Georgia’s public schoolteachers must feel like a pinata. At one end of the Gold Dome, Gov. Brian Kemp has delivered on promised pay raises and now is trying to get rid of some of the onerous and burdensome mandatory tests thought up by a bunch of navel-gazing bureaucrats who have no skin in the game. At the other end, legislators recently made a clumsy attempt to mess … [Read more...] about February 9, 2020: Teachers Must Stay On Alert at Doings Under the Gold Dome
2020 Columns
February 3, 2020: Bob Shaw and Georgia GOP Make Beautiful Music Together
Walking into Bob Shaw’s home in suburban Atlanta is like walking into a slice of Republican Party history. On one wall of his study are pictures of Shaw with the Who’s Who of the GOP: Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, James Baker, Gerald Ford, Newt Gingrich, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and the list goes on. While he humbly acknowledges that he has known and been known … [Read more...] about February 3, 2020: Bob Shaw and Georgia GOP Make Beautiful Music Together
January 27, 2020: Private School Voucher Proponents Blowing More Smoke
You know that an organization that thinks Big Tobacco is getting a raw deal is just the group you want shilling for private school vouchers. That brings me to the Heartland Institute which is doing both. I am still researching their other policies, including whether or not the earth is flat. I have discovered they once undertook a short-lived effort to debunk … [Read more...] about January 27, 2020: Private School Voucher Proponents Blowing More Smoke
January 20, 2020: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects in the New Year
Whether you support Donald Trump or think he is guilty of nefarious deeds regarding the Ukraine, he is not going to be removed from office unless Republicans have a death wish. This, despite ponderous pontifications by liberals that at least ten Republicans senators will turn on him and provide a constitutional majority for removal. Right now, I see only Mitt … [Read more...] about January 20, 2020: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects in the New Year
January 13, 2020: General Assembly Needs to Take a Hard Look at Film Tax Credit Scheme
Another session of the General Assembly is upon us. This is an election year and there will be more posturing under the Gold Dome than a prima ballerina in a performance of Swan Lake. One of the big issues will be how to deal with Gov. Brian Kemp’s call for the Legislature to cut 4 percent from many program budgets this fiscal year and 6 percent next year in case … [Read more...] about January 13, 2020: General Assembly Needs to Take a Hard Look at Film Tax Credit Scheme