Cobb County will soon receive a $3.5 million settlement from pharmacy chain Rite Aid as part of the result of a major national lawsuit against the drug store for improperly distributing prescription opioids. Other counties are expected to get their own settlements in the future, as part of a larger suit joined by Georgia AG Chris Carr in January. Cobb saw 180 overdose deaths in 2020, and a committee will study how to best use the funds to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic. Hopefully the settlement will see overdose deaths in the county SINKING…
Trump rally targets base & low propensity voters
President Donald Trump is in Dalton on Friday and his rally will certainly be a newsworthy event attended by a faithful base. And that’s the point. This is a base mid-term election (for both parties) and, as proven in the past, Trump can motivate not only the “MAGA GOP” but low propensity GOP and independent voters who otherwise might stay at home. Trump’s presence also seeks to boost GOP turnout for gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins. The rally will obviously generate publicity for Republicans and their policies but also Democrat attacks. In any event, since the margin of statewide victory for Georgia Republicans presently appears narrow, their hope is that the attention-grabbing rally will have their poll numbers RISING…
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