Happy Monday, everyone! Congratulations to GeorgiaPol contributor George Chidi for getting hitched over the weekend. News by the Numbers 26 people – were killed in a mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a small town located 30 miles southeast of San Antonio. The death toll is expected to rise as more
It’s still a mess. Now it’s a mess that a Judge will allow to cash flow. Maggie Lee breaks the news as follows: Yep Fulton County, you are getting property tax bills this year. That's after a judge's ruling just now. Stoey soon #gapol — Maggie Lee (@maggie_a_lee) November 3, 2017 We forgive the typo
Not a good ranking. All of us have aging parents, and this should be a bigger deal. CSI for animal cruelty. Who cares. Just report the facts, Jack. Blimey, it’s gonna get cold across the pond. Next time you know, they’ll all be in Florida. Pass the popcorn. This is not a drill, people. Ann
Depending on what news source you read, you might believe that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr abruptly quit Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s defense in the lawsuit both the SOS’s office and Kennesaw State University are facing over the security of Georgia’s election systems. In some stories, it sounded quite ominous, like Carr had dumped
On this date in 1897, the man who served as the advisor to six presidents was born in Winder, GA. Richard B. Russell, a UGA grad and former Governor of the Peach State, was first elected to the legislature at age 23. He later became a U.S. Senator and championed the school lunch program. His
Maggie Lee and her GaPolBot have reported the news that Tricia Pridemore has filed paperwork for the position of Georgia Public Service Commissioner for District 5, which is currently held by Stan Wise. It was previously reported by the AJC and the Marietta Daily Journal that Stan Wise will be resigning from the seat in February
A press release from Sen. Johnny Isakson’s office: U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., praised former Georgia U.S. Representative Leon A. “Lynn” Westmoreland during his introduction at a Senate hearing to consider Westmoreland’s nomination by President Trump to serve as a member of the Amtrak board of directors. In his remarks Tuesday at the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Ed’s stomach hurts from all the candy he ate last night, so I’m filling in. I make no apologies for the title. State Amazon announced 500 new jobs in Georgia. Meet the Baptist church that welcomed LGBT Georgians. Georgia DOT apologized for dumping dead deer. Watch the Georgia Dome’s demolishion on a live feed. UGA, we
One of my favorite offbeat stories to come out of the Beltway in the past month involved George W. Bush’s former assistant secretary of commerce, Bruce Mehlman, declaring this period the New Gilded Age. Mehlman produces quarterly reports for his clients at Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas on the current climate, and this quarter, he
Three cheers for Georgia and Gov. Nathan Deal. For the fifth straight year, Georgia has been named the number one state to do business by Site Selection magazine. Deal credited yet another top ranking to our state’s low tax burden, skilled workforce, and “unparalleled connectivity.” The editor-in-chief of Site Selection said the ranking was largely based
