Since y’all missed us so much last week (and since Sully is doing a remote with his show tomorrow) we’re going to call an audible and do our audible radio show a day early. Hey, that’s today! At noon Jon Richards and I will start the transition from the legislative session to campaign season, and
Find part one of the series here. Find part two here. Find part three here. No incumbent commissioner has lost an election in DeKalb County in at least 20 years. So, what might make this run different? To start, Sharon Barnes-Sutton has truly distinguished herself as an example of how to draw negative attention in
On this date in 1865, President Lincoln was shot. He died early the next morning. Someone should make this for the GeorgiaPol team Peaches The vouchers are coming! The vouchers are coming! Georgia Supreme Court to rule on the cost of a dog. A promise from the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents… Georgia’s
Today, Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue introduced bi-partisan leglisation to re-authorize the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, which have their headquarters in Brunswick Georgia. The following is from a press release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., David Perdue, R-Ga., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., today introduced bipartisan legislation
Governor Nathan Deal is expected to announce that Australian firm EdenCrete Industries will be locating it’s US manufacturing headquarters in Augusta Georgia. The plant is expected to create 230 jobs initially, with expansion plans for additional growth opportunities in place. EdenCrete is an additive for concrete that was recently approved for use in GDOT maintenance
With the House and Senate back from Spring Break this week, committee work begins in earnest on the twelve appropriations bills that will combine to set federal spending for fiscal year 2017, which begins in October. By now, the House should have settled on a budget, and sent it to the Senate for their consideration
(Find part one here. Find part two here.) I should probably mention that Sharon Barnes-Sutton lost my vote years ago when she told a crowd at a Democratic breakfast that media scrutiny could be dismissed as the act of white newsrooms looking for trouble in black communities. I’m sensitive to that. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution hired me
My birthday is on Friday and honestly, all I want is love. And you show your love by buying very expensive gifts. “Dopamine” by DIIV. Airports Council International: Hartsfield still the busiest. Harvard students continue proud Yankee tradition of trying to…ahem… redesign Atlanta. On the phenomenon of the legislature’s shrinking lawyer corp. What do you
Nearly every Georgia dairy farmer voted to extend the Georgia Milk Marketing Order for another three years. The measure, which passed with 96% support, allows for 10 cents of every 15 cents raised in Georgia will stay in Georgia. What, you might ask, is the basis for this scheme? Federal law requires U.S. dairy producers
Drew Ferguson, former Mayor of West Point and Republican candidate for Congress from GA-3, sent out a press release today announcing a team of County Chairs in all 13 counties of the 3rd Congressional District. Ferguson faces six other Republicans in the May 24th Primary. Two Democrats are also vying for the position. Ferguson: “In this
