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Handicapping Georgia’s 6th District Runoff

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If you read my work prior to May’s Republican Primary, many of you know that both runoff finalists, Jake Evans and Rich McCormick, received a stern critique.  I offered my reasons, which at this point still factor into my final decision on whom to vote for in next Tuesday’s runoff.  If you have not read my analyses, and would like to, you can find them both here , and here . But in advancing now to the runoff, the great task before each of us is to decide between these two worthy American patriots, both of whom I like personally very much, even if there are things which they may have said or done in the past with which I disagree. To decide that question, I believe that task boils down simply to determining which among these remaining two candidates might represent your or my interests in the US Congress for the next two years the best. That's pretty basic, is it not?  I value my vote and will not give it to just anyone, and I hope you are the same way.  For this reason, I have hel

War and Peace- Handicap Georgia's 6th District Congressional Race-Part 2

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Two weeks ago, I published my best effort at an objective handicap of the 6th District Congressional race .  It was important for me to be objective because leading up to the time of writing that article, I had not made up my mind whom I would support.  What you read in that article was an analysis of the information I had available on those I considered the top three candidates, analysis which I performed in determining who I, myself, would support.  I had no favorite going into the week-long effort it took me to research and write that analysis.  Should you to look back at my social media, you will not find any post, prior to releasing that paper, supporting one candidate or another in the 6th District race.  Jake Evans                                   Rich McCormick                           Mallory Staples And if you read that paper, then you already know that according to my appraisal there are three viable candidates in the 6th District, Rich McCormick, Jake Evans and Mallory St

Handicapping Georgia's 6th District Congressional Race

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  Early primary voting in Georgia begins next week.  As such, I wanted to write some thoughts for individuals in Georgia’s 6th US Congressional District to consider.  Normally, a race like this would be much easier for me to boil down and decide.  However, this race, which is to represent the newly configured 6th congressional district, and which has nine Republicans qualified and running, has been extremely challenging to analyze.  Keep in mind, everything I offer for you here is my opinion based on my criteria, based upon certain facts which I know, and which I will discuss below.   There are some great people running who I will not have time to mention.  That does not mean I do not appreciate the time, effort and devotion they have given to the cause.  But in this piece I will only include the top three candidates, based upon my personal judgment, who I believe will receive the most votes in the upcoming May primary.  If I am wrong and someone else earns a spot in the top three, g

Conflicts of Interest in HB 1013, the Georgia Mental Health Parity Act

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Regardless how many times politicians tell you they want to fight corruption, or that they are in politics for the right reasons, time has proven over and over, in the end those same politicians will not resist enriching themselves, given access to the public cash box.  And it's always the one's you trust the most who break your heart. On May 5, 2020, registered agent Justin Hawkins filed the paperwork necessary to incorporate Talitrix, LLC.   The product Talitrix would soon market to law enforcement and criminal justice agencies around the country is a sort of high-tech ankle monitor, but in the form of an attractive sports watch , which comes to life when Bluetoothed to a smartphone.  The purpose of the Talitrix watch is to communicate continuous bio-metric and GPS data concerning the general state of being and whereabouts of various individuals released “outside the wire” from detention centers associated with agencies purchasing the system.  To be clear, there is nothing wr