Speaker David Ralston honors Jon Richards House Resolution 795 By: Representatives Ralston of the 7th, Abrams of the 89th, Burns of the 159th, Taylor of the 79th, Brockway of the 102nd, Cox of the 108th and others A RESOLUTION Honoring the life and memory of Jonathan Blair Richards; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the State

There are probably only four candidates running to fill the vacated Congressional seat in Georgia’s 6th District that you’ve heard of. Allow a fifth to introduce himself: That’s a bus wrapped for Kurt Wilson, who’s running a campaign based on term limits. That image was sent by a longtime reader who asked “Seriously?” Wrapping an

Scott Bonder, a DeKalb County commercial litigation attorney serving on the newly-constituted board of ethics, resigned yesterday in protest of legislative changes proposed this year. House members advanced a bill to change the appointment process for the board, in anticipation of a court ruling in a lawsuit by former county commissioner Sharon Barnes-Sutton that may

The internet drives people to crave attention. Tumblr in particular pushed people to create increasingly absurd divisions of divisions of divisions to apply to themselves so that others will listen to what they have to say as a persecuted constituency of one. Today, we received word of @MuslimFTrump who is apparently endorsing Bob Gray and is also a “transwhite

Admittedly I haven’t paid full attention to Session over the last few weeks (or months, actually) but one bill, House Bill 280, has justifiably caught statewide attention. House Bill 280 is Campus Carry. As you may recall, Governor Deal vetoed Campus Carry last year citing concerns that the legislation was too broad. Campus Carry is

As was mentioned on social media yesterday, we have had multiple requests asking if Jon’s celebration of life service will be livestreamed. While that is a bit unusual, Jon was a pioneer in the making social media sociable. As such, it will.  At 7PM we will post the feed here. The broadcast will begin about 7:20,

Georgia House Judiciary committee member Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) had his constitutional hackles raised high during a Georgia House committee hearing last week on Senate Bill 1, which proposed a new domestic terrorism law. “It’s not the right to ‘lawful’ assembly, it’s the right to assembly,” he said to the bill’s author, Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens), taking

Trump has already proved himself more mendacious than a Clinton. Truly a remarkable accomplishment. “Outside of a Small Circle of Friends” by Phil Ochs.  Alyssa Milano gave folks a ride to the polls in CD-6.  ATLiens satisfaction survey goes live on April 10.  MARTA improves neighborhood.  If you don’t want to be called a neo-confederate,

A brief note: As sad I am about the passing of Editor in Chief Jon Richards, I couldn’t add anything worth reading to the eloquent and moving tributes written by so many others. He was a good man, one who I respected and admired, and I will miss him. I am pretty certain, though, that

Nathan L. Gonzales of Roll Call reported that Club for Growth Action has purchased a $250,000 anti-Handel ad buy to run on cable in Atlanta beginning tomorrow. The ad is scheduled to air until the GA-6 special election on April 18th. Advance voting began yesterday in the district. The ad takes on spending while Karen Handel served