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Rumors have it that at a specially-called teleconference meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow afternoon (Friday, September 5 at 4:30 PM) by The Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (f/k/a as the State Ethics Commission), the Commission will be entertaining a motion to axe Executive Secretary Holly LaBerge in order to clear the “political […]

Rumors have it that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has issued a 9-page ruling against the “Ethics Commission” (sic) Executive Secretary Holly LaBerge and Attorney General Sam Olens, fining each of them $10,000. In the story available on the AJC.com Website, they lay it out. One quote will be pulled for the throng […]

MEMORANDUM To: Morris “Pepper” Pettit (witness to Burt’s Pumpkin Farm GOP Rally Incident) From: Bill Simon, PoliticalVine.com RE: Your exposure to losing everything you hold dear —————————————————————————— Mr. Pettit, Let me be clear: I am not a lawyer. I do not practice law, I do not offer legal advice….I doubt I could even play one […]

AboutForsyth.net has an interesting 26-second bit: Georgia Governor Nathan Deal greets a Democratic tracker at the Roswell Republican Rally on August 2, 2014. GOV. DEAL: Hey, how are you doing? DEM. TRACKER: Good morning, Governor. GOV. DEAL: Very nice to meet you. DEM. TRACKER: Thank you. GOV. DEAL: I hope my people treat you with […]

Prelude According to the DawsonNews.com website, Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Wooten has been “cleared” of any wrongdoing in his arrest of Nydia Tisdale on August 23rd at Burt’s Pumpkin Farm (and also the secret location of The Clint Bearden Official Training Camp for Former Law Partners of David Ralston on How To Batter Women), located in […]

According to the expense transaction records (an “expense transaction” being any data entry for a payment to an entity) for the David Perdue Campaign for U.S. Senate filed with the FEC (FEC.Gov), the Perdue campaign has spent a grand total of $254,132 for ‘Website, Internet services, and ads.’ I downloaded the data and converted it […]

Sometimes, I can analyze and interpret facts, situations, and people as clearly as they are presented. Sometimes, though, it takes my brain a really long time to synthesize all the info and figure out what is wrong with a situation, or a person. Perhaps, maybe in the nick of time, I have finally figured-out what […]

When Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show, he often bantered with the audience when making observations about the weather or traffic or whatever, and he would make a statement like “The Santa Monica Freeway was so backed-up today driving to the studio…” and the audience would respond with “How backed-up was it?” I just happened […]

SPECIAL MEMO TO: Mike Jacobs, State Rep. FROM: Bill Simon RE: A Top-Secret Fact About You Dear Mike, How much do you know about the Internet? Well, let me just tell you something you likely don’t know about it, especially with regards to certain websites that are on it. There’s this really fascinating site referred […]

Now, I’m fairly certain there are many “legislator-lawyers” who abuse the invocation of either O.C.G.A. 17-8-26 or O.C.G.A. 9-10-150 to delay calendar calls or trial dates (and, eventually, you others will be unmasked for your abuses of the system). But, for the moment, we’ll just look at one of you: Attorney David Ralston, State House […]

Introduction Back on March 17th, 2014 a Political Boxers email was issued that covered an event dealing with the Nancy Jester campaign for State School Superintendent. (See here for the article in case you missed it) It seems that the Jester Campaign’s antics exposed by that article failed to stop…and they failed to stop to […]

April 16, 2014 Dear Representative Jacobs: I noted with disappointment your announcement that you planned not to attend the April 23rd primary debate sponsored by the Dekalb Young Republicans at Oglethorpe University (http://brookhavenpost.co/young-republicans-to-host-debate-for-state-house-district-80-primary/15132). Please allow this letter to serve as notice of my willingness and intention to offer the voters of House District 80 the […]