The board of the National Rifle Association has elected one of their own —Carolyn Meadows of Marietta– as president of the 5-million member organization which promotes marksmanship, firearms safety, competitive events and, though its lobbying arm, pro-Second Amendment legislative activity at the federal and state level. A former Republican National Committeewoman from Georgia, Meadows is also chairwoman of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association. After an internal conflict resulted in Oliver North stepping down as president, the choice of Meadows to calm the waters should have the NRA boat RISING…
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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