When Ted Turner, the founder of the Cable News Network, inaugurated the company’s first broadcast on June 1, 1980 he forever changed the way the world would receive television news and opinion programming. That’s why it’s fitting that the Georgia Historical Society just dedicated a new “Georgia Business History Initiative” marker at Atlanta’s CNN Center that recognizes Turner. The Society annually salutes Georgia companies in order to teach students, citizens and tourists about the pivotal role of the state’s business development. So we salute both the Georgia Historical Society for this worthy recognition and Turner for his visionary contribution 38 years ago. Their boats are RISING….
Fulton Co. DA Howard in more legal trouble
Sensing he could lose the Democratic nomination in order to run for re-election as Fulton County District Attorney, Paul Howard decided to whip up anti-police voter sentiment by criminally charging two police officers involved in a fatal shooting. Yet he didn’t bother waiting for a still-not-completed Georgia Bureau of Investigation report of the incident. And now the GBI is conducting another probe— of Howard! This involves his issuance of grand jury subpoenas related to the shooting, even though no grand jury is impaneled. And get this: The subpoenas have become part of an ongoing GBI criminal probe of “salary supplements” Howard gave to himself as the head of two “charitable” groups. As he faces candidate Fani Willis in an Aug. 11 runoff election, Howard’s boat is SINKING…
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