Dozens of Democratic Party members of the U.S. House and Senate yesterday boycotted the speech before a joint session of Congress by Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel– this country’s top ally in the Mideast. Of all the members of Georgia’s 14-member bipartisan congressional delegation, only U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson refused to attend. Johnson has a history of anti-Israel, and some say bigoted anti-Semitic, comments and votes over the years. In 2016, for example, he called Jewish settlers in the West Bank “termites.” (And he gave a half-hearted apology back then only after criticism mounted.) Now Johnson is again openly siding with radical Palestinian Islamists by knifing Israel in the back. SINKING….
Proposed Fulton Co. property tax hike
Fulton County homeowners let out a collective groan Monday following the announcement that property taxes will be increasing by more than 12% over the rollback millage rate. The hike, per the over the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, is to increase funding for the 2025 General Fund. The county will host three public meetings to discuss the plan with the public before the millage rate is set, but the likely tax hike has Fulton homeowners SINKING…