Blog for Democracy

Category: Legislature

  • Troy Davis Update

    Troy Davis is currently set to be executed on September 21, 2011. “Troy Davis has faced execution three times for a crime he may not have committed. In an unprecedented evidentiary hearing held in a federal district court in Savannah, Georgia in June, 2010, he was able to present evidence supporting his innocence claim. However,…

  • Friday Open Thread

    A little late, but Kudzu Vine last Sunday was terrific.  David Nir, formerly of Swing State Project, and now part of the Daily Kos team, was our guest.  Go on, take a listen! It’s July 4th Weekend. To me, that means it’s time for the Capitol Steps Independence Day Special! Today is July 1st.  Here’s…

  • City of Light endorsed by WIN List

    You know Miriam Paris? WIN list does. Watch them drop the knowledge: “Georgia’s WIN List is thrilled to endorse Miriam Paris because of her long history of community service and governance experience on city council, and moreover because this special election is an opportunity to elect another woman to the state legislature,” said Allie Kelly,…

  • Congratulations Sen. Henson

    This just in from AP/Macon.com. ATLANTA — Senate Democrats are touting a unified, harmonious party after the election of two new leaders. The Democratic Caucus on Monday voted to install Sen. Steven Henson of Tucker as the caucus leader and Sen. Vincent Fort of Atlanta as the caucus whip. Both are longtime members of the…

  • Unacceptable

    Once a year, the AJC prints a story on how various Georgia legislators owe back taxes or fees. Well, here we go again. Forty-seven Georgia legislators, about 20 percent of the General Assembly, owed the state money as of Friday morning because they were late filing campaign finance reports — or didn’t file the reports…

  • Georgia General Assembly Open Thread

    Today is Sine Die… translated from latin means, we leave a big mess for the citizens of Georgia to clean up, no, really it does. Any bets on if the AZ style immigration bill makes it to the Gov’s desk.. I give it a 2 in 5 chance. Will there be a brawl in the…