Diebold has stopped selling electronic voting machines in North Carolina because the state wants it to release its source code (probably a very bad idea).
If I remember right, we use the same machines in Georgia.

Lauren Benedict, a friend and former co-worker at my old law firm (she’s now with Boston Passante, which is listed as host on Cathy Cox’s Macon fundraiser), has decided to challenge Allen Freeman, a friend and whose race I managed in 2004. The district is a swing district and Allen won it by less [...]

Cathy Cox will be in Macon on December 7, 2005, at the Rosewood Ballroom. I know more than half of the hosts — all of whom are women. A number of whom can be accurately characterized as more progressive than most of us, whether Democrat or Republican.
There is a danger for Cox being [...]

A very good friend and a golfing expert who keeps failing to give me lessons has started The Hole Truth: Atlanta’s Golf News and Other Less Important Things. If you have any interest in golf (and judging by the number of government types who read Peach Pundit, I’m sure most of you do), [...]

Tomorrow, Mark Taylor will announce the endorsements of Hank Aaron and Andrew Young. Those endorsements will help Taylor secure the all powerful black vote — something he and Cathy Cox are fighting for. I think whoever Franklin endorses is going to come out on tops. I had heard a while back that [...]

An article in today’s AJC discusses the new leadership in Sandy Springs including background and priorities of the newly elected mayor and Council.
Most of the councilmembers (and those involved in runoffs) seem to have similar goals for the newly incorporated city - zoning and preservation of neighborhoods, smooth transition to cityhood, redevelopment of [...]

Beginning late 2006, GRTA operated commuter buses will run along U.S. 78 from Snellville to Atlanta. The Gwinnett bus system’s express bus that runs along I-85 has been quite popular so it is expected this route along 78 will be as well.
This fits in with Jason’s post on Monday but will GRTA have to [...]

Doug Gross from the Associated Press has a look at a lot of pre-filed bills that will be considered when the state legislature meets in January. Prefiling began on November 15.

It’s been a while since Karen Handel was in the news, but she is there today. She is taking charge of cutting Fulton County costs now that it will lose revenue due to Sandy Springs’ incorporation.
Fulton County would balance $70 million lost to Sandy Springs by closing fire stations, firing parks workers and cutting [...]

Since Bill was wondering where Silence went, here I am. It’s the holidays, give me a break. For the record, I have no relationship with Linda Hamrick or Cecil Staton, though I admire Senator Staton and his work. Linda Hamrick…no relationship there either.
And since you wanted to hear from me, [...]

The AJC reports that Charles Walker was sentenced earlier today to 10+ years in prison and ordered to pay fines and restitution. The judge said he wanted to send a message to other politicians who might be tempted to engage in similar activities.
A federal judge Tuesday sentenced former Senate Majority Leader Charles [...]

Lawmakers are thinking about it:
The temporary moratorium for the heating season would echo action the legislature took during a special session in September, when lawmakers removed the sales tax on motor fuels for nearly a month in response to price increases following Hurricane Katrina.
“There’s a lot of talk by members … to bring some relief, [...]

This just doesn’t do much for me.
Legislators have proposed a bill that could allow the Barrow County display of the Ten Commandments to return to the county courthouse.

House Bill 941, sponsored by state Reps. Tommy Benton, R-Jefferson, and Terry England, R-Auburn, would permit counties to display historical documents on public property. The bill, also co-sponsored [...]

Walker goes down.
A federal judge said Monday former state Sen. Charles W. Walker may have taken more than $400,000 from a charity event.

Walker appeared in U.S. District Court on Monday, surrounded by a half-dozen defense attorneys as lawyers argued about how much might have been taken from the CSRA Classic annual charity event.

Walker was convicted [...]

Saxby, apparently.
A Capitol Hill newspaper fingered Sen. Saxby Chambliss as the top suspect in the bashing of the Boss by the GOP-led Senate earlier this month, but the Georgia Republican said through a spokeswoman Monday he played no role in turning Washington into the badlands for Bruce Springsteen.

Since the spiking of a resolution honoring the [...]