Melanie Goux is a motion graphic designer, author and activist who has been involved in the personal web community since 1996. She is a volunteer in the progressive political community and serves in several elected and appointed positions within Democratic and progressive organizations in Georgia.
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An Atlanta transplant from uber-liberal Ann Arbor Michigan, Catherine is a small-business owner (if you ever need a Velcro brand product give her a shout); political activist and pundit; an avid "crafter"; and accomplished home cook. Catherine was raised by active Democrat parents. Her activism can be traced back to her pre-teens when helping her mother on political campaigns. Her fathers' two stints in the White House under Kennedy and Johnson locked in the Democratic values of her parents. FULL BIO >>
Jason was born and raised in New Jersey and moved to the South in 1995. In 2000, he relocated to Atlanta, GA and worked for 4 years in sales. Currently, Jason is in his 4th year of teaching and is an 8th-grade social studies teacher in Cobb County. He has volunteered for campaigns since he was 16. In 2008, he ran unsuccessfully for Georgia House of Representatives in District 35 (Kennesaw and Acworth) as a Democrat. Jason and his wife, Leslie, reside in Kennesaw, GA.
Ataru is a former resident of Second Life who currently works as a computer programmer for a major news organization in the real world. He serves in several local political organizations and has been involved in politics since 2003.
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Tim Cairl is the Executive Director for Young Democrats of Georgia where he has served since 2007. Previously, Tim served as Political Director & Webmaster for YDG and President of the Dekalb Young Democrats. A former Republican and graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, Tim is a veteran of several Democratic campaigns at the local, state and national level where he served in varying leadership & volunteer roles. Tim currently lives in the Candler Park neighborhood of Atlanta.
Tom Crawford has been involved in Georgia politics for more than 30 years, covering his first General Assembly session in 1974 when the governor, a fellow named Jimmy Carter, was squabbling with the lieutenant governor, a former restaurant owner named Lester Maddox. He was a newspaper reporter and editor for 11 years with the Atlanta Journal, the Montgomery Advertiser and the Marietta Daily Journal. He wrote about government and politics at the state and local levels during that period, getting to know many of the colorful characters who have defined Southern politics. FULL BIO >>
A native of DeKalb County, GA, Jason is a graduate of Denison University (Granville, OH), where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Education. Since 2006, Jason has served as an officer and cavalryman in the United States Army. In January 2009, Jason returned from a 14-month combat tour in Iraq and is currently a resident of Leesville, LA.
Paula Gaber grew up in the shadow of Washington, D.C., perhaps explaining an early interest in politics. After stints in New Haven, Connecticut and Los Angeles, California, she found her way to Georgia, where she's been trying to figure out politics Southern-style since 2001.
Juliana was raised in a politically active home, with a father who enjoyed nothing more than for her to play devil's advocate to his conservative opinions. Little did he realize she actually believed all those "liberal" things! She writes on the front page of Blog for Democracy primarily about social and political issues, but is the Chairwoman of the Democratic Fashion Institute, where she writes humorously about fashion dos and don'ts. FULL BIO >>
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Eric Robertson is a Business Agent for Teamsters Local 728 in Atlanta, GA. He has blogged for DailyKos and Tondee's Tavern, and writes primarily about labor related issues.
Sara practiced for five years as a litigation associate in Boston before moving to Atlanta in late 2005 and joining the litigation department of a large law firm. She specializes in defense litigation, with particular emphasis in products liability. Since her arrival in Atlanta, Sara has also written about legal issues, politics, and life in Atlanta at her blog Going Through the Motions. When not meeting the demands of BigLaw, Sara enjoys FSU football and Red Sox baseball, strives to make the perfect cupcake, and can be found most Saturdays drinking beer on a patio somewhere. She dreams of a day when she will no longer have to measure her life in six minute increments.
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Mike Tierney has been chronicling and opining about sports doings in the A-T-L for 22 years, until recently with the Journal-Constitution. He writes a few other blogs, namely Atlanta-Sports-Examiner and AJC Smart Spending Blog. And he free-lances for magazines and wonderful gray-old-lady publications like the New York Times. BIO PAGE >>
Angela Trigg is an accomplished political activist and organizer, lead programmer at Trigger ID, aspiring author and serious history buff. She currently resides in Mobile, AL, where she is putting her Master's Degree in Heritage Preservation to good use by restoring the historic Trigg family home, affectionately called Termite Hall. She is originally from Sarasota, FL, but lived in Atlanta, GA for more than 22 years before moving to Mobile.
Stefan Turkheimer is a founding partner of Turkheimer & Hadden, LLC. Prior to the firm's founding, Stefan was a litigator at one of the preeminent workers compensation insurance defense firms in Georgia. He defended Fortune 500 employers against lawsuits in tort and workers' compensation. He graduated, with honors, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2004. FULL BIO >>
