Death of defendant ends $3.2m fraud case involving Camden parks dept; georgia AG declines prosecution of co-defendants
#gapol via The Current
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The Georgia Attorney General's office said there is not enough evidence to prosecute those charged in $3.2 million fraud of Camden County's parks agency.
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Good morning! If you live in #Georgia and haven't yet voted, the polls are open from 7am-7pm. Among the local, state and congressional races, we have 2 non-partisan state-wide court races. To protect our rights please vote for John Barrow and Tabitha Ponder! Need precinct info? mvp.sos.ga.gov
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If you're put away by a cop who's later busted for misconduct in the same time period and his team get called tainted witnesses, do you think your case gets a review?
well uh ...
#gapol
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Months before Ahmaud Arbery's murder, Brunswick prosecutors indexed hundreds of drug convictions due to possible police misconduct. Then, they stopped looking.
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Huh, you don't need to provide proof ur pregnant to claim a fertilized egg as a dependent on your georgia taxes
via @mayatprabhu.bsky.social
#gapol
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More than 36,000 Georgians used a new “unborn dependents” deduction in 2022, state officials say. The new deduction is the result of Georgia’s 2019 abortion law, which allows expectant parents to clai...
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Tybee has denied permits for HBCU spring break events this year. Last year, residents got mad at the crowds
But yet, easter had drawn even more cars
so now a new law allows lawsuits against would-be organizers (of spring break, not of easter) #gapol
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The measure signed into law last week by Kemp allows municipalities to sue the promoters of unpermitted events to recover the costs of additional security, traffic control, and medical and sanitation ...
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NCCPR in @GeorgiaRecorder @SenOssoff
means well, but his recent report on GA #childwelfare may well leave state with the same lousy system only bigger georgiarecorder.com/2024/04/15/o... #childabuse #fostercare #gapol, #gapolitics
NCCPR in @GeorgiaRecorder @SenOssoff means well, but his recent report on GA childwelfare may well leave state with the same lousy system only bigger georgiarecorder.com/2024/04/15/o... #childabuse #fostercare #gapol, #gapolitics
Guest opines that a recent report by Sen. Jon Ossoff's panel probing Georgia's foster child placement agency could make things worse.
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There is a Georgia Supreme Court election which will be decided on May 21st.
John Barrow will protect women's right to choose, protect voters from gerrymandering, and has the experience we need.
#gapol
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I’m running because we need Justices on the Georgia Supreme Court who will protect the right of women and their families to make the most personal family and health care decisions they'll ever make.
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Family-owned company agreed to pay $2.8M in civil penalties, buy $12.2 million in greenhouse gas credits over alleged Clean Air Act violations
#gapol
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The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency are seeking $2.8 million in civil penalties from a major Savannah importer and producer of diesel and gasoline fuel.
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not to mention, this railroad is run by a rich, powerful family that's been such for years, the Tarbuttons
#gapol
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A Georgia railroad can force property owners in a rural community to sell portions of their land so the company can build a rail spur to serve private businesses, an officer with the Georgia Public Se...
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"The most consequential divide in the 2024 legislative session wasn’t between the Republican majority and the Democratic minority but between House Republicans and Senate Republicans."
#gapol via The Current
The latest session of the Georgia General Assembly, which adjourned early Friday, touched the lives of Coastal Georgians on issues ranging from school choice to water for housing developments.
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“I can’t wait to get away from this place,” he said.
For the record, he has qualified to run for another term. #gapol
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At certain points during the final day of the Georgia General Assembly’s legislative session, the clashing agendas of the House and the Senate — both chambers led by Republicans — could not have looke...
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If you are voting in Georgia, here are the dates for voting in the May primary. Check your registration and more at www.mvp.sos.ga.gov
#gapol
don't compare the last days of the legislature to a sausage factory.
It's unfair to the sausage factory
End-of-session coverage via Craig Nelson via The Current
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Good morning! We start today with a scheduled debate in the Georgia House of Representatives over whether to join the state Senate
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less than a week left in georgia's legislative session, Savannah republicans push for a statue/monument of this famous georgian at the capitol #gapol
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Georgia lawmakers consider a proposal to honor U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the state Capitol.
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Georgia Senator Clint Dixon really be out here calling trans people, in his own words, "...highly inappropriate and grotesque." And on the record at that! Congrats senator animus!
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If Georgia enacts a new voter suppression law, it will be sued and it will lose. #gapol
MTG is proclaiming all over GA-14 that she is responsible for millions of dollars for a multitude of projects funded by the 2024 budget bill. But guess what? She voted against the bill. It passed but not because of her. Thank you Joe Biden and every member of Congress who voted yes.
