Today Governor Nathan Deal and his wife Sandra will kick off ‘Read Across Georgia’ month, an annual initiative which aims to encourage reading in our state’s youth. State School Superintendent Richard Woods, Coy Bowles of the Zac Brown Band, and others will join the Governor and First Lady at the Capitol to open up what should be another educational and positive month. Improving literacy has always been a top priority for the First Lady, (and her husband) and for ‘Read Across Georgia’ month to become such a success sees their ship RISING…
Taxpayers nervous about two Fulton Commission races
Georgia’s largest county– Fulton– has Democrat Mo Ivory running for County Commission chair. This year, she was the sole commissioner to vote for a tax hike. Now she has new spending plans that could cause property taxes to soar by 40 percent! Republican Bridget Thorne is challenging Ivory– and Thorne is endorsed by the outgoing Democrat chair because they oppose any hike. To stop the Democrats’ tax increase, Republican and retired IBM executive Paul Burton seeks to defeat Ivory ally Jodi Merriday in another Commission contest. The races could be close. DRIFTING….
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