The first column I ever wrote for Georgia Trend was put together hurriedly in the aftermath of 9/11, a rambling patchwork of observations about shopping for American flags and trying to regain some equilibrium. It ran in the October 2001…
Ambassadorship for Smyre: Longtime State Rep. Calvin Smyre (D-Columbus) has been selected by President Joe Biden to serve as ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Smyre, 74, an early Biden supporter, was first elected to the Georgia House in 1974 and…
You don’t know the name Bryan Miller, but you’ve probably heard of his grandfather, Zell. When Bryan announced his run as a Democratic candidate for Georgia lieutenant governor this summer, no story failed to mention his lineage. The first paragraph…
Somewhat surprisingly, it was business as usual for Cobb County’s three community improvement districts (CIDs) last year. “If anything it was busier from a logistics perspective,” says Tracy Rathbone Styf, executive director of the Town Center CID. “We worked remotely,…
New Laws: Almost lost in the response and reaction to Georgia’s controversial new voting bill were some wide-ranging bipartisan measures passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp that take effect July 1. HB 146 provides three…
When I am feeling discouraged about the direction of Georgia’s General Assembly and the lawmakers who passed an elections bill (SB 202) that is, at best, a solution in search of a problem and, at worst, an effort to make…
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