Blog for Democracy

Category: Corruption

  • Judicial Ethics & Qualifications, yawn

    Seriously, should we be yawning about this? I think not. I realize the political news today is mostly about the “Cainwreak” that is/was his cray-cray campaign, but buried down in the twitter verse was a fascinating story about a possibly little known GA agency called the Judicial Qualifications Commission. The Judicial Qualifications Commission — which…

  • The continuing education of ethics and honesty from GAGOP

    Savannah attorney Gary Wisenbaker (R-Donor) pleaded guilty in Federal Court today because he ” defrauded his clients out of more than $50,000.” WJCL has the story here. He just ran for state house in Chatham County and lost. Republican governor Sonny appointed him to the Georgia Student Finance Commission . His term expires in 2014.…

  • Randomness of the Weekend

    Andy Rooney, who recently retired from “60 minutes”, has died at the age of 92. Lesson of the day: If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. One week from today, the DPG and GABEO are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides, I’d sure hate for you to miss this…

  • Filed Under: Pipe Dream

    For a Georgia GOP that didn’t even have the cojones to pass an outright repeal on the ban on Sunday Sales, this report is likely to make only nominal waves. According to a new report by the State Lottery Commission, and reported by Jim Galloway, three casinos in Georgia could bring in $1 BILLION annually.…