This week’s Courier Herald column: When I write about our state’s government and governing, it is often through the prism of the state’s budget. Like too much of life, money is how we keep score. It shows us what we prioritize in spending, and how much we’re willing to take from our citizens in order
This week’s Courier Herald column: With the legislature now meeting in Atlanta and the week for candidates to officially file to put their names on ballots fast approaching, Georgians can now experience the differences between campaigning and governing in real time. You’ll sometimes have to look closely to spot the pivots. Several candidates on the
This week’s Courier Herald column: With early voting locations open across Georgia and absentee ballots already being cast by mail, voters are discovering there’s a lot more going on than the race for President. Georgia has two U.S. Senate seats, two seats for the Public Service Commission, and all seats for Congress, State House, and
This week’s Courier Herald column: When part of a governing majority, members of the political party in charge get both credit and blame for the state of current events. Georgia’s Republicans have run for re-election several times sharing the success stories of economic transformation in the aftermath of the great recession. Many that have taken
This week’s Courier Herald column: There are two components that make up any budget. When most of us think of our budgets, we tend to focus on what we spend, as that’s often considered easier to change than our incomes. When legislators consider a budget, they’re charged with considering not just what is spent from
This week’s Courier Herald column: The muted lull between the Georgia General Assembly’s March Sine Die and the January 13th reconvening of legislators has been relatively quiet publicly. Behind the scenes, there has been a philosophical and practical struggle over Georgia’s budget – all within the ranks of the majority Republican party. In late summer,
This week’s Courier Herald column: It’s been difficult to get a good understanding of the tax cuts passed by a Republican Congress and signed into law by President Trump. Media coverage has generally been sporadic, and seemed to accentuate the negative whenever possible. Shortly after the bill passed, coverage implied that most Americans would see
This week’s Courier Herald column: When it comes to my television watching habits, I’m still a bit old school. I’ve yet to “cut the cord”. My television signal comes to me over traditional cable. Except it’s not, really. It’s actually a service that piggybacks off of my broadband internet system. It’s relatively new technology available
Credit to political commentator Robert Patillo, who likely knows far more about sports than I, for reminding us that we have had NINE professional sports team stadiums with very few national titles. Fulton County Stadium + Georgia Dome + Mercedes Benz = No Titles Omni + Phillips Arena + State Farm Arena = No Titles Fulton
This week’s Courier Herald column: With Tuesday’s primary set to select partisan nominees or send candidates to two-person runoffs, it’s time to note that the Republican nomination for Governor is ending for some where it began. There remain emphatic pledges to eliminate Georgia’s income tax. It’s easy to understand why these pledges are made. Voters
