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Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Is Georgia Really #1 For Business?

If you have a TV chances are you have seen Nathan Deal brag in commercials that Georgia is #1 in the country for business. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if his…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 5, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Nursing Home Owners Love Nathan Deal

And no, it is not what you are thinking because he looks much older than 72 and looks to be living in one very soon. They love him because thanks to some…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 2, 2014

Georgia, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Nathan Deal and PACs Resort to Samsung Desperation Tactics

What does Nathan Deal’s campaign, PACs and Samsung have in common? Besides both having competition that seems far more energized and excited; both have resorted to shameless desperation and negative attacks in…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 1, 2014
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Georgia, Lifestyle, Politics & Elections

Georgia’s Soon-To-Be Ex-Governor- Meet Nathan Deal with Gif’s

Register as a Georgia voter online at MyGAVote.com before October 6. You can check you polling location at mvp.sos.ga.gov and let’s send Nathan Deal packing back to his junkyard in Gainesville where he…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 29, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Questions Remain on Gainesville Salvage and Disposal Sale To Copart

Although many articles and news reports have been written about Nathan Deal and the now infamous Salvage Yard in Gainesville, GA., there always felt like there were still many unanswered questions. If…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 27, 2014
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Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

How Nathan Deal Became a Millionaire while Governor

It is truly surprising to me that so close to the election so few Georgia voters know much about the candidates. Not a one of my otherwise politically savvy friends had heard…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 26, 2014
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Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Orange is the New Deal: AG’s Office & Ethics Chief Ordered to Pay $20k

A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Wednesdsay sanctioned the Attorney General’s Office and state ethics commission director Holly LaBerge and ordered each to pay $10,000 in fines for failing to turn…

Dr. Alan Wood
September 3, 2014

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, News, Watchdog Reports

Financial State of States Released: Georgia Sinkhole State

Truth in Accounting is a non-partisan group that has been examining the financial health of states since 2002. Their mission statement: To educate and empower citizens with understandable, reliable, and transparent government financial…

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, 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, Macon, Watchdog Reports

Georgia has three of the Fastest Shrinking Cities: Macon #7

Georgia has the dubious honor of being the only state in the country to have three cities on the recently released Bloomberg report of the nation’s fastest shrinking cities. In fact, Georgia…

Dr. Alan Wood
August 6, 2014
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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, 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