This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week the Georgia Ports Authority held their State of the Port address in Savannah. The event has grown in stature and significance with Georgia’s ports. Among the 1,500 in attendance were House Speaker David Ralston, Governor Deal’s Chief of Staff Chris Riley, and Economic Development Commissioner Chris Carr. During
The man who helped put the first Republican in the Governor’s mansion since Reconstruction is contemplating a run for the top job at the Georgia Republican Party, according to a story by Greg Bluestein of hte AJC. John Watson, who worked as a consultant to Governor Sonny Perdue’s campaign before becoming Perdue’s Chief of Staff,
Happy Monday, everyone! I have a really uncomfortable zit on my nose that reminds me of Rudolph. Besides that, the week is looking decent. Jawja Governor Deal’s office received zero gas shortage complaints. Probably because everyone was too busy searching for gas. “Religious Liberty” could be a litmus test for 2018 candidates. –Insert cries of
CNBC published an article on this Monday about a Forrester report on how artificial intelligence will eliminate up to 6% of the jobs we see today by 2021. Those jobs that look to be targeted are in the customer service, trucking, and taxi services. We’ve seen a large growth in the artificial intelligence realm with intelligent
With only 53 days to go until the General Election on November 8th, in just under a week Georgians can go ahead and cast their vote. Next week county officials will begin mailing out absentee ballots, and if you plan on voting via absentee, then it is suggested that you request your absentee ballot and
Certified Channing Tatum sightings in and around Douglasville this week, where they are filming his latest flick. Send pictures, please! They want us all to be vampires. Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world. Again. Traffic alert. Alabamastan. Of course. “Bend the cost downwards” has a different meaning in ObamaCare. Oh my. Blame the
New polling from Opinion Savvy shows Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Hillary Clinton by 4.3 percentage points, just outside the poll’s margin of error of 4.1%. In the Senate race, Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson leads Democrat Jim Barksdale by 12.9 points, but hasn’t yet managed to break the 50% mark needed to avoid a runoff.
Shortly before 8:00 on Wednesday evening, I received a robocall on my cell phone from Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund urging me to call my congressman first thing in the morning and tell him what to do. Based on what I saw on social media, I wasn’t the only one
People living in the 404 area code may be a little peeved. According to Jacques Couret at the Atlanta Business Chronicle, “The latest YouMail Robocall Index shows Atlanta’s 404 area code was the nation’s most robocalled area codes for the ninth straight month, with 49,362,000 robocalls in August.” Roughly one in six phone numbers calling
House Republicans passed the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act, by a vote of 310 – 116. The bill provides for more accountability from VA employees at all levels. The bill may not end the current apathetic service at the VA but is will allow the agency to respond more efficiently when it occurs.
