Happy Halloween! If you live in metro Atlanta, remember that Halloween gridlock starts early. Your pumpkin pie is a lie built by the “secret pumpkin cabal.” Speaking of fruit – Roy Moore’s law school prof nicknamed him “Fruit Salad.” There’s never been a better time for women candidates. Wales faces the octopus land invasion with

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, a Republican candidate for Governor, announced today his leadership organization that includes members from every county of the state. Cagle’s county leadership teams are to be headed by a five-person grassroots advisory team: Former GAGOP Chairwoman Sue Everhart (Chairwoman), Buddy Leger (Co-Chair), Debbie McCord (Co-Chair), Michael McNeely (Co-Chair), and Rose Wing

This week’s Courier Herald column: We’re upon the season where people dress up in costumes in order to pretend to be characters they are not, often to frighten their neighbors and/or small children. Halloween is a perfect reminder that we need to look ahead to the next session of the Georgia General Assembly, which will

Fulton County is just busy being Fulton County, but this time it’s affecting the county tax digest in a way that goes well beyond Fulton County government. The Georgia Department of Revenue has rejected Fulton County’s 2017 tax digest in its entirety until the matter goes before a judge. Collections are completely halted. The state’s

Happy Monday, everyone! Uber Eats just came to Cumming — life is great. The News in Numbers 84.2 percent – Halloween is stressful. If you give gross candy, then children will rebel against you. Stressful! Thankfully, people have determined Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups have the best chance of satisfying children. You’re welcome. 74 percent –

With Randy Evans on his way to be the next ambassador to Luxembourg, the Georgia Republican Party will be selecting a new national committeeman.  The choice, which will be made by the GAGOP State Committee, is currently between Jason Thompson, current Chairman of the 7th District, and Chris West, current Chairman of the 8th District.

That’s a mighty fine umbrella you got there. Shame if anything happened to it. Why don’t any of the mayors-in-waiting think this is important? “The Collective.” Really GT? Is that the best you could do? Does everyone get their own Borg alcove, too? There’s this football game this Saturday… Unbiased, my hind-parts. Best body armor

We have received a press release announcing that businessman Kevin Abel has joined the GA-6 congressional race as a Democrat. He joins fellow Democrats Richard Keatley and Bobby Kaple in the race for the seat held by Rep. Karen Handel, a Republican. Abel’s press release states that he is running “as a consensus candidate focused on working

This morning the House of Representatives passed the Senate’s budget which makes any form of tax reform easier to pass. The vote opens the door to tax reform through the reconciliation process which permits a simple majority vote rather than the regular rules. 9th District Congressman Doug Collins had these comments after the vote: Today,

You’d like to think no one in Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office or the KSU Center for Election Systems would be so glaringly inept as to wipe the data off a server that is the center of a lawsuit over election security. And that they wouldn’t do so immediately after said lawsuit was filed.