Congressman Tom Graves (R-GA-14) delivered a speech in support of the 2017 Defense Appropriations bill that will fund military assets needed to fight militant Islamic terror. You can see the speech below and the full text of his remarks below the fold.
Jim Barksdale seems hellbent on proving his fortunes can’t buy him a single gram of campaign competence, reportedly telling Hall County Democrats America is to blame for radical Islam and the Orlando massacre. The GAGOP was oh-so-helpful distributing a statement with Barksdale’s quote, where he said “we are the ones that are in the wrong.”
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have stopped a Navy supply ship from being named after Congressman John Lewis was rejected by the House Rules Committee Tuesday evening. The Washington Post reports that Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo of Mississippi’s amendment would have prevented Navy ships from being named after “any member
In May GDOT Commissioner Russell McMurry gave Atlanta and MARTA the Tuesday deadline to come up with their plans to address 60 problems outlined in recent audits. According to the AJC’s Dave Wickert, the city has submitted more than 2500 pages that responded to 41 of the 60 problems that needed addressing to avoid a
The man, the myth, the hair is in town today, speaking at a no-way-provocative venue in the heart of Midtown. “Song for my Father” by Leon Thomas. (For Father’s Day) Jimmy Carter: “I think there’s going to be a reassessment in America by individual citizens and collectively after this election experience that we’re involved in right
Today, the D.C. Circuit Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to regulate Internet Service Providers. Reaction from Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins was swift and to the point. “Today’s Circuit Court ruling is a blow to internet freedom, and Congressional authority. Federal agencies should not be allowed to rewrite the law to suit
The City of Atlanta has four new noble, civic goals unveiled as part of the Clinton Global Initiative Americas meeting. Said meeting, coincidentally, is underway in Atlanta. Even more coincidentally, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is a deeply-committed supporter of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Funny how the world works sometimes… Anyway, the goals are focused on
On Monday, the Georgia Power Company announced that it will shut down operations at its 29 coal ash ponds in Georgia over the next three years. Coal ash is the waste left over when coal is burned to generate electricity. The EPA says it is one of the largest types of industrial waste in the
North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay closed last week, becoming the latest rural healthcare facility in Georgia to stop doing business. As reported in Georgia Health News, the facility’s owner, Sunlink Health System, will lease its emergency room and medical building to Piedmont Healthcare of Atlanta, which will operate the facility as a satellite of
Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth has fallen on hard times. The area has noticeably declined since its glorious opening in 1984 as the county’s first ever supermall. Competition from the nearby Discover Mills Mall and the Mall of Georgia, dragging consumer spending (a legacy of the 2008 recession), and a burgeoning global preference for online
