by State Rep. Barry Fleming | Aug 5, 2021 | The Forum
Back in the late 1700s, friction erupted between two of our most prominent founding fathers– Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Each had completely different visions for our Constitution and how the nation would be governed. Hamilton wanted a...
by State Rep. Barry Fleming | Nov 17, 2020 | The Forum
It was the fall of 2016 and Hillary Clinton was clearly going to win the presidency and the Democrats were going to take over the U.S. Senate and House. The polls said Clinton was even ahead or close in very red South Carolina. The BLUE WAVE was huge! We all...
by State Rep. Barry Fleming | Jul 20, 2020 | The Forum
It was 1990. I was working in Washington, D.C., for a Georgia congressman and had to fly back to the district for meetings. When I plopped down on my Delta flight, sitting next to me also heading to Atlanta was then 50-year-old Congressman John Lewis. Poor man....
by State Rep. Barry Fleming | Feb 15, 2019 | The Forum
This year Georgia will likely buy new voting machines for the whole state. The last time we did this was in 2001 – and while the technology has evolved since then, one important factor remains the same: the human part of the equation. My wife and I recently...
