Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

2016 Elections, Cobb County November 14, 2016

How did Clinton’s performance compare with Barksdale’s in Cobb County?

Clinton won Cobb County, but the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Jim Barksdale didn’t. A good intuitive way of looking at the results is in three charts. These bar charts,…

2016 Elections, Cobb County November 12, 2016

Cobb County Precinct Level 2016 Election Results in One Chart

Here is a bar graph of the 2016 presidential results for Cobb County precincts. Below it is a google precinct map to make it easy to find the location of…

2016 Elections, Cobb County November 10, 2016

Some observations on Clinton’s win in Cobb County GA — by the numbers

As many of you know, Hillary Clinton won the vote in Cobb County by a 2.1% margin. This surprised many people, since Cobb has been solidly GOP red for decades….

2016 Elections, Cobb County, Courts June 13, 2016

Primary runoff election: July 26, 2016

Cobb County will hold its primary runoff election on Tuesday, July 26. Two countywide runoffs are on the ballot. Primary runoff elections tend to have low turnout, so each vote…

Cobb County, Mableton, Planning June 11, 2016

The 2040 Cobb County comprehensive plan

On Thursday June 9 Cobb County’s planning department held a meeting to get citizen input to guide the development of the 2040 Cobb County comprehensive plan. The plan will apply…

Atlanta History May 22, 2016

The day Roosevelt High lost the Girl’s High “G” – 1963

The initials ‘GHS’ looming down from a smokestack at Roosevelt High School might not seem like a very big problem with the passage of time. But for the students at…

Bolton, Cobb County, Mableton, Riverside, Whittier Mill Village May 21, 2016

The Bagby brothers – elusive bandits of the Chattahoochee

The man sat in the tree by the banks of the river, waiting patiently. He was thin, with wiry arms, well suited to climbing. He was comfortable in the tree,…

Atlanta History May 20, 2016

The 1952 Atlanta annexations

In 1952 the City of Atlanta tripled in size, annexing areas to the south, west and north. To the west the communities near and along the Chattahoochee River became part…

Austell, Cobb County, History, Mableton May 18, 2016

A 1911 automobile adventure and the Sweetwater Park Hotel

I read through historic newspapers regularly, with an emphasis on articles from the River Edges target area of west Atlanta and South Cobb. I stumbled across this mysterious little blurb…

Internet and Culture May 17, 2016

The Relentless Rise of Social Media as a News Platform

If you are my age, and were already old enough to join the AARP when George W. Bush began his first term as president in 2001, you may feel nostalgia…

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