The effects of the recent suspension of Georgia’s fuel tax are starting to be felt around the state, with average prices falling some 30 cents. However a similar piece of legislation pitched in Washington by U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and other Democrats has stalled, with some other senators going so far as to call it a “political stunt.” Warnock’s proposal would suspend the federal gas tax and could drop prices by an additional 18.4 cents a gallon. But it has faced resistance from politicians on both sides of the aisle and its fate seems to be SINKING…
Atlanta paid deadbeat $910,00 for virtually no work
It’s outrageous that Atlanta taxpayers paid Foris Webb $910,000 for two years even though he produced little record any “work.” After reviewing invoices and emails, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found he was supposed to be overseeing a petition calling for a vote on the Atlanta police/fire training center. Yet by the time the “consulting contract” was discovered and payments were being made, the center had opened, the referendum never occurred and petition signatures were forgotten. Mayor Andre Dickens and the City Council are blaming each other, but who issued this no-work contract to Webb? No one knows—for now. This incredible taxpayer rip off has Atlanta SINKING…
