One-time GOP district attorney Clay Fuller, bolstered by an endorsement from President Donald Trump, yesterday beat a Democrat to win northwest Georgia’s U.S.Congressional District seat once held by Marjorie Taylor Greene. As this is written, the former White House fellow who served during Trump’s first term is winning the special runoff election with 57 percent of the vote. Campaigning as a “MAGA warrior,” he will serve out the balance of Greene’s term which ends in January. And he will run for a full term during the regular May 21st GOP primary. His victory bolsters the slim Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, so his boat is certainly RISING…
Atlanta, Fulton Co. square off in tax fight
The City of Atlanta has long used tax allocation districts (TADs) as an economic development tool, leveraging property tax increases to pay for local infrastructure projects. But the Fulton County Commission has slammed on the brakes, voting 4-1 to reject a proposed 30-year extension of Atlanta’s TADs. That sets up a major budgetary clash, as the Fulton TADs would be expected to generate over a billion dollars over that period. Now the county will vote on TADs on a case by case basis, with stricter oversight and enforcement, leaving Atlanta’s money faucet DRIFTING…
