Blog for Democracy

Category: Corruption

  • This, as they say, is a Big F’ing Deal

    Nice to know that the State of Georgia has $3,000,000 laying around. Exclusive: State settles all remaining ethics cases By Aaron Gould Sheinin State government on Friday will announce it has settled two remaining lawsuits against its ethics commission as well as one that had yet to be filed, the AJC has learned. A person…

  • The Good, The Bad & the Ugly: Part 2

    The Good A packed ballroom in Columbus for the Young Democrats of Georgia’s annual Convention this past Saturday. So much positive energy in the room with smart interesting people speaking and watching many of my friends getting well deserved awards. VERY GOOD. Tonight is the first night of Passover and an excellent time to discuss…

  • How did I miss THIS?

    Two members of the Georgia Public Service Commission are attempting to funnel a $10,000 fee that should go to the State’s treasury to an CHRISTIAN ANTI-CHOICE group.  Really.  I kid you not.  Oh yeah, and they both have connections to the group. Under a settlement, Peerless Network of Georgia LLC will pay a $10,000 penalty…

  • Political Stories that have legs

    Can I just say how much I’m loving the news of State School Super! John Barge’s announcement he’s running for… Govenor No that’s not right, because my SPELL CHECK tells me so. It’s Gubnor right? No that’s not it either.. hold on let me look at how this guy spells it. Moving on…. Congressional Debate on Syria is so…

  • Meh

    I’ve been gone for a couple weeks, so I’ve missed some sh*t around here. Did the sun ever come out? Did it really rain every day? My tomato plants are 10 feet tall, no I am not exaggerating. The notoriously slow on the uptake Catholic Church finally got around to banning child pornography at the…

  • Alice in Wonderland Open Thread

    “Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.” (not sure how long this will last) “If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison’ it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.” “Curiouser and Curiouser” “I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been…