Category Politics & Elections

Political news, elections, and policy analysis.

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Off-Duty Deputy Attacks Videographer Filming Public Event

Ralston Law Attorney Instigates Attack, Web Sites Changed to Hide Connections Sheriff’s Office Returns Confiscated Video with Gap Eliminating Screams for Help By Garland Favorito from Voter GA PDF Version of this Article…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 16, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Dear Georgia GOP: Stop Being the Stupid Party

Sometimes it can be very hard to be a Republican woman in Georgia. Women often feel like party crashers at times here in the peach state. Although I support balanced budgets and…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 15, 2014
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Georgia, Macon, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Public Officials Should Disclose Executive Session Discussions

In my most recent article entitled “Are Georgia Sunshine Laws Under Assault” I attempted to provide a short guide on what the open meetings and open record sections of the law entails and…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 11, 2014
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Education, Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Laurens County Board Meeting of September 2, 2014

This is the audio from the called meeting at Laurens County Board of Education which has been the center of much controversy in the last week. The beginning of the audio is…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 9, 2014
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Business & Finance, Education, Georgia, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Reverse Decisions and Hidden Agendas at Laurens School Board

The Reason To Remove Tim Passmore Becoming Clearer Just when the citizens of Laurens County thought that things couldn’t possibly get any worse at our School Board, we were proven wrong. It is…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 8, 2014
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Georgia, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Citizen journalist Violently Restrained at Public Event

There are so many disturbing aspects to this story. An off-duty deputy manhandled a female citizen journalist and slammed her against a table. She still has bruises and pain a week later.…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 2, 2014
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Georgia, News, Opinion, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Nathan Deal Steps in it Again With $74M Copart Tax Dispute

One month ago I wrote an articled entitled “Are Georgian’s Getting a Raw Deal from Our Governor?” The more we learn about Nathan Deal the clearer that answer becomes. In that article I…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 2, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Lies, Damned Lies, and Polls. Who to Believe?

Lies, damned lies, and statistics was an expression made famous by Mark Twain but it is equally as true about modern polling data. I have noticed a trend in recent years where…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 24, 2014
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Georgia, News, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Repealing Obamacare is Unrealistic and Not the Real Goal of Republican Leaders

Whether you are a supporter or detractor of Obamacare, you can not avoid the simple reality that Obamacare won’t be repealed anytime soon. (if ever) At some point pragmatism has to kick…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 23, 2014
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Georgia, News, Politics & Elections

Purple Georgia: Only 55% of Georgians actually Born in the State

The New York Times recently posted a very interesting demographic outlook of all the states with an interactive map. You can view where people were born going all the way back to…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 15, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Where Nathan Deal’s Georgia Really Ranks

I collected a list of statistics on where Georgia ranks in a lot of important categories but since it was hidden at the bottom of another article, I thought it might be…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 13, 2014

Georgia, Macon, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

My Lunch with Andrew Hunt: Libertarian Candidate for Governor

I just returned home from a very enjoyable lunch at Ingleside Village Pizza. The lunch included several supporters in addition to Andrew Hunt and some very good pizza. We were also joined…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 13, 2014

Georgia, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Georgia Only State Not To Display Executive Orders

I decided to share this story from the Sunlight Foundation with their permission about the sudden removal of all the executive orders from the governor’s website. The sunlight foundation is a nonpartisan,…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 7, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Are Georgian’s getting a Raw Deal from our Governor?

There is a very old expression that nothing is fatal in politics besides a bullet. When it comes to many politicians in Georgia, and indeed all over the country that been proven true…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 1, 2014

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Low Voter Turnout is a Good Thing

I just finished reading yet another whiny editorial from the Macon Telegraph complaining about the low voter turnout. Although the article was specifically about the recent runoff election a few days ago…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 26, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections

Governor Nathan Deal’s Situational Ethics

ATLANTA—Carter for Governor campaign manager Matt McGrath issued the following statement regarding a news report of a complaint filed by a major donor to Gov. Deal’s campaign: “This is a pathetic and transparent attempt to deflect…

Dr. Alan Wood
July 25, 2014

Georgia, Macon, News, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Are Too Many Counties in Georgia Hurting Growth?

Georgia has 159 counties but why? 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…