A little ol' poll on casino gambling could have a big impact the debate within the state Legislature.
The data isn’t quite as fresh as you might like. Though released on Thursday, the Rosetta Stone Communications automated survey of 741 Georgia voters was conducted in mid-December, well before lawmakers Assembled in Atlanta.
The poll shows 40 percent support for casino gambling, with 50 percent opposing. The real news is in the crosstabs: 58 percent of Republicans oppose it.
The same survey shows 57 percent support for legislation to allow fireworks sold in tents. The biggest enthusiasts: White Republican men, between the ages of 40 and 64. No surprise there. We're not sure how much support the idea has within the Legislature.
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State Sen. Judson Hill, R-Marietta, chairman of his chamber's finance committee, has proposed a constitutional amendment to lower the state income tax. Which is well and good, but there are some House members wondering how it is that tax legislation can originate in a chamber other than the one that is constitutionally mandated to begin such discussions.
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Next week, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners will consider moving toward a $3-per-night tax on hotel rooms in much of its unincorporated area, to promote tourism, the Marietta Daily Journal reports.
This comes even as the hotel/motel industry is fighting the $5-a-night tax that became a last-minute part of H.B. 170, the transportation funding bill, which passed the Legislature last year.
Next Tuesday, after the thaw, more than 100 employees of Atlanta-area hotels will fill the Capitol rotunda in a demonstration of unrest. Wearing hotel uniforms, the group “will provide a powerful visual of the industry’s impact on the state’s economy,” sayeth the press release.
Breakfast trays left outside doors will not be picked up.
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Earlier this week, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush tried to scare the pants off you with an ad that prophesized that a GOP nominee named Donald Trump would guarantee a Hillary Clinton victory.
Today, the former Florida governor lets mom take on The Donald, but politely:
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Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has an ad -- a good one that should appeal to Iowa -- that advocates a Simon and Garfunkel reunion:
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So it turns out that one of America's iconic folk singers had a landlord named Trump. From the Washington Post:
In one of the strangest stories yet to emerge from Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it appears that, more than half a century ago, Woody Guthrie penned lyrics condemning the candidate's father, Fred Trump, for racism.
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