State Rep. Tom Taylor, R-Dunwoody, was arrested on a DUI charge with four children in his vehicle– with a blood alcohol content of almost three times the legal limit. While he is expressing “regret,” the lawmaker could be stripped of his chairmanship on the state House committee that oversees MARTA, as other lawmakers with DUIs have been punished in the past. He is also challenged in the May 24 GOP primary by Army veteran and political gadfly Tom Owens. (There is no Democrat candidate.) DeKalb County Republicans wonder if it is too late to reopen candidate qualifying if the incumbent were to resign and needed to be replaced– because, for now, Taylor’s re-election campaign is obviously DRIFTING…
Congressmen dodge antisemitism vote
This week the U.S. House passed a resolution condemning antisemitism in the U.S., which has seen an uptick as tensions have risen after war broke out between Israel and Hamas. The final tally was 311 in favor, 14 opposed, and 92 voting ‘present,’ including Democratic Reps. Hank Johnson of Lithonia, Lucy McBath of Marietta and Nikema Williams of Atlanta. Democrats in opposition (or sitting out the vote) said voicing support for the Jewish people was just an attempt to be divisive. Those reps. in opposition of antisemitism are SINKING…
