Maya Dillard Smith, who resigned as a state director of the American Civil Liberties Union, reports that she took her elementary school-age daughters into a women’s restroom “when shortly after three transgender young adults, over six feet [tall] with deep voices, entered. My children were visibly frightened, concerned about their safety and left asking lots of questions for which I, like many parents, was ill-prepared to answer.” Smith said she could no longer work for the organization, which is an advocate of allowing men who “self-identify” as women to use whichever bathroom they please. Her criticism of Georgia’s ACLU leaves the liberal group divided and SINKING…
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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