Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a hero to me, one of a very small group of people that I have ever put into that category. In his short 39 years, Dr. King made a lasting impact upon the world before his life was horrifically taken away. He did not shy away from the calling upon his life to
The AJC’s Kristina Torres presents a recap of the first week of the legislative session–Charlie and I do the same kind of thing here. However, we understand that SoS Brian Kemp will make his budget presentation in person tomorrow rather than sending a surrogate. Watching the AJC’s James Salzer try to explain common sense legislation
I’m encouraging our contributors to do things differently here on Sundays. We are a site dedicated to Georgia Politics. We are also a community. What brings a community together are things that unite us. It is in the things where we can find common ground. I’ll go one step further. One of my frustrations in
Friday kicked off the first edition of GeorgiaPol Radio on WGST. Rich “Sully” Sullivan is gracious enough to allow us an opportunity to talk about the political goings on in our state for an hour on Fridays each week. This week, a lot of discussion was around the convening of the 2016 session of the
If the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials and advocacy group LatinoJustice have their way, then yes. A report in The AJC says their cases rests on their reading of a provision of the Voting Rights Act. Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO’s executive director, said providing Spanish-language ballots would make it easier for many people to vote. “It’s
House Speaker David Ralston isn’t in favor of the bill banning assault weapons proposed by Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver. In a briefing following Friday’s legislative session, Ralston said, As long as I am Speaker of this House, I will not use any of our valuable time taking away the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens.
Word around the Capitol is that House Majority Whip Matt Ramsey (R-HD-72) is taking “deliberate steps” toward a run at the 3rd Congressional Race. Ramsey is smack dab in the middle of the 3rd district, geographically, so that could be a possible factor in his consideration. Earlier, we told you about former State Rep. Jeff Brown
Today at noon will be the first installment of WGST GeorgiaPol radio on 640AM WGST. We’ve changed URLs but we haven’t changed stations. Rich “Sully” Sullivan continues to provide us an hour of quality AM air time and we’ll use it today to talk about the beginning of the GA General Assembly. Jon Richards will
Governor Nathan Deal released his proposed fiscal year 2017 budget Thursday afternoon that would raise and spend $23.7 billion in the fiscal year beginning July 1st. Many lawmakers will spend the weekend reviewing it, and will return to the gold dome on Tuesday for a week of budget hearings. The pie chart at right shows
State Representative David Stover (R-HD-71) filed HB 723 prior to the convening of the 2016 session of the Georgia General Assembly. The premise is simple: if you’re a current member of the General Assembly, or you’ve been out less than a year, you would not be able to take a non-elected job within state government.
