Archive for August, 2008

‘Partisan hackery’ is not what we need Why is Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel wasting tax dollars in a partisan attempt to prevent Jim Powell from running for Public Service Commission (“Handel appeals Powell PSC bid,” Metro, Aug. 26)? To use Powell’s failure to file a homestead exemption for his ...

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Public Service Commission hopeful Jim Powell may appear on the November ballot against Republican Lauren McDonald, a judge ruled Thursday. Though Powell won handily over opponent Bob Indech in the July 15 Democratic primary for the District 4 seat, Powell’s attorneys appeared Thursday at a Fulton County Superior Court hearing to ...

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The most overlooked Georgia political development since the 2006 election may well be the increasing level of partisanship in our secretary of state's office. Most Georgians don't think about their secretary of state very often. If they do, they interact with the office in one of its more mundane functions, ...

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ATLANTA - Attorneys for Secretary of State Karen Handel and Public Service Commission hopeful Jim Powell will walk into a courtroom in Fulton County Superior Court on Monday to settle a residency dispute that has left 343,257 votes in limbo. There's plenty of disagreement between the two parties over Handel's decision ...

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