Happy Monday, everyone! Did you know the slinky was born when a World War 2 naval engineer dropped a torsion spring and watched in awe as it “walked” across a table? The creator’s wife said in a 2001 interview that she knew it would be a success because “children love simple things.” The News in
WSBTV will be hosting a 90 minute debate this afternoon featuring candidates running to be the next Mayor of Georgia. I mean Atlanta. Except not. The mayor of our capital city is chosen by residents that compose roughly 5% of the state, but often speaks for all Georgians. Even for those of us in metro-Atlanta,
Perhaps the most important institution in Georgia Democratic Party politics, the Georgia AFL-CIO, endorsed Stacey Abrams as Georgia’s next governor. Most importantly for now, Abrams rival in the primary, Stacey Evans, has far fewer paths to victory. GA AFL-CIO president Charlie Fleming said of the Abrams’ endorsement: “I have already seen Stacey Abrams’ leadership in
There’s a new Landmark/Rosetta Stone poll out this morning in the race for Georgia governor — at least on the Republican side. If Undecided is your candidate, you’re in luck. Second place is convincingly occupied by current Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle. As Greg Bluestein notes in his article over at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the race amongst
The deal Atlanta Housing Authority forgot about. Oops. Zell retires from public life. I know firsthand how hard this is. Make your Halloween plans now! Watch this to the end. Heroes in California (language alert). What will we learn on October 26? Nothing to see here, move along. As I tell my kids, find out
The state of Georgia has delivered it’s pitch to Amazon for HQ2, which was due today. Never to let any opportunity past to Always Be Closing, Georgia used the delivery itself as part of it’s sales pitch, as shown in the video below: You can find more about how Georgia stacks up against the competition
State Representative Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs) is assigned to the committee that determines which public universities in Georgia get tax dollars. Recently, an open records request uncovered Ehrhart used his position to pressure the President of Kennesaw State University to act in favor of his personal bias. Ehrhart was apparently offended by the KSU cheerleaders’
Georgia’s WIN List held an awesome discussion with both Stacey Evans and Stacey Abrams. The organization did an excellent job showing what democrat organizations should do for the 2018 election cycle. Find a way to uplift the fact that Democrats have two outstanding choices as gubernatorial candidates without tearing down their ability to win the
On this date in 1989, the US Senate rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that barred the desecration of the American flag. Peaches Latest arrests show Rachel’s Law is still irrelevant More reviews of the Kennesaw State National Anthem debacle Premature births on the rise in Georgia 9 billionaires on Georgia’s Forbes 400 List for 2017
David Belle Isle, Mayor of Alpharetta and candidate for Georgia Secretary of State, has an issue with Georgia’s current absentee ballot system: The front door for election fraud stands wide open in Georgia. It is the absentee ballot. The ink and breath given to the dangers of voting machine, poll book, and database vulnerabilities can
