Political Vine: The Insider's Source on Georgia Politics

Rumors have it that the nifty little “compromise tax package” that came out of the U.S. Senate earlier this week failed to include the repeal of the onerous Form-1099 Time Bomb initiated by Obamacare. PV confirmed with Senator Isakson’s office late today that the Senate Republicans did attempt to insert it into this package, but […]

Rumors have it that U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson has ruled against the Obama Administration’s claim that the Commerce Clause allows the government to require citizens to buy health insurance. Hudson is reportedly the first federal judge to rule against the Obama Administration’s diabolical plan to subvert the U.S. Constitution. Read more about this […]

Rumors have it that an ethics complaint has been filed against Tamela Adkins, one of the candidates running in the Georgia Supreme Court run-off election to be held on November 30. PV Discusses The Issue: Despite what some of you may believe, violations of state ethics laws should be of a significant concern to you…especially […]

Rumors have it that Court of Appeals Candidate N. Stanley Gunter has quite the record of turning a blind eye to prosecuting felony lawbreakers when the person in question is a member of his own political party. PV Provides A Little Background: In 2002, Gunter was elected as a Democrat to be District Attorney of […]

Ballot Amendment #1: NO Ballot Amendment #2: YES Ballot Amendment #3: YES Ballot Amendment #4: YES Ballot Amendment #5: YES Ballot Referendum to Exempt Business Inventories from State Tax: YES

Rumors have it that all those tax returns that gubernatorial candidate Roy Barnes posted on his Website may not be entirely accurate as to the TRUE nature of Barnes’ tax liability to the federal and state governments. According to a blog post by Gary Scott Holt (published on 10/14/2010), for the years 1981 thru 1998, […]

AMENDMENT 2 – Impose a $10 Tax to Help Fund Trauma Centers Please refer to this link to my e-mailed newsletter for the analysis of this amendment: PV Recommends: VOTE YES on AMENDMENT 2 ============================================================= AMENDMENT 3 – Allow Georgia DOT to Engage in Contracts Longer Than 1 Year Please refer to this link to […]

Ummm…ummm…ummm…gee, this is kinda hard (not really), but let’s look at what this tax does as it exists right now: If you have a business, and you hold inventory, SOMEONE has to finance that inventory without getting cash flow INTO the business. That’s kinda the definition of “inventory.” It is work-product or merchandise that someone […]

AMENDMENT 5 – Amend Constitution To Allow All Property Owners To Be Treated Equally Amendment 5 is a tad confusing when you read it, but upon research into the way the Constitution is currently written, I realized that this amendment correctly rectifies a previous amendment (either passed back in 1877 or 1945) that was written […]

AMENDMENT 4 – Authorize Georgia To Engage In Multi-Year “Energy Performance” Contracts Issue Background: Currently, there are hundreds of buildings the state owns that have very old and very costly heating and air systems to heat and cool the buildings, as well as lighting and plumbing systems. The state is shelling-out millions of dollars in […]

Whether it’s the bad advice he gave School Board Member John Crooks on the change of a meeting agenda, or now we understand he also advised his client (the school board) that they could have meetings about a school board employee BEHIND closed doors (in direct violation of Georgia’s Open Meetings laws), it is far […]

Rumors have it that the World Famous Toxic Lobbyist Himself Ralph Reed has been making calls on behalf of his pick for Governor, Karen Handel. PV received confirmation of this via e-mail from one of Ralph’s former top lieutenants in the Christian Coalition. Ralph has been burning-up the phone lines calling his entire list of […]