Political Vine: The Inside Dope on Georgia Politics

Political Vine: The Inside Dope on Georgia Politics

The Political Vine is the home of political news, satire, rants, and rumors.

Misappropriation of Funds under the advice of a Gold Dome Lobbyist? Impossible!

Rob Miller, Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Lobbyist Boyd Pettit apparently recently advised the Bartow County School Board to appropriate $17,000 to begin to fund a suit on behalf of Lamar Grizzle, School Board Chairman, whose daughter is the Assistant Principal of Pine Log Elementary School, in Bartow County.
This is on the heels of HB 251, in which the Legislature asserts a [...]

SB-31: Georgia Power’s Bait & Switch On The Georgia Legislature

Bill Simon, Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Based on the information printed in Monday’s AJC article about the true nature of SB 31, I am going to allow for the possibility that the following key leaders in the State Senate were lied to by Georgia Power interests to garner their support:
Lt. Governor Casey Cagle
Senator Don Balfour
Senator Chip Rogers (Majority Leader)
Senator Tommie Williams [...]

Draft Memo #2

Bill Simon, Monday, February 16th, 2009

To: Michael D. Garrett
President and CEO of Georgia Power
From: Steve Allen & Scott Draper
Lead Lobbyists
Re: A good investment
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Just wanted to let you know, Chief, that the investments we’ve made in getting in front of the state senate Republicans has “paid off” (inside joke there, Mikey) well. That senator named Don Balfour is the dumbest [...]



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