Month: July 2019

Taxpayer First Act signed

President Donald J. Trump signed the Taxpayer First Act into law, which includes 9th District Congressman Doug Collins’ Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act. Congressman Collins remarked: For too long, hardworking individuals and small business owners—like Andrew Clyde—have fallen victim as the IRS has abused civil asset forfeiture. With the RESPECT Act finally becoming law, law-abiding citizens can

Morning Reads For Tuesday July 9, 2019

Like Diñgers? Did you watch last ñight’s Home Ruñ Derby?? Iñsañe. At least Bryce Harper didñ’t wiñ. (Womp womp…..) Here Yes, Starcourt is real. Kinda. $5M > $520K Outside money funding former leader Stacey Abrams’ post-election PAC SunTrust is backing away from funding private prisons There So, the 7.1 earthquake literally ripped the Earth a

The Crime Of Housing The Working Poor

We believe public meetings should be a place for open dialogue, civil discourse, and fair debate, where two sides can each present their case.  Unfortunately, as evidenced at the C.T. Martin Recreation Center a few weeks ago in June, Councilwoman Andrea Boone demonstrated that she doesn’t share this belief. She left the floor largely unmoderated

Law Enforcement Should Not Be A Thankless Job

This week’s Courier Herald column: Three years ago Georgia leaders knew they had a problem.  Seats in training classes for new State Patrol officers were going unfilled.  Recruiting new members of the force was beyond difficult.  Morale on the force was low. A six percent pay raise after years of status quo salaries had done

Handel, Ott Win Straw Polls At Annual Cobb GOP BBQ

The Cobb County Republican Party held it’s annual BBQ today, complete with a straw poll and about 3-4 hours of “family fun”, i.e. sitting indoors and listening to various presentations and candidate speeches. The news out of most of these types of events usually includes straw polls, and there were a few candidate announcements for

Happy Independence Day

Happy 4th of July! America is 243 years old. I hope y’all enjoy the blessing of liberty today and (safely) celebrate the fact that we threw off the reigns of a tyrannical government based on the ideas of protecting the individual’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In this day and age,

Independence Day Morning Reads

Fourth of July Foods, Ranked by How Much They Make Me Love America. America, you’re grilling your burgers wrong. Trump says today’s event will cost less than it’s worth. America “Why have we lost our patriotism?“ Speaking of…”The New Patriotism“ Freedom Not Force Has Made America Great. Why It Must Be the People Who Preserve

Morning Reads – July 4th Eve

The Deep Dark is out getting darker, so I am filling in. The World’s Game The women’s national team defeated England yesterday 2 – 1 and move onto the World Cup Final to face the winner between Sweden and the Netherlands. The final will take place this Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The men’s national team