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Nick Millwood Has a Civics Problem

His flagship issue is that a legislator showed too much restraint and it falls apart the moment you ask one question
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The Trojan Horse of Ringgold
The candidate who might prove the Catoosa GOP/GRA accountability rule paranoia was actually prophecy.
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Not Treasurer. Got It. Now About That Ponzi Scheme Scandal...
A cease-and-desist letter from a State Senate candidate raises questions.
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Letter from a Fulton County Processing Center
Georgia's most aggrieved man makes his case.
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The Cheapest Decision-Makers in Georgia
School boards shape the future and manage the largest local budgets. Georgia compensates them like it’s sliding a dollar into a cup and whispering “good…
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Part 2: The Real Problem With Walker County Schools Isn’t the Calendar
The four-day school week debate is a distraction. The real solution requires the Georgia legislature....and someone needs to start that conversation.
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Part 1: Walker County’s Four-Day Fantasy
The research isn’t ambiguous. The promises don’t match reality.
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Walker County Cannot Fix Its Schools Until It Fixes Its Legal Advice
Five minutes in July gave the public and the school board a small glimpse of the trouble you buy when you trust the wrong lawyers.
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Your Local Government Has Two Favorite Lies
Every con needs good branding. Local government in Georgia have two: “continuation” and “rollback.”
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The Transparency Chairwoman That Never Was
"Somewhere along the line, she started confusing control with competence, started believing that sounding transparent was the same as being…
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Walker County's Baffling Bank Shuffle
Puzzling financial decisions have prompted increasing citizen scrutiny. Most of it aimed at the new officials and employees who are discovering their…
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A Property Tax Revolt in Georgia Is Brewing. Who Will Lead It?
Ending school property taxes bridges two worlds — populist anger and practical reform. With the right plan, it fixes education funding and slashes the…
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A Dark Prophecy for the Republic
If you want to understand how we got here, you can't just look at the gunman or the other side you dislike. You have to look at the rest of us—all of…
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