Last Thursday a fully bus made its maiden voyage down a one mile stretch of North Avenue as the first step toward the future of public transit. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and a handful of media members rode along on the Transdev EZ10, which use sensors as well as relay strips implanted in the road to drive without the need for a human pilot. The future is here folks, and Atlanta embracing it with open arms has her ship RISING…
Dems find mess in CD-11
Georgia Democrats had a mess on their hands in the 11th Congressional District outside Atlanta after the party nominated Katy Stamper, later finding out she wasn’t a Democrat at all and had far-right political leanings. So they launched a write-in campaign promoting Tracey Verhoeven as the ‘real’ Dem in the race. It didn’t matter in the end as U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk cruised to re-election, but Stamper still got 32% of the vote to just 3% for Verhoeven. A failed write-in campaign and a messy election in CD-11 has Democrats there SINKING…
