by Chris Clark | Aug 28, 2020 | The Forum
When Nike launched its “Just Do It” campaign in 1988, no one had any idea what would become of such a simple phrase. In just 10 years, the company’s worldwide sales skyrocketed from $800-million to over $9-billion, annually. Three words was all it took to make...
by Chris Clark | Aug 6, 2020 | The Forum
Growing up in Fitzgerald, I witnessed the evolution of entrepreneurial spirit as small businesses would open, some close, and new small businesses would take their place. There is an economic cycle of 20-years that supply and demand generally drive. When I was...
by State Rep. Barry Fleming | Jul 20, 2020 | The Forum
It was 1990. I was working in Washington, D.C., for a Georgia congressman and had to fly back to the district for meetings. When I plopped down on my Delta flight, sitting next to me also heading to Atlanta was then 50-year-old Congressman John Lewis. Poor man....
by Matt Towery | Jul 15, 2020 | The Forum
Sean Hannity of Fox News likes to kid me on air about how I’m really not retired from polling and political analysis. That’s because I happily agreed, along with my colleague John McLaughlin, to serve as pollster for Sean’s radio program this election season....
by Frank Stephenson | Jul 13, 2020 | The Forum
The state of Georgia is required by law to have a balanced budget. Ahead of the new fiscal year on July 1, the Legislature faced difficult choices because of COVID-19-related decreases in state tax revenue. One of the most contentious aspects was whether the state...
by Annmaura Connolly & Eric Tanenblatt | Jul 9, 2020 | The Forum
Massive demonstrations and unrest stretching from America’s biggest cities to its smallest towns, a pandemic that’s already claimed the lives of more than 130,000 and a sputtering economy that’s displaced upwards of 21 million workers: By any measure, America...
