Thanks to new, bigger cargo ships, the Talmadge Bridge over the Savannah River near Savannah needs to be replaced in coming years, either by a new, taller bridge, or possibly a tunnel going under the river. Those options will obviously be very expensive, between $1.5 and $2 billion. But who will pay for it? Not the Georgia Ports Authority, who did pay $10 million for a feasibility study but say they can’t be counted on as a funding source. So as state officials start thinking about budgets again for 2025, who’s ponying up for a new bridge? DRIFTING…
Dems find mess in CD-11
Georgia Democrats had a mess on their hands in the 11th Congressional District outside Atlanta after the party nominated Katy Stamper, later finding out she wasn’t a Democrat at all and had far-right political leanings. So they launched a write-in campaign promoting Tracey Verhoeven as the ‘real’ Dem in the race. It didn’t matter in the end as U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk cruised to re-election, but Stamper still got 32% of the vote to just 3% for Verhoeven. A failed write-in campaign and a messy election in CD-11 has Democrats there SINKING…
