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Welcome, Deep Throat!

by Bill Simon

There will be a new front-page poster on PoliticalVine.com.

His/Her name is “Deep Throat.” Deep Throat wishes to remain quite anonymous as his/her livelihood depends on certain Georgia state elected officials…and he/she has sworn me to the utmost secrecy as to his/her identity in exchange for tidbits of political juiciness that I am allowed to print.

So, I say welcome to Deep Throat!

5 Responses to “Welcome, Deep Throat!”

  1. Chris Says:

    Ohno – the people have a mole in our government. Martial law is sure to follow to purge this villain from our midst.

  2. Chris Says:

    I see we have another Chris. I’m Cherokee Chris. Bring it on, Deep.

  3. Trackboy1 Says:

    Vernon Jones is thinking about running for U.S. Senate??!! See three articles below…a very, very bad week for Mr. CEO.
    Vernon calls himself a “conservative”,
    when it’s politically expedient. Then he’s a true Democrat when it’s politically expedient, or time for a photo opp. with Shirley Franklin or Bill Clinton.
    And despite what’s been said, he’s spent tens of millions more than necessary, and he fights dirty to make sure his cronies get county contracts.

    http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2006/11/22/1122
    metag.html
    Probe criticizes ex-DeKalb chief, but finds no misconduct
    Calls to county CEO when he was accused of rape called improper
    By MAE GENTRY
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Published on: 11/22/06

    http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2006/11/21/1122
    meshspill.html
    DeKalb to pay fines for sewage spills
    Published on: 11/21/06

    DeKalb County will have to pay the state $265,875 for raw sewage
    spills from its sewer system’s pipes and treatment plants.
    State Environmental Protection Division Director Carol Couch signed
    the 18-page order Monday. It was released today.
    Between February 2005 and March 2006, the county reported 187 sewage
    spills. The worst spill occurred Jan. 29 in south DeKalb along
    Dogwood Farms Road near the Snapfinger Creek sewage treatment plant.
    Ten million gallons spilled into the creek, which flows into the
    South River.

    http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2006/11/24/1124
    deksuit.html
    Race suit against DeKalb officials can go forward, court rules
    By MAE GENTRY
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Published on: 11/24/06

    A federal appeals court has ruled that a race discrimination lawsuit
    against DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones and other
    top county officials can go to trial.

    The suit, filed in 2004 by two current and two former county
    employees, alleges that DeKalb officials replaced white managers in
    the county parks department with African-Americans in a scheme to
    create a “darker administration” to reflect DeKalb’s racial makeup.

  4. John Konop Says:

    Trackboy,

    Hey Tom Price calls himself a conservative. Would you call Price a fiscal conservative and why?

  5. Trackboy1 Says:

    Don’t know much about Tom. The bottom of this website is interesting:
    http://www.ontheissues.org/GA/Tom_Price.htm#Budget_+_Economy

    I have a feeling he’ll be a “lifer” in the House…which I despise. Serve four or five terms, get out, and give someone else a chance…

    http://www.cleanupwashington.org/sii/sii_tables_member.cfm?Names=455

    http://www.georgiapoliticaldigest.com/article_1618.shtml

    The “flaggers” hate him:
    http://spofga.org/Updates/2003/nov/price_flagging.phtml

    Interesting:
    http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/election06/stories/2006/11/04/1105ballot.html

    Elected officials on polar ends of the political spectrum, including U.S. Reps. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) of DeKalb County and Tom Price (R-Ga.) of north Fulton County, have questioned the reliability of the machines.

Today's Deep Thought

If someone told me it wasn't 'fashionable' to talk about freedom, I think I'd just have to look him square in the eye and say, 'Okay, YOU TELL ME what's `fashionable'.' But he won't. And you know why? Because you can't ask someone what's fashionable in a smart-alecky way like that. You have to be friendly and say, 'By the way, what's fashionable?'



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