One candidate who will NOT be appearing on ballots today is former City of Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary, who was attempting to (illegally) run for city council. Lary served a chunk of a 57-month sentence in federal prison in 2023 following his 2022 arrest for stealing COVID funds. Upon getting out of prison early, but still on probation, he applied to run for Stonecrest City Council, affirming via paperwork that he wasn’t a convicted felon. Oops! Lary’s candidacy was immediately challenged by several Stonecrest residents, and the DeKalb District Attorney’s office last week rang him up on new charges of making false statements, false registration, and two counts of false swearing. SINKING…
Could Paramount be coming to Georgia?
Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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