Not really, but thanks Grift and Gray.

I won’t get preachy and I admit totally I’m a partisan, but I started doing what I was doing just for the love of politics. Somehow I’ve been blessed to get in a position where I have some clout, whether deserved or [...]

A few months ago, I had an e-mail exchange with Rebecca Crawford — a graduate student at Georgia State University who is doing a research project on Doraville’s Northwoods neighborhood. She is looking at the neighborhood as a good example of the ranch-house communities that sprang up around the country [...]

…I guess they finally realized they couldn’t compete with what was going on under the Gold Dome.

Thank you.

See, the problem when you try to stay on message is that the opponant has to then respond to you staying on message, and now we have two posts out of the last three that are not about adultery or which guy from East Bumble will form an exploratory committee [...]

Austin Scott today issued a statement calling for a state wide grand jury to replace the current method of politicians self policing themselves (or not) and shift this responsibility to an independent body.

The thing I would like to first point out before getting into generic press release stuff is that [...]

How do you know the Republican Party still has a lot of problems to solve before they can regain a majority in Congress?Rasmussen has the answer:In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate [...]

I’ll help with your first question of “who?” Tommy Smith is from the 168th District and was sworn into office in 1979. He also is a blueberry farmer and has no problem sponsoring legislation that will benefit him…like to create the Georgia Blueberry Commission. Precisely [...]

I’ve just received word that Senator David Shafer’s sister has been diagnosed with stage 2 brain cancer. Apparently Doctors operated recently to remove what was thought to be a non-cancerous tumor. Unfortunately it was not.

My thoughts and prayers are with Senator Shafer, his sister and the rest of his family. [...]

I have to wonder if Linger Longer’s pet legislator has gotten caught with his pants down or something.

From The AJC:

The company hired to help redevelop Jeykll Island’s beachfront has pulled out of the partnership.

Linger Longer Communities said Tuesday their decision was “due to the uncertainty of the economic [...]

The company hired to help redevelop Jeykll Island’s beachfront has pulled out of the partnership.

Linger Longer Communities said Tuesday their decision was “due to the uncertainty of the economic environment and the difficulty that this uncertainty imposes on a workable development schedule.”

The Jekyll Island Authority, the state entity responsible for [...]

There’s a silver lining in every crisis and it seems ethics reform may be Zippergate’s silver lining. GOP AG Candidate Sam Olens issued a press release with his ideas for ethics reform:

“While every candidate for State office is now talking about ethics, I’m proud of the fact that our campaign [...]

Slipping in under the radar with all the news coming out of the Gold Dome is word that U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) has been battling Hepatitis C. His weight change has been noticed by many for quite a while now.

From WSB Radio:

He tells the [...]

We got word this morning that State Rep. Clay Cox will run for Speaker Pro-Tem, which is being vacated by Mark Burkhalter. Here is the letter he sent to the House Republican Caucus:

It’s been a tough couple of weeks, and we are now faced with not just finding new [...]

My Congressman, Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA), opposes a war tax to fund a surge in troops for Aghanistan:Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Ga., will not support a proposal by several of his House Democratic colleagues to fund President Obama’s troop increase in Afghanistan with a 1 percent income tax increase.

Marshall spokesman [...]

First, you can participate in a virtual climate summit on Wednesday at noon.

Second, is their Patriots Christmas. The event will be December 11th at 7pm.

The Forest Park city council approved an amendment Monday that throws out the rules banning nudity and tipping. By a vote of three to two, [...]

I left David Ralston out of my post this morning as his name had dropped off any consideration for Speaker.

I’m happy to do a separate post if need be. I hope that won’t be necessary. Needless to say, if you are a Republican in the State House of Representatives thinking [...]