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Three Words That Reveal Much About Nick Millwood

What an unscripted answer revealed about a candidate's real instincts and political thinking.
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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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