I just got an invite to Ralph Reed’s kick off event. Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, will be present to speak for Ralph. The hosts of the event are Fred Cooper, Pete Correll, Jim Edenfield, Bernie Marcus, Guy Millner, Bob Nardelli, and Joe Rogers. That’s a pretty swank list of hosts. [...]

We’re adding Jason to the front page. Jason, by the way, has been pushing hard on eminent domain abuses in Stockbridge. I’ll be interested in his reporting on that and other matters. Welcome Jason.

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Down in District 137, with the primary still a long way off, Macon residents are beginning to see campaign signs for Allen Peake.
Peake, somewhat of an unknown, is trying to aggressively build up his name id. He has an advantage the other candidates do not — Peake owns several restaurant franchises, including the local [...]

Former Speaker Terry Coleman is retiring. The question of the day becomes, does this speak to Democrat chances of regaining the House? One would think Coleman would stay on were there a chance of a recapture.

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From the AJC Political Insider…
Reed didn’t mention the name of Abramoff, and his explanation omitted many details. But it included what has become stock phrasing in his public appearances: “If I had known then what I know now, I would have turned that work down,” Reed said. “What I do not appreciate, and what I [...]

I’ve received a lot of emails from Cagle supporters telling me how wonderful the Cagle event was in Macon. I’d expect them to say that.
But . . .
I went out for drinks tonight with a Reed supporter and had one call me at home earlier — both of them attended. I think [...]

This is a somewhat interesting piece in the AJC recently.
But, this little editorial-like post is less about the article and more discussing (i.e. initiating debate over) the recent Anti-Lobbyist sentiment that has been spreading like wildfire in Washington, and in legislatures around the U.S.
Lobbying reform is not something that just came to be since the [...]

He might stick you in a cell with an accused killer.
Last week, the father of accused plane thief Daniel Andrew Wolcott demanded the resignation of Gwinnett Sheriff Butch Conway because the Sheriff would not allow their son to use dental floss while in jail and this terrible injustice has damaged their son’s teeth.
Conway solved the [...]

From the tip line we hear that Mark Taylor’s campaign office caught fire today. We do not know whether it was an accident or arson.
UPDATE:  Arson is suspected.  I didn’t do it.

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So says a Korean newspaper via the AJC:
Kia’s plant, if built, would be one of the largest investments in the South by an automaker since General Motors Corp. built its Saturn facility in Spring Hill, Tenn., in 1990.
Read the entire article here.

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Please forgive this bit of self-promotion, but I thought some of you might be interested in this meeting I’ve organized for tomorrow night:

FREEDOMWORKS MEETING: The FreedomWorks Atlanta Chapter will meet on Tuesday February 28th at 7:30 pm at Max and Erma’s Restaurant (1155 Mount Vernon Highway Atlanta, GA 30338). State Representative Donna Sheldon will [...]

Andrew Young likes Wal-Mart:
“I like to fight poverty,” Young said Sunday. “For almost 10 years, I’ve been using in my sermons the message that fighting poverty is good business, and I’ve used Wal-Mart as an example. The question is how do you fight poverty — with high wages or low prices? The answer is both.”
Young [...]

And not from the bill’s sponsor, that the Stem Cell bill we wrote about Friday is coming under significant attack because it leaves the controversial embryonic stem cell procedures out of the mix altogether in an effort to advance research instead of deal with politics.
The bill, as written, does not address embryonic stem cell research, [...]

The Political Insider has this tidbit on a bill that just passed the House. The bill, HB 833, would talk legal notices out of the local papers and put them on a website.

HB 833 is now before the Senate.
Proponents of the bill say it’s cheaper to post all bids for projects in all of [...]

So what do you think?

Officials are examining whether Dunwoody should become a city.
State Sen. Dan Weber, R-Dunwoody, filed legislation last week that would let voters decide if they want to form a city with a mayor and city council that would assume duties now handled by DeKalb County commissioners.

Should we have a Dunwoody?

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