Happy Monday, everyone! This morning’s Morning Reads is dedicated to the people who still have their car parked at Johnny’s Hideaway. Music I listened to the most this weekend: Macklemore – Downtown, Kygo – Firestone, and Miriam Byrant – Finders Keepers Jawja VIDEO: Trump’s Atlanta rally. He starts speaking at 47:36 In which the AJC attempts to
Members of the Georgia Senate are misleading the public in a shameful attempt to impose a full throated anti-LGBT agenda. On Friday, the Georgia Senate approved HB757. HB757 was once called the Pastor Protection Act, but HB757 is unworthy of the name in its current form. Indeed, after the Senate hijacked HB757 by inserting into
Ted Cruz’s anti-establishment message seems to be winning with the members of the GOP establishment who gathered Saturday to begin the process to select their leaders. “Large” counties with populations over 80,000 held GOP mass precinct meetings today, where delegates from Georgia are chosen to represent the state at the Republican National Convention in exciting
It’s Friday, and that means GeorgiaPol Radio is taking over The Sully Show on WGST 640AM. Charlie Harper flies solo on this week as Jon Richards and Stefan Turkheimer are down at the Capitol. Although Sully let’s Charlie in the radio booth by himself, you won’t be wandering around like a somnambulant. It’s a jam-packed
From the Savannah Business Journal’s Savannah Airport Commission removes Sylvester Formey for making more than $13,000 in unapproved personal charges on credit card: Longtime Savannah Airport Commission Chairman and Savannah businessman Sylvester Formey has been removed as Chairman, and is resigning his position on the Commission – expected to be received today at City Hall
PARKatlanta, the private parking enforcement firm that the City of Atlanta contracted with in 2009, maintains that it is “a collaborative initiative led by the City’s Department of Public Works that is modernizing the City’s parking operations to improve convenience, access, fairness, and service for City motorists, residents, businesses, and visitors.” Pretty much everyone who
Congressmen Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-Georgia) stopped by Marco Rubio’s Cobb County GA campaign headquarters for a media availability before continuing on to an event for campaign supporters. Regarding the official topic at hand, Gowdy said his support for Rubio was because he “carries our message in an aspirational and thus persuasive
Lost amid all the hooplah and teeth-gnashing following Monday’s Grammy Awards was the news of the most important award: Jimmy Carter’s second Grammy! He won the Best Spoken Word Album for the audiobook of “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”. With two Grammies, a Nobel Peace Prize, a Presidential Medal of Freedom award and a
The Legislature is getting busy, and regulars Stefan and Jon will both being on duty at the Capitol today. Thus, I’ll be not quite all alone as Sully (and likely Alfred) will keep me company in the luxurious bright orange confines of the WGST studios today. I’m going to have a few words at the
Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash cited five attributes that contribute to the success of the county in her annual State of the County address on Thursday, including its schools, a quality public safety services, amenities such as parks and libraries, and the county’s investment in water infrastructure. But for many in attendance, it was