“Harold Bost, who heads the county’s Issues Tea Party, is organizing opposition to the penny tax across the metro area. “Whenever there is this much money out there for politicians and bureaucrats to play with, I don’t trust them a bit,” Bost said. “We don’t want any part of it.” http://www.ajc.com/news/fayette/fierce-opposition-in-fayette-954543.html

For the 2012 RATS vote, the misinformation war has begun…and, to no surprise to anyone, the misinformation comes from the “pro” side. What is “RATS?” RATS stands for Regional Atlanta Transportation SPLOST. It’s that 1% sales tax addition to 10 metro-Atlanta counties’ existing total sales tax. (If this “RATS” concept sounds familiar, a few months […]

From Jim Galloway’s Political Insider column: When newly re-elected state GOP chairman Sue Everhart arrived home from an out-of-town trip on Wednesday, she found a sizeable bouquet of flowers on her porch. There was a card attached, which read: “I couldn’t beat Nathan Deal, but you did.” It was signed, “Your friend, Roy.” Democrat Roy […]

SPECIAL MEMORANDUM To: Georgia GOP Convention Delegates & Alternates From: Political Vine RE: Why the Governor is working so hard to elect Tricia Pridemore Chairman Dear Convention Delegates & Alternates, Are you curious as to why Governor Nathan Deal and others who support Tricia Pridemore are so strongly supportive of her…a woman Nathan Deal barely […]

Rumor has it that though Sue Everhart‘s name was printed on the program of last week’s “Celebrate Georgia/Governor’s Ball” event, Sue was, in fact, not sent an invitation. This is what PV knows: We know Sue was NOT sent an invitation because she told us that she never received the invite. Had she been invited, […]

This is a link to an interesting array of facts about the protections afforded bloggers in the “free speech” realm. You might find this of interest, whether you are a blogger or a comment poster or a lawyer who thinks you have the right to either threaten to sue, or actually sue a blogger for […]

Did you know this about Sue Everhart? by longtime Georgia grassroots activist Toria Morgan Part 1: As Chairman of the State Party As GaGOP chairman, Sue Everhart held GRASSROOTS TRAINING. In addition to on-going training for the District Chairmen, State Committee Members and County Chairmen, in May of 2010 she held a weekend Republican Round-Up […]

Let’s Clear The Air On This One Issue I’ve received some emails in the past few weeks from some people who claim that Tricia Pridemore is against having a secret (or “private ballot”) held at the State Convention in Macon in the election for state party chair. Since I know differently about this one issue, […]