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Education

Ga. Charter School Founder Siphons Money for Strip Club Visits

Georgia’s kids continue to get the short end of the stick — or should I say “stripper pole” — when it comes to education. Charter schools in Georgia have grown in popularity in recent years because of conservatives’ push to privatize everything at the expense of the state’s most vulnerable students. Now, the conservative “solution” to our education problems is costing Georgians more than they bargained for. The Latin Academy was a charter school in Atlanta. It purported

Economy

Will Georgia Power Customers Foot Bill for Company’s Incompetence?

Georgia taxpayers could be left paying the bill for construction on two new Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors. Taxpayers have already been paying for the reactors due to Georgia’s Nuclear Energy Financing Act, which allows Georgia Power to charge customers for the construction of anything nuclear. However, Georgia Power, which owns Plant Vogtle, has received a lot of criticism over the construction lagging way behind schedule and being grossly over budget. One of the new reactors was supposed to

Medical Marijuana

Georgia city to decriminalize marijuana? It’s more likely than you think.

Clarkston is poised to become the first Georgia city to decriminalize marijuana. Georgia has received a lot of praise, including from President Barack Obama, for its criminal justice reform, yet Gov. Nathan Deal continues to resist changes to marijuana laws. “We should not have any municipality or jurisdiction of state government saying that they’re willing to flaunt the law to downgrade or excuse what is otherwise criminal conduct,” Gov. Deal told WABE. “I do not approve of

Economy

Transparency trans-shmarency

With little fanfare, a new anti-transparency measure just became law. Last week, Gov. Nathan Deal signed a new anti-transparency measure into law. SB 323 exempts all economic development projects — from any state agency — from public disclosure, until after a contract has been signed. The House and Senate approved the measure late in the evening on the second-to-last day of session. It received near universal support in the House, with a vote of 166-2,

Nathan Deal

Gov. Deal’s Secret $1.4 Million Party

In this age of instantly and widely available information, voters should have greater access to knowledge about who is paying for what in politics. Unfortunately, Georgia politics and government are moving in exactly the opposite direction. The latest example of this trend toward less transparency in Georgia politics is the refusal of Gov. Deal’s supporters to disclose the donors who paid for his $1.4 million inaugural party last year. In the past, governors have disclosed

Gov. Nathan Deal’s legacy will be impossible to ignore

Last week, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution opined that “Nathan Deal’s ‘religious liberty’ veto could define his legacy.” There are no two ways about it: Gov. Deal is on the right side of this important issue. Even Better Georgia — arguably, Deal’s toughest critic — applauded the governor’s resolve in standing up to right-wing extremists who want to turn Georgia’s clocks back to the pre-Civil Rights Movement era. But to focus solely on Deal’s religious “freedom” veto