Like It or Not: Amendment 1

Like It or Not: Amendment 1

 A takeover.  A power grab.  A coup. Governor Deal’s push for Amendment 1 on Opportunity School Districts is all of those things, and you should vote against it. Pay no attention to the gauzy TV ads, promising the Constitutional Amendment will “save failing schools” and “help the children.” Let’s take a look at who’s behind it, and why it’s facing so much opposition...

Like It or Not: Georgia Banks and Banking Committee

Like It or Not: Georgia Banks and Banking Committee

State Representative Greg Morris was a member of the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Bank and Trust in Ailey, Georgia when it went bust. He has no business running the Banks and Banking Committee in the Georgia House of Representatives, and here’s why.

Like It or Not: Praise for Mayor Reed

Like It or Not: Praise for Mayor Reed

If anyone, even someone you disagree with, steps up and does something well, you ought to say so, and you ought to applaud them for it.

Like It or Not: DeKalb Water

Like It or Not: DeKalb Water

Some government services should just be boring: public works, senior services, code compliance. Your water bill should not be exciting. In DeKalb, it’s been a lottery ticket— in reverse.

Like It or Not: Saying 'No' to Sports

Like It or Not: Saying 'No' to Sports

A few weeks ago, I talked about the cloak and dagger process Cobb employed to lure the Braves to a new stadium, a process led by Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee. I asked whether you liked it, or not. The answer: a resounding NOT!

Like It or Not: Ballot Access

Like It or Not: Ballot Access

Georgia voters deserve better choices. More choices. Our red state/blue state politics don’t cut it anymore. It’s a national problem, as this horrible election season proves.

Like It or Not JCQ Amendment

Like It or Not JCQ Amendment

Judges have enormous power in our justice system. And when that power corrupts, justice suffers, people suffer, unless there's a way to root out bad judges. If you doubt me, consider the shockingly un-American treatment of Mark Thomason and his lawyer.

Like It or Not: Judicial Ethics

Like It or Not: Judicial Ethics

Judges have enormous power in our justice system. And when that power corrupts, justice suffer, people suffer, unless there's a way to root out bad judges. If you doubt me, consider the shockingly un-American treatment of Mark Thomason and his lawyer.

Like It or Not: Wild Hogs for Hire

Like It or Not: Wild Hogs for Hire

As part of our ongoing web series "Like It or Not", editorial commentator Jessica Szilagyi shared her opinion about a bill that was recently passed by the Georgia House of Representatives about wild hogs.

Like it or not talk back with Tom Haynes: Stone Mountain

Like it or not talk back with Tom Haynes: Stone Mountain

Fox 5 anchor Tom Haynes challenges former AJC writer, George Chidi who posted a FOX 5 social media editorial, saying the Stone Mountain Confederate edifice is there, because the KKK wanted it there...