Georgia’s Gone Hollywood
Tweet The Movie Industry has returned to Georgia, and the industry continues to grow. Last week, Fayette County Commissioners gave zoning approval to 288 acres of land that will soon see a movie studio rise from the rolling farmland. The owner, Pinewood Studios, is organization behind the Harry Potter and James Bond films among many [...]
Read More →General Assembly 2013: Historically Unremarkable
Tweet The most remarkable thing about this year’s session of the Georgia General Assembly was the unremarkable nature of the event. There were few public battles. Most clashes of personality and ego occurred behind closed doors. Instead of being remembered for what was done during the 40 days that ended last Thursday evening, it’s highly [...]
Read More →Good Friday
Tweet The following is a column written previously for this same day. It’s what I believed then, and it’s what I believe now. May you and yours have a Happy Easter. Today is Good Friday, beginning the three holiest days of the Christian year. For those of us who are Christian, it represents everything significant [...]
Read More →What They’re Saying Is Not What They’re Doing
Tweet In politics, too many are judged on what they say. Too often, there is quite a distance between what politicians tell us they will do, and what is actually done. Sometimes that distance can be measured in days – quite literally. Forty days, to be exact.
Read More →Georgia Considers Call For Limited Constitutional Convention
Tweet The Constitution is not an easy document to amend. This is by design. It is, after all, the very foundation of our system of government. Foundations are mostly permanent, as they are what give the structural integrity to whatever is built upon them. Changes should be well thought out, and only done when absolutely [...]
Read More →Bill Aims To Improve Teacher Evaluations
Tweet Amidst all the headline bills regarding guns, ethics, hospital bed taxes and various attempts to repeal federal constitutional amendments, there are bills that affect some of the real problems Georgia has faced for far too long quietly moving through the legislature. One such proposal – House Bill 244 – has passed the House and [...]
Read More →Ethics Reform Transparently Lacks Will
Tweet Most items of consequence within the Georgia General Assembly happen during the final few days. This is sometimes because lengthy negotiations require the full allotment of time to come to a consensus of the interested parties in each chamber. Sometimes it is because positions require feedback that is part of an iterative process involving [...]
Read More →Difficulty Increases For Procurement Of Death Penalty Drugs
Tweet When you hear Georgia’s legislators talk about most items of integrity in governance, you’ll hear them talk about the need for transparency. When you hear them talk about the natural competitive advantages Georgia has to attract business, you’ll generally hear talk about logistics. And when you start talking about the logistics of how Georgia [...]
Read More →Karen Handel Testing U.S. Senate Race Waters; A Perdue Testing Too
Tweet Former Georgia Secretary of State and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel is now exploring entering the U.S. Senate race to replace Saxby Chambliss as an active possibility. Handel has been mostly quiet since Chambliss’ surprise retirement announcement, while allowing conventional wisdom to linger that she would seek the 6th District Congressional Seat presumably to [...]
Read More →Broun – More Headlines For The Sake Of Headlines
Tweet Congressman Paul Broun is good at making headlines. Being adored by the far right media or eviscerated by MSNBC are both good for his personal politics, and Broun knows it. And the way one makes headlines in those spheres is not to suggest good policy, but rather to stake out the most rigid position, [...]
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