The Tribune & Georgian of Camden County is reporting on the existence of a federal grand jury investigation of Camden County Sheriff Bill Smith.
The federal investigation, which began earlier this year, started after Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents completed their own investigation into Smith’s use of inmate labor and turned their final report over to [...]

Above, we get to see the newest edition to the Brunswick Police Department in beautiful Glynn County: unarmed old men volunteering their time on patrol, looking for crime.
No doubt inspired by the ground-breaking 1987 cinematic success that forever changed the political landscape and altered the consciousness of a generation, Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol, [...]

State Rep. Randall Mangham (D-Decatur) and state Rep. Robert Mumford (R-Conyers) have opined about the 2008 session of the General Assembly, as reported by the Rockdale Citizen.

Bob Barr recently sat down with reason.tv to discuss his reasons for running for President and the damage done to civil liberties under the Bush Administration and other some other issues:

State Rep. Ben Harbin’s DUI trial in Atlanta was postponed again today at the request of the newly assigned prosecutor, according to the Savannah Morning News. To refresh your recollection, WRDW has a summary of the original police stop from when this all started last year.

Who’s going to qualify — state and local races. Have at it.

I consider Charlie Bishop a friend. I managed his election four years ago to the top spot in the county. Under his leadership, Bibb County has seen an increase in jobs and a stabilized financial picture. As a political strategist however, I think this is going to be a very difficult year [...]

The Joe Allen show is cancelled in Macon. Though not really the Joe Allen Show, the Fox Files that comes on Thursday night in Macon was Joe’s show.
A few months ago I had mentioned to Joe that I expected his challenger to file a complaint over the equal time rule. Joe sounded very [...]

I suspect, like the Democrats, that Barack Obama at the top of the ticket will help the Democrats make some gains in the State House and State Senate — not enough to take back control, but enough to make gains.
At the end of the day, I think it could be balanced out a bit by [...]

The issue of tax reform remains out there in the fields. I suspect the GOP, assuming it maintains control of the General Assembly, is going to need to do some work to make sure it has a plan of action before January.

Augusta coverage here.
Chattanooga Times Free Press coverage of North Georgia is here.
The AJC is here with an interesting bit:
Candidates seeking seats in the Georgia General Assembly will sign affidavits this week, swearing to their qualifications to hold public office.
Among them is that their federal, state and local taxes are paid. At least that was the [...]

Here’s the story.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may require voters to produce a photo identification, upholding a Republican-backed law similar to Georgia’s aimed at deterring voter fraud.
Opponents who contend Georgia’s law places an unfair burden on voters say they will continue to pursue legal challenges. But the high court’s 6-3 ruling approving [...]

I have no idea where Elberton is, but they’re getting creative and using rent-seeking in fighting the drug war:

That’s the word from state Representative Stan Watson, as reported by CrossRoads News.
Watson said that the vote on the bill should have been taken only by the 26-member DeKalb delegation - not all 236 members of the General Assembly. The bill passed the House 106 to 60. “The legislators understand that home rule was [...]

’cause their school system is done, the AJC is reporting.
Fed up with repeated policy violations and dysfunction by the Clayton County school board, the two governor-appointed advisers said Friday they cannot help the district save its accreditation. “I don’t think they have a chance to keep their accreditation,” said James E. Bostic Jr., a [...]