Category Georgia

Georgia, Opinion

GEORGIA MUST LOWER 159 COUNTIES BY HALF

Why does Georgia have 159 counties? This is a subject that has always intrigued me. Why is Georgia second only to Texas in the number of counties given that Texas has not only a larger population but is also just…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 9, 2021

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Analysis of Kemp vs. Abrams 2022 election

The 2022 Georgia gubernatorial race will be a close election. The winner will likely win by a margin of less than .5%. In this article, I analyze previous elections and also include current factors to predict a winner.

Georgia

Top 10 Lists of the worst and best cities in Georgia

Five years ago I shared an article on our Facebook page that listed the 10 worst cities to live in Georgia according to Roadsnacks. RoadSnacks uses a variety of criteria that includes population density, unemployment rates, lowest home values, adjusted…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 25, 2021

Georgia, Lifestyle, Politics & Elections

A look at Poverty in Georgia by the numbers

Earlier this week the latest and probably last snippet of the infamous Tippins recording was released. In this short audio clip, Cagle can be heard to say that he wants to cut poverty in half. The snippet was released by…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 17, 2018
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Georgia, Politics & Elections

Goobers, Gobshites, & Graft: Georgia GOP Gubernatorial Candidates

Republicans, especially in Georgia, have long been focused on the three G’s. That is to say God, guns, and gays. Not wanting to give up on a winning formula they are sticking with their 3G strategy but this time it…

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Georgia is NOT the No. 1 State for Business!

For several years Republican politicians in Georgia led by Nathan Deal have been screaming from the rooftops about Georgia being named the #1 state in the country for business. I think most average Georgians would rather it be the #1…

Dr. Alan Wood
June 6, 2018

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Could Casey Cagle be Georgia’s Robert Bentley?

Casey Cagle likes to promote himself as an ethical family man with conservative values. But so did the disgraced former Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley and Senate candidate Roy Moore and we all know what happened to those two men.…

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Citizen activists scored unusual victory over a vendor-driven bill, #SB403

The following article is a Twitter thread converted into an article with the permission of the author Marilyn Marks. It covers the sneaky attempts by politicians to delay using paper ballots with Senate Bill 403. Ms. Marks is a Republican…

Dr. Alan Wood
April 1, 2018

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Buzz Brockway Unfit to be Secretary of State

Buzz Brockway sponsored HR273 which called for a repeal of 17th Amendment and takes away our ability to vote directly for our U.S. Senator in the 2013-14 regular session. You can read the entire resolution here. 17th Amendment: The Senate of…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 31, 2018

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Georgia SB403 Voting Ballot Bill Dead…for now

VoterGA Supporters SB403 died in the Senate just around midnight after being passed by the House at 10:45 pm. All the calls and Emails to the House Rules committee and Speaker Ralston’s office made the difference and probably saved us…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 30, 2018

Georgia

Rally against Sam Olens on November 1st at KSU

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A large rally will be held at Kennesaw State University’s main campus green this Tuesday, November 1, the day newly-appointed president Sam Olens takes office. It will start at noon. See attached flyer and Facebook event link. This rally comes…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 31, 2016
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Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Vote No on all four Georgia Constitutional Amendments!

The presidential election this year has blocked the sun out for pretty much every other race and issue on the ballot. However, there are four ballot questions regarding changing the Constitution of Georgia that voters need to educate themselves about…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 29, 2016
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Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Injunction Sought to Block Political Appointee Sam Olens from KSU Presidency

A coalition of KSU faculty, students, alumni, joined by Cobb community leaders have filed an injunction to block Sam Olens as president of Kennesaw State University. Sam Olens is a political appointee who was rushed in by the Board of…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 28, 2016
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Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Ten Reasons Sam Olens May Have Resigned as AG to go to KSU

Georgia proves once again to be a backwater state controlled by the good ol’ boy network. As many have long speculated, we now have an utterly unqualified Attorney General named Chris Carr and Kennesaw State University has an equally unqualified…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 13, 2016
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Georgia

Sam Olens tries to silence opposition by having him disbarred

Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens conceded in pleadings filed in federal court that there was never any basis for his request to have a duly licensed attorney barred from practicing in Georgia or pursuing claims against the Attorney General. In…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 20, 2016
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Education, Georgia, Opinion

Worrying similarities between KSU and GPC financial irregularities

There appears to be much more to the story regarding the recent uproar at Kennesaw State University. President Dan Papp is resigning over widespread financial impropriety at the school and several other top administration officials have also resigned or have…

Georgia

The Strange Journey through the Georgia courts of the Case against Judge Susan Edlein

When Fulton State Court Judge Susan Edlein began repeating rulings for which she had already been reversed by the Georgia Court of Appeals to block Professor Dezso Benedek from filing claims against Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, Benedek filed a mandamus petition in Fulton Superior Court to require the judge to follow the ministerial requirements of the governing statutes, as well as the Court of Appeals order.

Education, Georgia

Kennesaw State University president Daniel Papp paid $577,500 on top of salary

Thanks to an investigative report by Channel 2 Action News out of Atlanta it was discovered that KSU President Daniel Papp received hundreds of thousands of dollars he never worked a day to earn. Keep in mind this happened WHILE…