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Here’s who Gov. Nathan Deal really loves

This Valentine’s Day, Gov. Deal is being selective with his love. He loves you if… You’re a large corporate donor. You’re Copart, Inc. and you owe Georgia $74 million in taxes.      You’re Chip Rogers and want a cushy job at GPB. You’re Holly LaBerge & will make his ethics problems “go away.” He loves you not if… You’re a middle class Georgian. You’re eligible for Medicaid. You’re a teacher who needs a pay

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Chip Rogers hides radio station ownership from GPB, FCC

Gov. Nathan Deal’s favorite political-appointee, Chip Rogers, appears to have been hiding his ownership of a Cartersville radio station for more than a year. Even his current employer, Georgia Public Broadcasting, was surprised that their second-highest paid employee secretly operates a competing radio station in the area. Read: GPB’s Rogers took back radio license without telling FCC, Atlanta Unfiltered The problem for Chip, and for Gov. Deal, is that radio licenses are tightly regulated because

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Chip Rogers’ GPB radio show: the lost tapes

You will remember that Gov. Nathan Deal created a job at Georgia Public Broadcasting for his buddy Chip Rogers more than seven months ago. You’ll also remember that Gov. Deal didn’t have a job description for Chip at that time. He couldn’t say precisely what Chip Rogers would do at GPB. But Gov. Deal was sure Chip would do a swell job at something to earn his $150,000 taxpayer-funded salary. You’ll also remember that what

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Sen. Steve Gooch fears Nathan Deal’s retribution over Chip Rogers

Caught on tape Gov. Nathan Deal must really love Chip Rogers. Since creating the GPB job for Chip in a private meeting in October and making the announcement public in December, Gov. Deal has done everything in his power to protect the $150,000 per year job from a growing controversy. Today we finally learn what’s really going on at the Gold Dome and why 35 state senators have ignored voters’ demands to remove Chip. When

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Nathan Deal’s $150,000 blog posts

Gov. Nathan Deal created a new job at Georgia Public Broadcasting for Chip Rogers with the original title of Executive Producer of Job Creations. He didn’t give Chip a job description. Instead, he told GPB to figure that part out — why bother with the details! But he did give Chip a $150,000 per year taxpayer-funded salary and a mystery production budget for a radio show. Chip has been on the job five weeks and

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35 Georgia senators voted for Chip Rogers over education

On Friday, the Georgia Senate finally voted on Chip Rogers. Until now, senators ignored your signed petitions, even running from television cameras to hide behind office equipment. But that ended Friday when Sen. Horacena Tate offered an amendment to move $150,000 from the Georgia Public Broadcasting budget to the education budget. 13 senators chose to support education over Chip Rogers and Gov. Deal’s political appointment. (See those senators). But 35 senators voted to keep Chip Rogers’ $150,000 taxpayer-funded salary in the state budget. (See those senators).