UNION COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENTS January 29, 2018 thru February 4, 2018 DATE INCIDENT 1/29/2018 Medical Call- Station 6-Pat Colwell Medical Call- Station 7-Dooly 6-Medical Calls- Station 10- Blairsville Search and Rescue- Appalachian Trail Smoke Investigation- Lakeside Dr Vehicle Fire- Hidden Lake Rd 1/30/2018 Medical Call- Station 6-Pat Colwell 2-Medical Calls- Station 8-Gumlog […]
Read More »Getting Started in 2018
Getting Started in 2018 By: Sen. Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega) On Monday, January 8, 2018, we reconvened for the second session of the 154th Georgia General Assembly, which many anticipate will be very fast-paced. The Georgia Senate began our business with leadership changes and three new members. We will also welcome another new member next […]
Read More »Short Takes – What Has Hollywood Done Now?
What has Hollywood Done Now? Well, well, well, In yet another staged gala event awarding themselves statues and recognitions, The Golden Orbs awards ceremony, filled with Hollywood’s beautiful people dressed in black to make a visual statement about something that irks them, joined together with unbridled enthusiasm to proclaim their new messiah, Oprah Winfrey as […]
Read More »Short Takes – The DoJ and FBI, What’s Next?
The DOJ and the FBI…What’s Next? Mueller’s Trump-Russia collusion investigation is all but dead. For all the months of investigation by Clinton partisan investigators at vast taxpayer expense, all they has to show for it is a miserable tally of petty offenses (lying to FBI agents), that have nothing to do with the “collusion with […]
Read More »Short Takes – 2018
2018 Today is the first day of a brand new year, that drags along with it the sum of all the problems and pretenses of the old year, but accompanied with a dash of sincere hope that under new management, our country can succeed in restoring America to its rightful role, for all the world, […]
Read More »Collins Answers Questions at Tax Reform Final Passage
Collins Answers Questions at Tax Reform Final Passage WASHINGTON—Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) joined Fox News today to address questions as the House voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s final passage. Collins also said of today’s vote, “The House just took the final, confident step to send pro-family, pro-growth, pro-hope tax reform to […]
Read More »Short Takes – See What Trump Has Wrought
See What Trump has Wrought Rumor has it that the GOP will suffer terrible losses in 2018, an off year election losses that comes as surely as Elm blight comes in January. Rumor also has it that the Democrats may survive their current malise and sweep all before them in the off year election, if […]
Read More »Media Update: Collins Statement on President’s Jerusalem Announcement
Collins Statement on President’s Jerusalem Announcement President Trump today recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announced plans to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) issued the following statement in response: “I commend President Trump for officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, reaffirming both the United States’ deep bond […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue Discusses RAISE Act At Center For Immigration Studies Event
Senator David Perdue Discusses RAISE Act At Center For Immigration Studies Event WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) joined Dr. Michael Teitelbaum, former Vice Chair of the Jordan Commission, at a Center for Immigration Studies event to discuss the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act and why it should be […]
Read More »Benton MacKaye Trail Association Press Release
PRESS RELEASE: The Benton MacKaye Trail Association (BMTA) is seeking volunteers to help with trail maintenance for an upcoming work trip. According to Barry Allen, Georgia work trip coordinator for the BMTA, a work trip is planned for Saturday, Dec. 9, on a section of trail near Fall Branch Falls in Fannin County. This month’s […]
Read More »Collins Encourages Corps of Engineers to Expedite Review of Hart State Park Proposal
Collins Urges Corps of Engineers to Expedite Review of Hart State Park Proposal WASHINGTON—Today Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging it to expedite its review of the proposal regarding Hart State Park. The complete letter is available below:
Read More »Senator David Perdue Announces Bipartisan Agreement To Reduce Dodd-Frank Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) and 17 members on the Senate Banking Committee have drafted a bipartisan proposal to roll back significant portions of the Dodd-Frank Act, providing regulatory relief for Georgia’s community banks, credit unions, mid-sized banks, regional banks, and custody banks, none of whom contributed to the financial crisis of 2008. The proposal also […]
Read More »ICYMI: House Tax Reform Plan Focuses on US Workers
ICYMI: House tax reform plan focuses on US workers WASHINGTON—This op ed by Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) first appeared in the Gainesville Times on November 5, 2017. Last Thursday introduced Northeast Georgians to what the House, Senate and president have been collaborating on since January: A conservative tax reform bill that makes the first meaningful improvements to the […]
Read More »Media Update: Collins Helps House Pass Bill to Protect Medicare Access
Collins Helps House Pass Bill to Protect Medicare Access WASHINGTON—Today Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) helped the House of Representatives pass H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2017, legislation that would repeal an Obamacare provision that threatens seniors’ access to care. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare, established the Independent […]
Read More »ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION SENTENCED TO PRISON
ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION SENTENCED TO PRISON ATLANTA – Stanley Lamar Bailey has been sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition and a firearm on November 7, 2015, after leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase. “Bailey placed innocent people in danger by […]
Read More »U.S. Penitentiary Lt. Arraigned on Excessive Force and Obstruction of Justice Charges
U. S. PENITENTIARY LIEUTENANT ARRAIGNED ON EXCESSIVE FORCE AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES ATLANTA – Lieutenant Gregory McLeod, a senior correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, has been arraigned following an investigation of an allegation that McLeod used excessive force against an inmate in 2016. McLeod was indicted by a federal grand […]
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