by Marc Hyden | Oct 10, 2018 | The Forum
During Gov. Nathan Deal’s tenure, Georgia has vaulted to the vanguard of criminal justice reform. But as he closes out his final term, the state’s justice system still desperately needs attention. As it stands, Georgia remains on a shrinking island of state...
by D.A. King | Oct 10, 2018 | The Forum
Candidate policy differences in the race for Georgia governor may not extend to allowing Georgia voters to decide if the state constitution should be amended to make English the official language of government. A December 2015 Rosetta Stone poll showed that a...
by Vic Reynolds and Michael Scott Carlson | Oct 3, 2018 | The Forum
During the September 30, 2018, installment of Atlanta’s FOX 5’s political roundtable program, the Georgia Gang, guest host Phil Kent opened with a disturbing segment on rising crime in Metro Atlanta. According to a featured story from Lori Geary, the offenses...
by Steven Ellis | Sep 28, 2018 | The Forum
It’s election time and that means it’s also silly season. Georgia Democrats recently ran a campaign ad scorching Secretary of State Brian Kemp for failing to revoke the massage therapy license of a Georgia sex offender. The implication is that he...
by Phil Kent | Sep 21, 2018 | The Forum
Despite the fact that “Charlie Bailey, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, has used similar figures” on Sept. 14 the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s political blog scribes— led by Jim Galloway along with Greg Bluestein and Tamar Hallerman–...
by Marc Hyden | Sep 20, 2018 | The Forum
The government is no stranger to wasteful spending. In fact recently, Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway came under fire for purchasing a tricked-out 707 HP Dodge Charger Hellcat for a cool $70,000. The unnecessary acquisition was bankrolled through a...
