Category Georgia

Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Sam Olens Hiding Behind Obfuscation and Sovereign Immunity in Whistleblower cases

By Stephen F. Humphreys, P.C. As part of the growing interest in the cases I have filed against the Georgia Attorney General and Board of Regents, I was requested to outline the response…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 15, 2015
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Politics & Elections

Georgia Police State Bill Moved to Senate Public Safety Committee

Regular readers of Georgia Watchdog understand we always try and be fair when it comes to articles dealing with police matters. We understand the majority of police are good folks just trying…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 15, 2015

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Time for Georgia Republicans To Put Up or Shut Up on Six Key Issues

There are currently six important issues that will be a litmus test for Georgia Republicans that claim to support capitalism, free-markets, and just good ol’ fashioned freedom and limiting government intrusion. Republicans…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 12, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

THE HIDDEN FORCE BEHIND GEORGIA’S MOVE TO LEGALIZE NO-KNOCK SEARCHES

By Garland Favorito Unanimous Public Opposition at Senate No-Knock Search Warrant Hearings On March 4, a Senate Non-Civil Judiciary Committee passed Chairman Jesse Stone’s SB159 bill that proposes to legalize no-knock searches for…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 11, 2015
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Education, Georgia, Opinion

The Local Alternative to School Takeovers

By Georgia State Senator Curt Thompson One thing that cannot be denied is that there is an achievement gap between wealthy schools and poor schools in the great state of Georgia; a…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 11, 2015

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Nancy Jester: Being a Twitter Spamwhore Won’t Win You Followers

Nancy Jester Receives our Georgia Rotten Peach Award for Being a Self-Promoting Spamwhore Spam is a fact of life on the internet. We used to only be subjected to it by email but…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 3, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Dirty Dozen Georgia Sovereign Immunity Cases

Dirty Dozen Georgia Sovereign Immunity Cases As Citizens of Georgia, you may be surprised to learn that, according to exceedingly broad court interpretations of the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA), you have…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 3, 2015

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Dear Allen Peake, Who are those Many Critics of Whom You Speak?

My Dad would often use the collective “They” when having a debate with my Mom. He would say “They said…” to which my Mom very astutely would reply, who exactly is this…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 1, 2015
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Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Casey “Crazy Eyes” Cagle Out to Ravage Georgia Medical Marijuana and Beer Bills

I happen to be a big Larry David fan. One episode of his show Curb Your Enthusiasm was called Crazy Eyes though it was spelled differently. While I was looking for a photo…

Dr. Alan Wood
March 1, 2015

Georgia, Health, Politics & Elections

NORML-Church Lady Georgia Marijuana Index. ®

Georgia NORML-Church Lady Marijuana Index. ® I thought it important to create an index so that people can more clearly understand where various power brokers stand on the issue here in the Peach…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 28, 2015

Education, Georgia, Macon, News, Watchdog Reports

Bibb Board of Education Responds to Romain Dallemand Lawsuit

Romain Dallemand, former Bibb County superintendent, whose tenure ended in a federal tax conviction and a $47.5 million civil damages order

I am including the full response by the Bibb Board of Education to the recently filed arbitration suit filed by former superintendent Romain Dallemand. This is a 28 page document but essentially…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 27, 2015
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Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Gwinnett’s failure and the Inequality Among Georgia Schools

If you live in Gwinnett County, Georgia then chances are one of the wealthiest people in the county is not some CEO or lawyer but a public employee. His name is J.…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 25, 2015

Georgia, Health, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Racism and Homophobia Behind Removal of HIV from Medical Marijuana Bill

The latest news on medical marijuana is not good news for the thousands of Georgians with HIV or AIDS. Gone from HB-1 also known as Haleigh’s Hope Act are: Glaucoma, AIDS, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease,…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 25, 2015
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Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Documentation of Georgia Attorney General Misconduct for Hearing

By Stephen F. Humphreys, P.C. The Attorney General has cast many knowingly false aspersions and engaged in major obstructionism in dragging out the Benedek case–about then-UGA President Michael Adams attempting to revoke…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 24, 2015

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Georgia Sheriff’s and Prosecutors Stick it to AIDS Patients

Marijuana continues to be used as the biggest political football in the state. Yesterday Allen Peake and the committee in a unanimous vote approved Georgia’s revised medical marijuana oil bill. There was…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 24, 2015

Georgia, Health, Politics & Elections

Copy of Georgia HB-1Medical Marijuana Bill Finally Located

This is actually a harder than you might imagine. Usually it is fairly simple to go to the Georgia House or Senate websites and pull up bills. But finding HB-1 which is…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 23, 2015

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

GA House Republicans Move to Legalize No-Knocks, Allow Murders by Police

Despite the lies being circulated in the media by HB56 sponsors and Republican leaders who are successfully “dumbing down” their Republican base, no knock warrants have always been illegal in Georgia and HB56…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 22, 2015

Georgia, Health, News

Georgia Cannabis Bill HB-1 Revised to 3% THC and Eight Conditions Removed

I am still waiting for more confirmation, but I will post the tweets from Lori Geary from WSB T.V. station in Atlanta below. If this is true it is very big and…

Dr. Alan Wood
February 21, 2015