It was a banner night for female politicians running for office in Georgia. A woman was already guaranteed to win the Atlanta mayoral race, but we also saw members of the fairer sex elected as Atlanta city council president, a pair of Atlanta city council seats, two state senate seats, and another two state house spots. More diversity in public office is always a good thing and these female-slanted results have the ship RISING…
Carr joins LSU football fight
In the South, college football is religion – and now it’s politics too. Members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) are furious with LSU over its attempts to sign players already in the NFL to come back to college to play for the Tigers. On Wednesday, Attorney General Chris Carr, (presumably at the behest of some big names at UGA) urged the SEC to take “all measures available” against LSU. Thursday, the league heeded that advice, suing LSU Head Coach Lane Kiffin. The legal quagmire pitting the conference against itself has LSU SINKING…
