Atlanta seems to have been caught in something of a crime wave in recent months, and Mayor Kasim Reed is taking steps to confront the problem. At a town hall meeting Tuesday night, Reed heard questions and stories from midtown residents concerned over the uptick in robberies and carjackings the area has seen over the summer. The Mayor promised to get more police out on neighborhood streets as well as to put pressure on local courts to prosecute repeat offenders and make sure they see lengthy jail time. Crime is never a good thing, but Reed meeting with the public and pledging to fight it sees his ship RISING…
Trump rally targets base & low propensity voters
President Donald Trump is in Dalton on Friday and his rally will certainly be a newsworthy event attended by a faithful base. And that’s the point. This is a base mid-term election (for both parties) and, as proven in the past, Trump can motivate not only the “MAGA GOP” but low propensity GOP and independent voters who otherwise might stay at home. Trump’s presence also seeks to boost GOP turnout for gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins. The rally will obviously generate publicity for Republicans and their policies but also Democrat attacks. In any event, since the margin of statewide victory for Georgia Republicans presently appears narrow, their hope is that the attention-grabbing rally will have their poll numbers RISING…
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