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…

Sep 11 • 

Elliot Pierce

1

August 2025

Ringgold: Refuse Sewer? Get the Shaft.

This is what a good ol’ fashioned government shakedown looks like.

Aug 7 • 

Elliot Pierce

Breaking the Lincoln Myth Before It Breaks America

Americans now worship presidential power instead of constitutional limits because of Lincoln's precedent.

Aug 3 • 

Elliot Pierce

2

July 2025

Your Budget is Showing

And it says we value manicured medians over murder trials to put criminals away. That we value bread and circuses over the protection of our natural…

Jul 8 • 

Elliot Pierce

1

June 2025

Alright Folks, Grab Your Receipts—A Budget Awakening in Catoosa County?

Wait, what?

Jun 24 • 

Elliot Pierce

2

Raines’ Revealing Performance

When Damage Control Does the Real Damage

Jun 22 • 

Elliot Pierce

1

1

May 2025

The School Promo Tab is Now $194,585, and No One Knows What for—Except Maybe Superintendent Raines

Remember back in June last year when I told you Walker County Schools had flushed $117,585 down the public relations toilet, courtesy of a boutique…

May 19 • 

Elliot Pierce

1

DOGE Dreams and Georgia Data Nightmares

If Georgia is going to throw around the DOGE label, let’s make sure it’s not just for show.

May 1 • 

Elliot Pierce

April 2025

Behind Closed Doors: Shining Sunlight on Executive Session in Georgia

The public's business belongs in public view. Period

Apr 11 • 

Elliot Pierce

March 2025

Fairyland Lost: The Quiet Crisis on Lookout Mountain

A Walker County School's Descent into Administrative Tyranny

Mar 25 • 

Elliot Pierce

1

New AI Tackles Walker County School Board Nepotism Pending Appeals Court Ruling+Opinion; Also, Justice Scalia Lives! Sort Of.

AI channels the judicial giant to predict next week's appellate decision. My experiment testing AI's ability to predict the outcome of a real pending…

Mar 9 • 

Elliot Pierce

1

1

February 2025

Oh Good, Catoosa County Is Still In The Lawn Care Business

Somewhere along the way, local governments across Georgia decided that mowing was too important to be left to the professionals.

Feb 28 • 

Elliot Pierce