Human Behavior

There is definitely no logic to human behavior.

What the judge said

Here are some excerpts from a Georgia's judge ruling against the birthers who continue to argue that Barack Obama is not a natural-born American citizen . . .

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Tags: ballot challenge , Barack Obama , birthers , Brian Kemp , Georgia ballot , Michael Jablonski , Michael Malihi

‘Go Fish’ goes south

Walter Jones takes a look back at the grandiose "Go Fish" program instituted by former governor Sonny Perdue; what he finds isn't pretty . . .

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Tags: bass fishing tournaments , boat docks , Go Fish , Sonny Perdue

The makeover of the DNR board is completed

The state Board of Natural Resources has evolved over the past decade from a commission that encompasses business and conservation interests to a business development agency . . .

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Tags: conservationists , Department of Natural Resources , DNR board , Earl Barrs , Environmental Protection Division , Georgia Power , Jim Butler , Jud Turner , Kevin Greene , lobbyists , Rob Leebern , Sally Bethea , Troutman Sanders , Warren Budd

Kemp’s unbridled license

What's not to like about Brian Kemp's proposal to consolidate 43 state licensing boards? The Rome News-Tribune tries to provide a response . . .

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Tags: Brian Kemp , consolidation , state licensing boards

The year in politics: follow the money

You can tell who were the winners and losers in Georgia politics in the year 2011 -- they're the ones who wound up with the money . . .

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Tags: bank loan default , Bartow County Bank , Chip Rogers , deadbeats , Eric Tanenblatt , Kasim Reed , Nathan Deal , Nick Ayers , Nikki Haley , Savannah Harbor expansion , Sonny Perdue , Tim Pawlenty , Tom Graves

Ron Paul blazed the trail

What can you say about presidential candidate Ron Paul that he hasn't already said himself, and more eloquently, in those political newsletters he published more than two decades ago?

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Tags: Al Sharpton , blacks , gays , Martin Luther King , Ron Paul

A rancid harvest for Georgia’s farmers

The agriculture and hospitality industries, two of the biggest employers in Georgia, suffered major economic damage this year from the implementation of the state's controversial immigration law . . .

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Tags: employee verification , farm industry , Georgia Restaurant Association , immigrant status , labor shortages , migrant workers

Is Georgia getting its money’s worth from tax breaks?

Fiscal analyst Alan Essig calls for some accountability from corporations that get tax breaks from the General Assembly . . .

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Tags: Alan Essig , Georgia Budget & Policy Institute , job creation , tax breaks

Will there be major tax changes next year?

It does not appear likely that the General Assembly will enact major tax law revisions in 2012 given that there are some differences of opinion among the House and Senate leadership . . .

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Tags: Bill Heath , Larry O\'Neal , sales tax on groceries , state income tax , state sales tax , tax revision , Tommie Williams

The contradictions at EPD

While there's a new director at the state's Environmental Protection Division, there won't be much if any change in the way the agency operates . . .

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Tags: air quality permits , Allen Barnes , coal-fired power plants , EPD , Jud Turner , Plant Washington , Ronit Walker , Sonny Perdue
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