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PV, Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
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 […]
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PV, Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014
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 […]
Posted in Georgia Politics, Georgia Races, Georgia Republican Party, Governor Race, Rumors, WTF | Comments Off on Governor Deal’s Cognitive Dissonance in the Treatment of Commoners
Bill Simon, Monday, June 30th, 2014
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 […]
Posted in Georgia Politics, Georgia Races, Georgia Republican Party, Rumors | Comments Off on David Perdue: A Democrat in Conservative Clothing
Bill Simon, Sunday, March 30th, 2014
SPECIAL MEMO TO: State Rep. Mike Jacobs From: Bill Simon Re: Just a few…ethics law violations to discuss Mike, Did you know that my first major was Psychology? Spent a year taking a bunch of psychology and other liberal art courses until I decided “Screw this, I’m going for something way more fun: Mechanical Engineering […]
Posted in Georgia Politics, Georgia Races, Georgia State House, Odds and Ends, Rumors | 1 Comment »
PV, Friday, March 7th, 2014
Rumors have it that any time you hear that American Jobs Council President Cade Joiner is “not a politician, but just a businessman,” THAT statement will be an unmitigated lie. Appearing last November on FOX News w/Chris Wallace, Joiner, a longtime Georgia Republican political insider, went on the air to rant about Obamacare under the […]
Posted in Georgia Politics, Georgia Races, Rumors | Comments Off on The American Jobs Council: Political Fraud
Bill Simon, Friday, January 24th, 2014
Prelude Over in DeKalb County, in the indictment process of former county CEO Burrell Ellis, some intriguing developments have made their way to the public eye via this article. What is of significance to this post is the following statement made by Don Geary, DeKalb County’s former chief assistant district attorney, in response to the […]
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PV, Saturday, December 28th, 2013
In case you missed the broadcast on WSB-TV last evening regarding the Braves’ stadium financing issue, here is a link to that broadcast: Curveball thrown on the Braves’ financing issue. Now…to those of you who live beyond Cobb County, and this matter appears to be too localized for you, it really isn’t…because, conceivably, the same […]
Posted in Cobb County, Rumors | Comments Off on Leave it To Timmy – Episode 1
PV, Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Rumors have it that the folks over at the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, political consultants with the Cobb Chamber (and other interested parties), along with a PR firm involved in “promoting” the wholesale confiscation of Cobb County taxpayer wealth for the sole purpose of the Atlanta Braves’ benefit, have been going around Cobb County and the […]
Posted in Cobb County, Rumors | Comments Off on Cobb-Braves Issue: Trojan horses will be identified, and burned on sight
Bill Simon, Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Just an update to the story on Sunday, the Bill# passed that did establish the multi-million dollar, taxpayer funded, unconstitutional “venture capital fund” was HB 318. Here is a link to the Bill: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135871.pdf Here are the State Representatives who voted for, against, or who were excused or did not vote on this unconstitutional bill: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/vote.aspx?VoteID=11103 […]
Posted in Georgia Races, Georgia State House, Georgia State Senate, Law and Justice, Odds and Ends, Rumors | Comments Off on HB 318 of the 2013 Session: Unconstitutional, but who cares, right?
Bill Simon, Sunday, December 8th, 2013
There’s a little bitty story in this week’s edition of the Atlanta Business Chronicle that caught my eye. For the 2nd legislative session in a row (the first being in 2012), there was an attempt to pass a bill and fund a taxpayer-seeded “venture capital fund.” I recall arguing against this in 2012, but thanks […]
Posted in Georgia State Senate, Rumors | Comments Off on Georgia State Senate Sez: “We LOVE to violate the Ga Constitution, and rape and pillage the taxpayers.”
PV, Monday, September 2nd, 2013
***** UPDATE #2 ON UGA PLAYER FAKING INJURY ******* Well, the only thing we have to say about this story in the AJC where Coach Mark Richt spins the “groin injury” bullshit is that he is demonstrating that he thinks he can lie and people (and God) will believe him. In the “Comments” section below […]
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PV, Monday, September 2nd, 2013
***** UPDATE TO UGA FAKE INJURY FOOTBALL STORY BELOW ****** Now the UGA fans are claiming that in the play just prior to this ‘drop-and-roll’ by #84, that #84 got smacked in his nuts by the defensive player, and that explains “everything.” NO, actually, it doesn’t. Here’s our response to that claim: A) We saw […]
Posted in Rumors | Comments Off on And, you wonder why UGA is ‘The Cesspool of the South?’ – Part 2