Branko “Dr. Rad” Radulovacki, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, slipped into his occupational role as a psychiatrist late Thursday and lambasted the state Legislature for its consideration of a bill to permit the carrying of concealed weapons on the campuses of public universities.
From the press release:
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An InsiderAdvantage poll conducted for WAGA-TV and Morris News Service indicates that a majority of Georgians favors legalizing medical marijuana and – backing up a previous, larger survey by the AJC – opposes guns on college campuses.
When asked for an opinion of allowing guns carried by students and others on college campuses, just 31 percent were in favor and 56 percent opposed.
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Suspended DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis was hit Thursday with a new public-corruption indictment. From the myajc.com article by our colleagues April Hunt and Bill Rankin:
Among the new charges: three counts of perjury linked to denying the strong-arming; a bribery charge accusing him of offering to ease one company's contract negotiations in exchange for money and cutting off a county contract after learning the vendor, Brenda Cornelius, had criticized him professionally.
But below is the YouTube video that Ellis launched at nearly the same time the new charges were leveled:
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Bobby Cox, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine get Cooperstown. But Saxby Chambliss, headed for retirement, has been inducted into a more exclusive club down in Tifton. From the press release:
Chambliss is only the fifth person to be inducted into the prestigious Peanut Hall of Fame Hall. The other members include U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Georgia House Agriculture Committee Chairman Henry Reeves, U.S. Sen. Herman Talmadge and Professor J. Frank McGill."
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We didn't see a bat signal, but Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed put on their best BFF act at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for new Buckhead digs for a company, appropriately enough, named Carter's.
Deal spoke first, mentioning again the endorsement of Site Selection magazine (though not the publication’s follow-up ratings) and praising the mayor's leadership. Then came Reed, who declared that he and the Republican were "in lockstep" when it comes to luring new jobs and economic development.
"I can't say enough about the leadership of Governor Deal," Reed said.
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It's possible that message consistency is overrated. We bumped into former congressman Bob Barr, who is making a comeback bid, Thursday morning at a breakfast event sponsored by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Barr and his campaign manager/son Derek Barr, headed for the elevators at about 9 a.m.
At precisely 10:05 a.m., Barr's campaign announced a fundraiser next month with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona – who is not exactly a favorite among Hispanics. From today's piece by our AJC colleague Jeremy Redmond:
In 2012, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against Arpaio, alleging his Maricopa County office had discriminated against Latinos with its enforcement efforts. A year later, a federal judge ruled in a separate suit that Arpaio's office had singled out Hispanics. The Obama administration has also stripped Arpaio's office of authority to help enforce federal immigration laws through the 287(g) program.
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