Congratulations, Bee! Here’s Bee speaking at the Voting Rights/Recall Brian Kemp Rally Friday at the State Capitol
Bee Nguyen wins Georgia House District 89 runoff
Georgia Public Service Commission candidate John Noel blasts PSC over Vogtle report
Read “John Noel runs with the sun” Watch video feature “Sticking it to the Man!” Visit John’s website On Twitter: @NoelforPSC Follow John on Facebook NEWS RELEASE December 5, 2017 Contact: Gaela Peters; gaela@noelforpsc.com Georgia PSC candidate Noel blasts Commission over newest Vogtle Revelation Atlanta – Public Service Commission candidate John Noel has come out swinging about Plant Vogtle after the PSC Staff called for Southern Company stockholders to bear a large share of Georgia Power’s cost overruns on the increasingly expensive nuclear project. In its filing Friday, the PSC staff “concludes that completion of the (Vogtle) Project is no longer economic … given the additional costs and schedule delays.” The “economic benefit” of finishing the project would be negative $1.6 billion, according…
Georgia PSC Staff: It’s not worth it to finish Plant Vogtle
Update: See Democratic PSC candidate John Noel’s response to Staff’s testimony. Update PSC Chairman is pushing for a resolution of Plant Vogtle by year end. Read Stan Wise letter to Georgia Power By Jonathan Grant @Brambleman The Georgia Public Service Commission Staff filed testimony Friday declaring that it’s uneconomic for Georgia Power to complete Plant Vogtle, the $25-billion-and-counting nuclear plant under construction near Augusta. This is under-oath stuff from utility experts who, unlike the commissioners, are not paid by the company. We should listen to this warning. Unfortunately, commissioners don’t. Ignoring opposing evidence, the five Republican politicians have already signaled they’ll do what Georgia Power wants, which is to finish the plant and make a bunch of money not just despite but due…
Free Nydia Tisdale!
By Jonathan Grant @Brambleman Update: Jury acquits Nydia of felonies, convicts on misdemeanor obstruction. Sentencing: Dec 18, 9:30 a.m. Dawson County Courthouse After all these years, the “Pumpkin Patch” trial of Nydia Tisdale in Dawson County, Georgia is coming to a close. I hope the jury deliberates less than five minutes before acquitting her. The Dawson County District Attorney and Sheriff’s Office should be ashamed. Anyway, the process continues. Nydia on Facebook: “The trial of citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale continues on Monday, December 4 at 9 a.m. for closing arguments and jury charges in the Dawson County Government Center, 4th Floor, Courtroom C, 25 Justice Way, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534, and is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC to attend. #galegal#gapol” Nydia was arrested while trying to…
5 Georgia women look to flip U.S. House seats
By Jonathan Grant @Brambleman Wow. This headline to this article is encouraging: “Women Line Up to Run for Office, Harnessing Their Outrage at Trump” In Georgia, there are, as of now, five Democratic women running for Congress. Follow them on social media and help amplify their voices. Three are running in Gwinnett, and Chalis Montgomery’s district includes fringe Metro Atlanta precicts in Dacula, Loganville, and McDonough, which is just 30 miles away from Decatur. Just saying. 1st District: Lisa Ring Lisa Ring @LisaRingGA 7th District Kathleen Allen @KathleenAllenGA 7th Disctrict Melissa Davis @DavisforGA 7th District Carolyn Bourdeaux @Carolyn4GA7 10th District Chalis Montgomery @Montgomery4Cong Here’s a list with contact links for Georgia Democratic Congressional candidates on Twitter, Facebook, web.
Acworth, Georgia: Wedding at a car show
By Jonathan Grant @Brambleman Our daughter Laurel came by yesterday to show us her wedding album. There were 900 pictures on her slide show. An advantage over the age of print photos, to be sure, and yet— I think I made it to the 400 level, well into the people-eating-cake phase, when the SEC championship game came on (Woo-hoo! Go Dawgs!) and so, whatever happened after people ate cake, happened after people ate cake. I believe she pared down the album to 175 pics. Lovely wedding. We wish her and Michael the best. Here they are, dancing! There was something else going on that sunny September day: A vintage car show on Acworth’s Main Street. Sure it messed up traffic, but check ’em…