I say this with love in my heart: there are a small number of people I can blame for drawing me into politics and public policy in DeKalb, for convincing me that it would be worth it. We lost one of them today. Jim McMahan, a former school board member, died in a boating accident
Are Republicans hyper-focused on national level politics that we are ignoring our county races? Just taking a casual look at my Facebook feed, I see Georgia Republican activists seemingly more focused on Congressional, US Senate, and Presidential races more so than the local level races. We lost GA-06 and barely won GA-07 in 2018. That
Save the Trestle! A good reason to stop in Statesboro (besides visiting a certain someone). Hope you weren’t going to Naw’lins anytime soon. Prime Day is on the way. This sounds really cool. Sorry, I didn’t notice. There’s an underwater Upside-down. Faster, please. Greater Love.
Yesterday the Crowther Lab released a study of the predicted climate change of 250 global cities. I suppose it’s good news that Atlanta is considered alongside such great cities as London, Beijing, Fez and Ljubljana. Anyway, the study was done to make climate change data more relatable and offered a “best case scenario”. The “best
Steve Henson will not seek reelection to the legislature next year. As Jim Galloway noted, his retirement means the Senate Democrats could be without a white male in 2020. So why the retirement? Henson says he’s old, needs to focus on “real” work and wants all his focus to be on expanding the caucus not
9th District Congressman Doug Collins, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, yesterday released guiding principles for legislation he plans to draft and introduce to protect online data as the property of consumers and establish privacy protections for online users. Commenting on the proposed legislation Collins said, “Congress should empower people to protect their data and
Hall County Sheriff’s Deputy Blane Dixon to be laid to rest this morning. Peaches Kemp, Abrams’ ‘Fair Fight’ Group Bring In Large Q2 Fundraising Numbers An outside inspection of Georgia voting machines. Water-rights dispute Florida v. Georgia seems to have stalled Taxing Masters rentals. Narcan for school nurses to keep on hand? How Worries Over
From time to time we publish op-eds from elected officials. Today’s from west Georgia’s own Congressman Ferguson. The USMCA is good for Third District workers, manufacturers By Congressman Drew Ferguson In the 115th Congress, we were able to pass important legislation that directly helped Georgians across the Third District. From tax reform to funding for
So I guess it’s going to be a bunch of Democratic mayors running to challenge Senator Perdue in 2020. Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry announced he’s running to challenge Perdue. Meanwhile Perdue has $2 million for next year’s race and former Columbus mayor Teresa Tomlinson, the other declared Democratic hopeful, raised $500,000.
If you aren’t watching Stranger Things, you are missing out on an amazing series. Just watch it. Jim Beck’s campaign funds have been seized. GT and Morehouse working together to create a Health Technology Startup. Blue Bird’s new facility will be the best place to paint something yellow in Fort Valley. GSU will be offering
