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Graham, Nunn names back on ballot in Florida and Georgia

Graham, Nunn names back on ballot in Florida and Georgia

Paul Broun maintains no personal or professional financial responsibility whatsoever

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Senate candidate Broun has history of financial carelessness Updated: 3:17 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2014  |  Posted: 5:55 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2014 Email BY  CHRIS JOYNER  AND  DANIEL MALLOY  - THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION  From his personal finances to his campaign disclosures, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has shown a pattern of carelessness that has dogged him for decades. Now a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Broun deflects responsibility for his transgressions as either the doing of his “old self” before he found Jesus Christ or mistakes by those around him. Critics see hypocrisy in the man who preaches personal responsibility. Georgia politics and government Your Georgia Senate candidates Georgia Senate campaign ads 2014 Georgia Senate Republican Primary polls Politically, Broun has survived talk about his past since winning a surprise victory in a 2007 special election for his Athens-based c...

Herb Gilmore, Nancy Denson and Jason Carter

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At the Melting Point with the Little Country Giants

Georgia is the most corrupt state government thanks to Nathan Deal

The 10 Most Corrupt State Governments in the United States - TheRichest

Buffalo Creek Disaster - Fighting back after a calamity up for discussion

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From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net Subject: [oconee] Fighting back after a calamity up for discussion Date: May 4, 2014 at 8:32:12 AM EDT To: Oconee Democrats  Reply-To: oconee@yahoogroups.com Hello! For May, the book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats is reading Gerald Stern's "The Buffalo Creek Disaster," a book many law students are assigned and actually enjoy reading!  I hate to give away the ending (though the sub-title does, too), but  . . . . . ordinary people win their suit against a big coal company. Maybe we can learn more about fighting back against environmental degradation and the many other challenges we face. The San Francisco Chronicle   described the book as "a straightforward, suspenseful, and completely absorbing tale that will leave you cheering at the end."  We'll meet upstairs at Chops and Hops on Wednesday, May 28th, with the discussion starting at 7.  Come a ...

Tax returns offer snapshot of Georgia Senate candidates

Tax returns offer snapshot of Georgia Senate candidates

Former UGA football coach Donnan faces federal fraud charges

Former UGA football coach Donnan faces federal fraud charges

Truth Test: Gov. Deal's Job Claims - WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken News, Weather, Sports

Truth Test: Gov. Deal's Job Claims - WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken News, Weather, Sports

I love Watkinsville, it's the best, yeah, I love Watkinsville

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How do I love Watkinsville? Let me count the ways. 1. I love Ashford Manor  Bed and Breakfast. 2. I love the small town attitude. 3. Love the police here. 4. Adore the churches. 5. Amazed at the restaurants we have. 6. Constantly blown away by the friendliness to strangers. 7. Happy to welcome people to move here. 8. Glad that people can ride their bikes without too much danger. 9. Astonished that so much great music has been recorded at Full Moon Studios under several different owners.  10. The beauty of the landscape never ceases to impress me. 11. The tolerance and acceptance is welcoming and surprising. 12. We were once Big Springs. 13. We have two competing weekly newspapers. 14. People are generally tolerant of eccentricities. 15. Basketball is played by people young and old, black and white, straight and gay, male and female, and the only thing that matters is whether you got game. 16. The Code Enforcement Officer does not freak out ...