by JMO Staff | Dec 9, 2024 | Floating Boats
The latest in a string of Georgians appointed to high-ranking positions in President-elect Donald Trump’s future administration is former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, who will serve in a key role as ambassador to China. The former CEO – if confirmed by the...
by JMO Staff | Dec 6, 2024 | Floating Boats
Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler was the latest Georgian to be tapped by President-elect Donald Trump for a key role in his upcoming administration, in this case to head up the Small Business Administration. Loeffler will lean on her experience as a successful...
by JMO Staff | Dec 5, 2024 | Floating Boats
Election season finally came to an official end Tuesday with the completion of 18 runoffs in 13 Georgia counties. The most prominent of those races was for an Atlanta City Council seat, where Eshé Collins defeated Nicole Evans Jones for an at-large seat. Evans Jones...
by JMO Staff | Dec 4, 2024 | Floating Boats
Early next year the Cobb Galleria will host one of the most expensive coins in the world when the National Money Show comes to town. Only five of the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel were ever minted, making it one of the rarest coins in existence, and the crown jewel of the...
by JMO Staff | Dec 3, 2024 | Floating Boats
On Wednesday the Cobb County Ethics Board hears a challenge by civic activist Lance Lamberton concerning the conduct of County Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid regarding the use of taxpayer resources to promote passage of the Mobility SPLOST. It was a tax hike which...
by JMO Staff | Dec 2, 2024 | Floating Boats
Georgia Democrats had a mess on their hands in the 11th Congressional District outside Atlanta after the party nominated Katy Stamper, later finding out she wasn’t a Democrat at all and had far-right political leanings. So they launched a write-in campaign...