A reporter asked Georgia Department of Transportation commissioner Russell McMurry if the homeless guy charged with arson, Basil Eleby, is a scapegoat. “I won’t speculate on what people call the person who caused this fire,” McMurry said. Note the phrasing. Eleby caused the fire. Not GDOT. GDOT did nothing wrong. That’s the line. When the

In a press announcement released today, Congressman Drew Ferguson of Georgia’s 3rd announced a Job Fair in LaGrange on April 13, 2017. According to the Congressman’s communication director, Amy Timmerman, the information has been shared over 500 times on Facebook. After a little checking on Facebook, I found updated numbers at more than 600 shares and dozens

Bob Gray, who claims to be the swamp drainiest candidate among all the Republicans running for CD 6, was first elected to the Johns Creek City Council in July, 2014. Johns Creek was incorporated in 2006, and Gray came on board as the city was reducing its reliance on CH2M, which (if you’re a municipal government type of

Unsurprisingly, Emory University is opposed to the new Trump travel ban, just as they were opposed to the first one and further considered – but ultimately decided against – becoming a sanctuary campus. That consideration led the Georgia General Assembly to pass a law last month preventing sanctuary campuses from receiving state funding, even though there

Good morning! Are you ready to transition from college basketball to major league baseball and golf? Five Georgia companies want a piece of Trump’s wall. Here’s an overview of the massive tax breaks given to Georgia companies, often by unelected boards. This week, Atlanta is home to an impressionist battle royale. The ED of the

In the aftermath of the I-85 bridge collapse, Speaker David Ralston is, once again, speaking on the need to devote more state resources to transit. In a letter sent to Governor Deal on Monday morning, Speaker Ralston wrote that MARTA and the Georgia Regional Transit Authority’s Xpress bus service are already seeing extraordinary increases in

The Washington Examiner, using information from a Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) letter to its donors, is reporting that Jon Ossoff’s campaign has taken a signficant hit since the CLF began running its $2.2 million ad buy. The memo states that “in just one week, Ossoff has stalled on the ballot, and most importantly, he is

HB 280, better known as Campus Carry, came out of a conference committee with new clauses and exceptions that are said to be straight from Governor Deal.  If true, that should make him more likely to sign the legislation that he vetoed last year. But here’s a couple things he should consider before making that

This week’s Courier Herald column: It’s a tried and true axiom. Never let a crisis go to waste. No sooner than had a section of I-85 collapsed due to a freak yet apparently quite preventable incident last Thursday evening than opportunists seeking a vehicle for their agenda poured into social media to grind their quite

Happy Monday, everyone! You heard it here first: It’s going to rain. My apologies for the late Morning Reads. You can blame talented writers like George. State RIP Rhubarb Jones. Brian Kemp is channeling his inner Trump. What passed and what didn’t pass during this year’s legislative session. First a blueberry crisis and now a peach