Homeowners in Atlanta are starting July with a 12.5 percent raise in their water and sewer rates.It comes on the heels of Monday’s Atlanta City Council 8-7 vote to raise property taxes.
The council voted in June 2008 to raise water rates in each of the next four years to keep afloat Clean Water Atlanta, the city’s $4 billion program to overhaul its aging sewer system and improve water quality.
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Anybody else notice that Cynthia McKinney is now the Captain of the S.S. %*@! the Jews and America and sailed her vessel through — or at least tried to — an Israeli blockade?
They didn’t sink it though so we can continue to enjoy her comic hijinks for years to come.
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Brian Kemp, Republican candidate for Georgia Secretary of State, said Tuesday during a visit to Tifton that his experience as a senator and small business owner make him the best choice for the job.“I think it is a good fit for me,” Kemp said.
This again is another statewide position that could be appointed and spare us the costs of an election.
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State Sen. Ralph Hudgens, R-Hull, officially announced his candidacy for state insurance commissioner Tuesday and said he has assembled a campaign team that includes the head of the state Transportation Board.
I still think the Insurance Commissioner should be an appointed position. The powers and office in the wrong hands could just be a hotbed of corruption and ethical issues.
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No clue when Sonny will announce the pick.
Possibly as soon as Wednesday, Gov. Sonny Perdue will have a short list of nominees who want to be Georgia’s next Supreme Court justice.Last year, Chief Justice Leah Ward infuriated state Democrats — and some key supporters — when she announced she was retiring at the end of June, letting Perdue pick the next justice. Sears’ term would have run through 2010, but she is leaving to practice law, work for a think tank and teach at the University of Georgia law school.
There are nine names on the short list, which does not sound like a very short list to me. In any event, they are now off to Sonny. Some of the names are surprising. All are conservative.
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22 “stimulus program” contracts have been given out.
The state Department of Transportation has awarded another 22 projects to be paid for by the federal stimulus.The projects are worth $57 million, according to Georgia DOT, and construction should begin next month.
Wonder whose pockets will be lined.
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They all go into effect July 1. That includes this one:
Starting today, Georgia becomes the first state in the nation to have a law allowing adoption of an embryo.The Option of Adoption Act was introduced by state Rep. James Mills, R-Chestnut Mountain, and is viewed as a victory for anti-abortion groups who want the law to recognize embryos in their earliest stages of development as people. It is among the most notable of more than a dozen state laws taking effect today.
The law’s language does not specifically define an embryo as a person, but Mills said there’s no mistaking the implication.
“I don’t know of anyone adopting chairs or desks or tables — you can only adopt living human beings,” Mills said.
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Days after the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame announced budget cuts for the new fiscal year, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame is following suit.The music museum in downtown Macon will soon close on Sundays and Mondays, Executive Director Lisa Love said Tuesday, just as the sports hall is doing.
Honestly, every time I’ve gone in there, there has never been a crowd of people. So many that will increase demand on Tuesday through Saturday. But I doubt it.
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A McDonough man is behind bars without bond after being arrested for allegedly stealing from an elderly acquaintance, and using a screwdriver as a weapon.Trini Lopez Walker, 39, is charged with one count of armed robbery. He was arrested Monday at the corner of Ward Street and George W. Lemon Drive.
The 87 year old pulled a gun and started firing at Walker. Good for him!
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New census data released today shows that from 2007 to 2008, Atlanta continued to get bigger.Atlanta is only one of nine U.S. cities in that timespan that was both one of America’s 25 fastest growing cities and one of its 25 largest numerical gainers in terms of population.
“As the 2010 census approaches, these population estimates provide a sense of the population trends throughout the decade,” Census Bureau acting Director Tom Mesenbourg said in a news release.
Of course we don’t have a Governor or legislature that seems to want to fully engage on transportation issues, so it’s really bad for all of us that so many people keep moving into the state.
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Firefighters and emergency crews passed the halfway point early Wednesday in the task of removing damaged vehicles from the collapsed Midtown parking deck and still had not found any victims in the rubble.Atlanta fire battalion chief David Rhodes said at daybreak that 20 cars had been removed from the collapsed portion of the parking deck. He said that based on the number of spaces in that area there could have been as many as 38 cars in the rubble.
I sure am glad it seems no one was killed or injured.
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On July 3rd, 1889, members of the Georgia General Assembly marched as a body from the Kimball Opera House –which had served as their home nearly thirty years– at the corner of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street to the newly constructed state Capitol building. The next day, Governor John B. Gordon dedicated the new building with the following words:
“Built upon the crowning hill of her capital city, whose transformation from desolation and ashes to life, thrift and beauty, so aptly symbolizes the State’s resurrection, this proud structure will stand through the coming centuries a fit memorial of the indomitable will of this people.”
Jackson, Edwin L. “The Story Of Georgia’s Capitols And Capital Cities“. Georgia Info. Retrieved on 2009-7-1.
Although delayed by a few days, Governor Sonny Perdue, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, Secretary of State Karen Handel and the Georgia Capitol Museum will mark the 120th anniversary of the state Capitol’s dedication July 8th with a special celebration in the Capitol Rotunda. The ceremony will feature a tour of the Capitol and birthday cake. Those attending the celebration can sign a birthday card to Miss Freedom, the statue that crowns the Capitol dome.
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There’s a small problem flying under the radar with an email sent out by Karen Handel the other day.
You may have gotten it.
The email text read:
Team,
In case you missed it, I wanted to forward along the email I sent last week as a quick reminder that today is the day I need your help to keep pushing forward in my race for Governor.
At midnight tomorrow, we face the first fundraising deadline of the campaign, and we are just short of the goals we set to show my opponents what they are really up against.
Please help me cross the finish line by making an immediate and secure donation to my campaign by following the links in the email below.
Team, I’ve got what it takes to meet Georgia’s problems head on, and any amount you can give today will be an investment in the future of our great state. As always, thanks for your support, and I look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail.
Your friend,
Karen
Sent from my iPhone
Let’s ignore the “Sent from my iPhone” part (iPhones cannot send mass emails). That bit made me actually think it was to me and I read the email. Nice touch, but cheesy.
Here’s the problem. Handel’s email went out at around noon on June 29th. At 10am on June 30th, the following email went out from Bill Haslam, running for Governor of Tennessee:
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From the evil lib’ral media:
One of the most anticipated days in the history of social networking site Facebook has finally come: the company announced today that it has begun making status messages, photos and videos visible to the public at large by default instead of being visible only to a user’s approved friends.
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Thomas Wheatley has the details.
The City of Carrollton’s attempt to clear the air over a controversial “verbal agreement” it made with state Rep. Tim Bearden, R-Douglasville, nearly four years ago just might have backfired.
Toys for Tots says Bearden did not do work for them, contrary to the claims previously made.
Someone needs to investigate.
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