The upcoming Atlanta mayoral race is the big topic of the day on last Sunday’s Georgia Gang. IAG CEO Phil Kent and the rest of the panel also get into it on the Kennesaw State cheerleader drama and how 1st Amendment rights play into the situation.
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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