Political Vine: The Insider's Source on Georgia Politics

Warning The following Vine does contain subject matter quite unsuitable to anyone under the age of 18…or, anyone who just got into politics and thinks every elected official should be treated as a deity. Two stories must be told before we get to the meat of this edition of the Political Vine. I’m not going […]

Rumors have it that Georgia Republican Party Secretary John Padgett is now seeking the position of state party chairman. In a letter announcing his decision, Padgett states the following: “We need a bold Chair for our Party who has a proven track record of conservative grassroots leadership. We cannot afford to put at risk all […]

The latest act by the liar known as Brian Laurens is a mailpiece that he sent out late last week that presents an “endorsement” of his candidacy for HD 21 by an organization in Georgia that expressly never gave any such endorsement, nor do they ever engage in such methods in political races, AND who […]

[Editor’s Note: the article below is a reprint extracted from a larger article published on this blog on September 8, 2011. The original, full story is available here] The Laurens Effect In this HD 43 race, there were originally 5 candidates who qualified: In alphabetical order, they are: Roy C. Barnes (not the former Governor) […]

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Rumors have it that a multi-agent special investigative squad assembled by the FBI in August 2011 is here in Georgia because of a certain straw that was laid on the camel’s back in June 2011 at the Georgia State Ethics Commission, and broke it. First published by Jim Walls over at Atlanta Unfiltered tonight, Walls […]

Who is John Wilkinson? Now that the Lt. Governor has endorsed him, this is a fair question. Sometime in the past few days, a mail piece hit the district that accuses Wilkinson of voting Democrat in ‘4 out of the last 7 primaries.’ The Wilkinson campaign has spent the last 24 hours vociferously protesting what […]

According to his Website, Duke Blackburn worked for 20 years in “Georgia government” and retired in 2009. On his Website, he states that he “knows how government works.” In 2006, he threw his support behind Mark Taylor (D) for Governor by not only contributing $250.00 to Taylor’s campaign, but also adorning his front lawn with […]

Rumors have it that the skirmish that made headlines all over the state between Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and the senate GOP caucus leadership in the waning days of this year’s General Assembly is now being fought in hand-to-hand combat in two battle theaters: The State Senate District 50 and State Senate District 28 run-offs […]

Mark Mathews is the current mayor of Kennesaw, and is running for reelection this Tuesday, November 8th. First elected as mayor in 2007, he started his term in January 2008. According to his reelection Website, he states the following as part of his business resume: “1989-2009: Mathews Carpet Company – a company started by his […]

POLL QUESTION If a person running for public office has a bankruptcy of any type in their background, should it be disclosed? Yes, I want to know about it No, I don’t care to know about it    pollcode.com free polls 

Rumors have it that House Speaker David Ralston has officially flown over the Cuckoo’s Nest…and, apparently, is intent on dragging the entire state house with him. PV Provides A Little Background: The oft-discussed T-SPLOST coming-up in 2012 had its beginnings in a vote on HB 277 in April 2010. Bill Evelyn of the State of […]