t there an X-Files about this? Of course they cheated.  Look closely.  This is my shocked face. College kids are too busy protesting these days to bother. Pass

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Fights “Voter Purge” Narrative With Address Change Notices

We received a presser earlier from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger of his efforts to fight an inaccurate narrative on purging voters from the voter rolls by sending out address change notices to voters who have updated their address through the US Postal Service: In the coming days, county registrars will begin sending notices to

Las Vegas Shooting Conspiracist Running in GA-6

Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her candidacy for Congress as a Republican for Congress from GA-6 earlier today. Greene is known by some for her comments made in October, 2017 about the Las Vegas shooting in September of that same year. In a video posted to Facebook on the American Truth Seekers page, she raised doubts

How Does A $9.5-Billion Industry Leave Georgia…

Gradually then all at once. In the last 24 hours Disney, WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal said if Georgia’s hearbeat bill becomes law the media giants would have to reconsider working here. Netflix said on Tuesday it would have to “reconsider” it’s Georgia investment too. A group of independent filmmakers earlier pledged to stop producing in Georgia.

Morning Reads — Thursday, May 30, 2019

It’s Thursday! It’s also the anniversary of the very first automobile accident in the country, which happened on this date in 1896 in New York City. Peaches First things first: Bigfoot Sightings in NE Georgia. Sec. Perdue: University of Georgia USMCA study “all wrong” Georgia unveils plan for internet service in rural areas We’re 34th

A State Without Small Towns?

Nathan’s post about the seemingly inexorable demise of small/medium-town Georgia raises a more existential question: should Georgia just prepare for the death of small towns? While rural broadband expansion is a noble idea it could just be a placeholder and an expensive one at that. All trends point to an increasingly urbanized future. The UN

Former Senator, Candidate For Governor Michael Williams Pleads Guilty To Fraud.

I know what you’re thinking. Michael Williams’ fraud of a gubernatorial campaign wasn’t a crime. Well, not according to the official code of Georgia anyway. Filing a false insurance claim is, however. From the Forsyth County News, who broke the story yesterday: Former gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams was sentenced to probation after fraudulently claiming computers

Another House Procedural Maneuver Delays Aid For SW Georgia

Procedural Maneuver, Publicity Stunt. Tomato, Tomahtoe. Regardless, with the house unofficially on recess for Memorial Day week, there was a “pro-forma” session this morning as the House was technically open. Thus, another chance to present the bipartisan agreement on aid for Hurricane Michael victims came….and went. House Freedom Caucus member Thomas Massie today was in