GA SB 369 Fireworks; revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; definitions In the final hours of this legislative session – without the knowledge of Fulton and Atlanta citizens – the Senate stripped a bill (SB 369) originally addressing fireworks and replaced it with the MARTA TSPLOST language of SB 330. The “fireworks” […]
HB 929 National Popular Vote – A Visual Explanation
Representatives Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs, District 36), Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta, District 89), Penny Houston (R-Nashville, District 170), Ron Stephens (R-Savannah, District 164), Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta, District 49), Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta, District 43) are sponsors of HB 929, the National Popular Vote bill that is in the Georgia House queue for a vote, possibly this week. HB […]
HB 941 Legislative Review
[A letter from Judge Paul Nally to the House Judiciary Committee regarding HB 941 – PDF] TO: The Honorable Representatives, The Members of the House Judiciary Committee (non-civil) Growing up, I was taught that the Devil, his minions and myrmidons, were the Great Deceivers. Life events have proven my teachers correct. Deceptive advocacy is a […]
HB 370 Legislation Violation of Both Constitutions
[Excerpt from a letter to Georgia Senator Jessie Stone, of the 23rd.] I should point out that during the time frame of the proposed “forgiveness” legislation, I, too, ran for public office, twice. If you will research the records, you will find that in those times, I missed one timely filing and I paid the […]
GA HB 370 Ex Post Facto Law
by Bill Simon, Political Vine, February 9th, 2016 Is Three Times Going To Magically Be The Charm for Georgia Opponents of Free Speech? Now we know why kids today tend to be rather disobedient of laws and established rules of an orderly society: Because Georgia’s state legislators continue to demonstrate how utterly clueless they are […]
TPP: A Threat to United States Sovereignty
(Unedited version available on TheMadisonForum.com) On January 7, 2016, the Northwest Georgia 912 Project; along with The Madison Forum, The John Birch Society, The Freedom & Liberty Coalition, The Constitution Party, Restore and Preserve the Constitution (The Key Is WE!), and the Canton TEA Party, hosted Mr. Tom Barksdale of IndieDems.org for his presentation on […]
Sen. McKoon 2016 GA Legislative Session Update
Georgia State Senator Josh McKoon spoke at The Madison Forum breakfast meeting on Saturday, August 29th. Sen. McKoon gave his insight on the 2016 GA Legislative Session and many other issues that will be of interest to Georgia voters. Topics Sen. McKoon discussed included the following. (skip directly to a topic by clicking the links […]