Sunday Sales Revote: Does This Make Sense?

In case you haven’t been reading my blog, there was a ballot measure during the March 6th primary to authorize “Sunday” sales of alcohol here in Cobb County ((I say “Sunday” because the enabling legislation says from 12:30 PM onward.)). The measure passed resoundingly, in unincorporated Cobb County and in all of the various Cobb …

Burnishing the Election Year Image Edition a.k.a. ABORTION

This legislative session is 5 days from being over. If you’ve been following my notes on the legislative items of interest (to me) you probably have realized that no commentary from me means not much is going on. All of the transportation items I had interest in are done for the year; nothing moved. HB …

Pollen Denial of Service Attack

No, the trees here haven’t been mounting a DOS attack on critical infrastructure; instead the AJC has! The headline Pollen Count Over 8,000 Shatters Old Record for Atlanta brought the Atlanta Allergy and & Asthma Clinic website to its knees. You couldn’t access the site most of the morning and they only put up this …

Crossover Day

In at least one way, following the Georgia Legislature is easy: If a bill only has Democratic sponsors, it’s dead and won’t go anywhere. For example, Senate Bill 517 which would specifically exclude breastfeeding from “lewd, lascivious, indecent, or unlawful conduct” is going nowhere. I don’t need to spend any real time on it. Likewise, …