Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The agency apologized last week for automatically sending Tea Party and similar groups through multiple hoops before the 2012 election.
President Obama this week said efforts by IRS employees to target new conservative groups for extra scrutiny were "outrageous," echoing many administration critics who charged that the measures were politically motivated. "I have got no patience with it, I will not tolerate it, and we will make sure that we find out exactly what happened on this," Obama said in a news conference Monday. The Wall Street Journal reported that an Inspector General's report concludes there was widespread targeting of conservative-linked groups for aggressive questioning, but that no one outside the IRS was involved in establishing the practice. (The report was released Tuesday.) Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, an appointee of President George W. Bush…
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
A look at top stories from Patch sites across Georgia.
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Tuesday, February 12
Here's a list of things going on around the region. Click on the links for more information on the stories. President to Visit Decatur School - Decatur Patch President Obama will visit the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur on Thursday during his visit to the Atlanta area. The visit was announced Friday with few details, but College Heights Principal Suzanne Kennedy sent a note to parents about the President's plans to drop into the school at 917 S. McDonough St., according to Decatur Metro. See Decatur Patch for more on this story. Rain and Wind Brings Down Trees and Power Lines - Buckhead Patch After 24 hours of heavy rain and some heavy wind, trees and power lines have been coming down throughout Atlanta. The …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Join the national conversation in the top stories of the week.
This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- John Kerry, who currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been nominated for Secretary of State by President Barack Obama. You may not know this, but Kerry was instrumental in changing the way that Clarkston, Ga., dealt with its refugee population. Kerry was first elected to the Senate in 1984, and re-elected in 1990, 1996 and 2002, according to Biography.com. He ran for president in 2004 against George W. Bush, and he lost. Other notable accomplishments: ---------- The NRA has called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools in a recent press conference. …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
White House forum draws attention from disappointed voters in more than a dozen states.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Considering Mitt Romney easily won Georgia on Nov. 6, it's not surprising that there are some disappointed Republicans in the Peach State. Residents of Georgia and more than a dozen other states have filed petitions to secede from the United States, according to media reports. Residents of Alabama, New York, Michigan, Texas and other states have filed the petitions under the "We The People" program, featured on the White House website, according to the Huffington Post. The Georgia petition, which already has more than 20,000 signatures, asks to "Peacefully grant the State of Georgia to withdraw from the United States of Americ and create it own NEW government." The website allows citizens to make a petition for a variety of issues, …
Friday, November 9, 2012
How big -- or small- were the margins in Lilburn regarding the presidential race. Seems Lilburn was on the side of the second-place finisher.
On Election Day 2012, the majority of residents in Lilburn precincts voted for the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, according to unofficial results. The votes do not include provisional ballots. Still, the overall vote mirrors the area's views in 2008, when the majority of greater Lilburn residents also chose the Republican candidate. Only one precinct appeared to change the way it voted four years ago, and that was Precinct 120, which votes at The Pilgrimage Annex at Providence Christian Academy. Just as 2008, it was a close race between the Democratic and Republican candidates. But, this time Romney pulled ahead by only a few votes. See totals from your precinct below, and remember that provisional ballots are not included in these …
Ilene Johnson, who was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, is elated the country didn't listen to Mitt Romney's "smooth talk," and instead sided with her hope for the future.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Ilene Johnson, who was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, is elated the country didn't listen to Mitt Romney's "smooth talk," and instead sided with her hope for the future.
Last September I was proud to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and re-nominate Barack Obama to be President of the United States. I was elated last night to have witnessed his re-election. I was concerned over the past week that President Obama would not win, and my husband and I were worried about what kind of future our daughter would have in America; an America without support for public education, access to healthcare and too eager to go to war. I was concerned that the same people who ran the Bush administration and got us into the Iraq fiasco would be calling the shots again. My conservative friends who complain about the ‘welfare state’ are the same ones benefiting from all these programs and would be hard …
However, this mom -- who took her son to vote for the first time -- turned her devastation into cautious optimism for the future. What she wants President Barack Obama to do now: Do better.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
However, this mom -- who took her son to vote for the first time -- turned her devastation into cautious optimism for the future. What she wants President Barack Obama to do now: Do better.
Yesterday, as I stood in line to cast my ballot with other Lilburn residents, I took pride in standing beside a particularly special 20-year old, my son, who was exercising his right to vote for the very first time. I thought about the many conversations our family has had regarding party affiliation and why I vote the way I do. My children always laugh when I tell them I once voted for Bill Clinton, but I have assured them if President Obama had kept any of his promises from the “Hope and Change” tour four years ago, I would have considered voting for him in 2012. Alas, four years later, he has failed to produce any positive changes and America is running out of hope so I put my trust, and the fate of our great nation, into Mitt Romney. …
At the Berkmar United Methodist Church, workers and voters were all smiles on Election Day, making one poll manager very happy.
As Election Day turned into Election Night, spirits were still high at Berkmar United Methodist Church. The church is the polling place for Precinct 103, which includes Lilburn and Lawrenceville residents. About 6 p.m., some 970 people had voted at the location. In the 2008 election, 961 total ballots were cast there, so before polls closed the precinct was already outpacing itself. Thankful, dedicated voters made the long hours for workers worth it. -- For all Lilburn election-related coverage, see the 2012 Lilburn Area Election Guide. -- "It's been steady and extremely polite," said poll manager David Bugg, of voters. "A poll manager's dream. They were cooperative. Everyone was helpful to each other." "Weather did not deter them in any …
Mr. B
1:13 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
It wasn't really an attack, TS. It was more of a statement of her callous disregard for the dead and injured in the massive tornado attack because her concern for her own political was more important to her. I assume it was removed because I referred to her by her description rather than her name. Probably a violation of the rules to identify people as they are. I would say the men on the … more ›