Last week news broke that an ethics investigation into some $630,000 of missing campaign cash belonging to former state Sen. Don Balfour was being dismissed due to a loophole that said too much time had passed since he left office in 2015. Not so fast, said Jake Evans, chairman of the state ethics commission, who this week made the motion to reject that dismissal, reopening an ethics investigation into hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars that by law must be accounted for – leftover money must be returned to donors or donated to other campaigns or non-profits. Now Balfour’s campaign account sits empty, but with no record of where the money went, observers are calling foul play. More to come on this story as it continues to DRIFT…
Georgia and the 2020 Census Count
The three most recent censuses saw Georgia rewarded with 4 additional congressional seats, going from 10 at the time of the 1990 census to 14 since 2013. During that period, only Florida and Texas added more congressional seats. Georgians have hoped that the...The Southern Path to the White House
In media reviews of the prospects for a change in White House occupancy, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin occupy center stage. Had Donald Trump not knocked these states out of the “blue wall,” he would be firing reality show contestants rather than cabinet...It’s time to revise the contingency fee
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With a decision forthcoming from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a proposed mining project in South Georgia, an August 25 InsiderAdvantage article by Baker Owens discussing concerns of conservation groups requires some context. With apologies to the late,...Teach Georgia Children the Power of Non-Violent Resistance
With all of the violence, riots and civil unrest that currently threatens our land, it is important to remember the social justice victories that great Georgians like U.S. Congressman John Lewis, U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were able...
