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Brian Kemp’s $800,000 insider loan debt

During the official start of the Great Recession, many of us were struggling just to hold on to our homes and our jobs. But Brian Kemp was able to secure more than $2,000,000 in loans from First Madison Bank and Trust in Athens, Ga. What’s unique about these loans is that Kemp is a founding board member and stockholder. What’s more, it’s clear from a Fox 5 investigative report that the loan terms have been

Ethics

Sen. David Shafer accused of sexual harassment in the courtroom

Another Ga. Republican lawmaker is being sued for sexual harassment in the courtroom. Sen. David Shafer, who is also a leading Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, is referring to the accusation that he sexually harassed a veteran lobbyist as “politics, not the truth.” The lobbyist making the accusation, a 20-year Capitol veteran, said Shafer retaliated against her after she rejected his advances and harassed her after helping her get a bill passed in 2011. Shafer

Environment

Public Service Commissioners are trying to buy your vote

After years of allowing Georgia Power to swindle its ratepayers to fund the Plant Vogtle disaster, the Public Service Commissioner is making the corporation send three $25 refunds to their ratepayers, right before the PSC’s 2018 elections. The motion to approve continued investment in the nuclear project, authored by Tim Echols, includes this command: “The Company will take a portion of the amounts received from the Toshiba Parent Guaranty and credit each customer with three

Environment

Outraged by Plant Vogtle debacle? Let’s replace Ga. Public Service commissioners

Last week, Georgia’s Public Service Commission, a group made up of five white, male Republicans, voted unanimously to continue the construction of two nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle, which is billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. With this vote, they’ve also agreed to continue to force ratepayers to pay for the additional costs resulting from Georgia Power’s mismanagement of the project. In fact, we should expect to start paying even

Chip Rogers

Hide and Seek with Sen. Bill Heath

Elected officials in Georgia on far too many occasions say and do outrageous things, sometimes with no consequence. But one state Sen. Bill Heath not only sent a condescending email to thousands of concerned Georgians, he hid from a reporter when she approached him to ask about his email. He literally ducked into the nearest office and hid behind a printer. He was willing to send an email to taxpayers, describing petition signing as “childish