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One of our state representatives, Jason Ridley, just voted for school voters in Georgia. School vouchers disproportionately help those who can already afford private school, rather than those who cannot. Here’s a map of every private school in GA. School vouchers sell out rural GA students.
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Yep, unless you’ve spent years cultivating relationships and hanging around, there’s kind of no way to even guess why georgia lawmakers do what they do , who’s lobbying them and why
#gapol
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Government is a game where the players — in this case, state lawmakers — make the rules
www.axios.comGEORGIA VOTERS: Tomorrow you don’t have to decide between Trump and Biden. You just have to decide between doing nothing or something about this #genocide. sending a message to #Biden on behalf of the starving people in #Gaza. LEAVE IT BLANK. #LeaveitBlank #ListentoGeorgia #gapol
GEORGIA VOTERS: Tomorrow you don’t have to decide between Trump and Biden. You just have to decide between doing nothing or something about this #genocide. sending a message to #Biden on behalf of the starving people in #Gaza. LEAVE IT BLANK. #LeaveitBlank #ListentoGeorgia #gapol
This year's Crossover Day in GA has brought some wins and some continued battles! While some bills never made it to the floor of either chamber, some harmful bills did cross over, namely SB 420 and HB 1105.
#gapol #crossoverday #GAlegislature #GAGeneralAssembly
If legislating is like making sausage, Georgia’s Republican legislators earlier this week served up some mystery meat.
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#gapol via TheCurrent
"A protest movement in Georgia – a swing state that President Joe Biden narrowly won in 2020 – is seeking to apply pressure to the incumbent over his support of Israel before the 12 March Democratic primary election." #ListenToGeorgia #LeaveItBlank #gapol www.theguardian.com/us-
Campaign to ‘leave it blank’ or vote ‘uncommitted’ aims to increase pressure on Biden to stop Israel’s incursion in Gaza
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None of the speakers last night were for the mine by the Okefenokee Feat. former epd employees
#gapol via Mary Landers via The Current GA
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Mining opponents flooded a virtual hearing with pleas to protect the Okefenokee from Twin Pines' planned strip mine.
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three weeks, two dead baby whales in Georgia, hit by boats
#gapol via The Current GA
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Another right whale dies while coastal Congressman continues to oppose increased protections.
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Georgia Dem voters! Please cast a *blank* ballot this presidential primary election. Early voting is going on now. Election Day is Tuesday, March 12.
Pressure Biden to demand a permanent ceasefire now. #leaveitblank #listentoGeorgia #gapol
Phone bank tonight! www.mobilize.us/jvpaction/ev...
here is the georgia house budget fy 25 proposal,
version 'bill' and version 'track sheet' both have the house proposal, but the layout is different, and 'track sheet' also has highlight on differences with gov. kemp's proposal #gapol
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TIL , before a Georgia city or county sets an impact fee, they have to name a committee about it, and the committee has to be least half developers
Liberty Co is going thru this now
#gapol via Robin Kemp via The Current GA
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Residents on the eastern side of I-95 have been complaining of increased truck traffic from borrow pit operations supplying new construction on Islands Highway since at least last September.
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yes to a new capitol office building, no to summer food for children, that and more in the legislature so far via
The Current GA #gapol
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Good morning! It’s a busy week — Super Tuesday, a State of the Union address on Thursday and a visit by Joe Biden to Georgia on
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ahoy The Current is now on Apple News, for coastal Georgia investigative news 😀🌊 #gapol #savannah #georgia
if u use apple news, search for the channel for The Current GA
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yes, pols are already using AI images for campaigns. HT to somebody on Reddit for finding this Cobb Commission candidate using fake pix of idealized cops -- zoom in on the badge in the first pic for example, to see it's fake
#gapol
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Why is there suddenly a bill to abolish metro Atlanta’s transit coordination agency* ?
Some of these same ppl just set it up a few years ago
*The ATL, not Marta
#gapol #atlpol
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Georgia General Assembly, is one of the largest state legislatures in the nation. The General Assembly consists of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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yes, the clayton development authority courted a "developer" who showed up with fake pictures and said he had $100 million "in Australia"
now the boss of the dev auth is leaving and might still get $145k severance
#gapol via The AJC
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A Development Authority of Clayton County leader who came under fire last year over the ill-fated $800 million “The Roman” mixed-use development proposal resigned his position Monday.
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"Willis has faced criticism from many legal experts otherwise supportive of the case due to her relationship with Wade.
Still, few people who find themselves in such circumstances have the most intimate details of their lives aired so publicly."
#gapol via AP
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Willis testified during an extraordinary hearing that could result in her office being removed from the state’s election interference case against Trump.
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