This week’s Courier Herald column: During the process to approve partial taxpayer financing of Atlanta’s new Mercedes Benz stadium, I was perhaps one of the most frequent and outspoken of the critics. Atlanta had and has many infrastructure needs. The decision to tie up a dedicated revenue stream for three decades in order to replace

Legislation has been introduced in the Senate and the House that would allow for the creation of townships in Georgia. This new form of government, which is used in other states, would have control over zoning and code enforcement issues, but not the other responsibilities that come with running a city. In the House, Rep.

Having written my first post last Friday and my introduction this week, you can assume IrishPat will be somewhat unconventional. Perhaps it is the clean mountain air up here in Blairsville or maybe I’m just a grumpy old white male who apparently is responsible for the world’s problems not directly attributable to George Bush. My

Good morning! I hope you’re enjoying your post-Super Bowl Monday. It’s only the best Monday of the year. Jawja Watch the Super Bowl commericals from our favorite hometown companies. Georgians are invading New Hampshire for Ru[bae]o. Georgia elected officials you must follow on Twitter  The MARTA problem. Murica Chick-Fil-A is adding Apple Pay! Praise! Senator Perdue

I grew up near the convergence of Highways 41 and 42 in Monroe County. I sang in the church choir at First Baptist Church of Forsyth, fished and hunted along the banks of the Ocmulgee River, I cheered for the Mary Persons Bulldogs from the stands of Dan Pitts Stadium, and I ate Fresh Air

It’s Saturday!  You know what that means….the day after payday!  Well, that….and the GeorgiaPol Radio podcast.  Every Friday, Charlie Harper, Jon Richards, and Stefan Turkheimer take over the radio booth at WGST on Rich “Sully” Sullivan’s radio show to talk about Georgia Politics.  Except this week.  This week, we’re switching our focus back to the

WSB TV is out with a new poll of likely Georgia primary voters conducted by Landmark Communications that was taken Thursday evening. On the Republican side, Donald Trump still leads the field, although his support has dropped by 16 points since a previous December poll. On the Democratic side. Hillary Clinton leads over Bernie Sanders

The AJC reported today that the interim CEO for DeKalb County, Lee May, will not stand for election to a full term this year. “It was a trying time. No one wants to see your name plastered in the paper,” said May, now two-and-a-half years into a “temporary” tenure as CEO. “Ultimately the decision I’m making

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, recently introduced the Affordable Retirement Advice Protections Act. This new legislation is meant to protect access to affordable retirement savings services for low- and middle-income Americans. Isakson’s legislation is one of a series of proposals

We haven’t chatted Presidential Politics during our weekly show in a while. We’re going to make up for that today. Iowa has turned the theoretical into actual votes, and New Hampshire will further help frame the campaign from a reality show to a real election. The field is narrowing, the one time presumed front runner