A group of seven Democratic state lawmakers penned a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp, urging him to recall Georgia National Guard members stationed in Washington D.C. ahead of the holiday season. Georgia currently has the most guardsman of any state in D.C., some 516 in total, part of President Donald Trump’s mission to lower crime rates. Trump says he wants troops there through the end of his term in 2029, but pushback from lawmakers (and a new governor in January) could see their deployment DRIFTING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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