Author: JasonA
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Run where you live for Pete’s sake…
On Tuesday, a complaint was filed against the Republican candidate for State House District 38, Sam Teasley. The complaint claims that Teasley took a homestead exemption on a home outside of the district. Teasley is running against State Representative Pat Dooley (D-Marietta).
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Who is really failing in Georgia?
The AJC recently published an article on certain schools and systems do not retain students automatically after failing the CRCT. This sort of ‘window dressing’ coverage doesn’t really give the issue the depth it requires, but it does allow the reader to come to an easy conclusion: that public schools are not doing their job.…
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Weighing in on Superintendent race (part 2)
I ended the last post with the phrase “the coming LEAN years.” Nothing further from the truth. The last couple of years were lean. This year will brutal, especially for the next State Superintendent of Schools. Our General Assembly and Governor have passed yet another budget that does not take into account any possibility for…
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Weighing in on Superintendent race (part 1)
Nothing more worrying to me than a Johnny Come-lately… I find it incredibly ironic that the role of this year’s Jim Martin will be played by his brother. You remember Jim? He was the guy you cut the checks to when the powers that be decided they needed him to run because Vernon, Dale, Rand,…
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Place Your Bets
A day after talking to Jen about the lack of content in recent posts, I give you a post with no links… but is short, sweet, and to the point. My observations are based on Cobb County, but most of these facts carry over to others. Teachers will be taking 5 furlough days off the…
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The Boys Are Back in Town
This week, Soldiers from Georgia’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will begin returning home from a 12-month deployment in Afghanistan, though the fighting is hardly over. The seemingly overnight transition from a mild-mannered civilian occupation to the front lines in arguably one of the most definitive conflicts of this generation certainly isn’t an easy one,…