Opinion

a screenshot of the six districts in Mableon, with 1,2,3 to the south, 4, 5, 6 to the north

Mableton, Opinion March 18, 2023

March Mableton Madness: The Big Dance of De-annexation

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College The biggest story in Cobb County this month is….the Kennesaw State University Owls making the March Madness tournament and nearly…

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Opinion March 17, 2023

Bookman: Another year, another school voucher bill to funnel public money to private schools

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This opinion article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 16, 2023 State Sen. Greg Dolezal argued on the floor of the…

Opinion March 2, 2023

Of Mableton and Medallion: Complexities Of Annexing and Deannexing

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College One’s a fictional town, and the other just became a reality by a 53%-47% margin. While one grapples with race,…

Opinion February 28, 2023

Georgia’s Youth Want Equitable School Funding, Not Attacks On Our LGBTQ+ Friends

by Hylah Daly, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 23, 2023 I grew up in a trailer park. When my mom lost…

Opinion February 18, 2023

Recognizing Georgia disability rights pioneer Lois Curtis

By Melanie Dallas, LPC [This guest article is by Melanie Dallas LPC, the CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health] It is perhaps an odd twist of history that fewer people know…

Opinion February 16, 2023

Bookman: Fulton indictments coming in 2020 election probe, just not reeling big fish

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 15, 2023 There will be indictments. They are coming at the federal level…

Opinion February 13, 2023

The Atlanta Braves May Have Better Prospects Than Experts Think

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College [This is the first of a twice-per-month column by John Tures, exclusive to the Cobb County Courier] A year ago,…

Opinion February 9, 2023

Cobb SCLC sends letter to Cobb legislative delegation regarding Mableton de-annexation attempt

Cobb SCLC sent the following letter to the Cobb County legislative delegation last month: ================================================================ Cobb Legislative Delegation January 4, 2023 Dear Esteemed Members of the Cobb Legislative Delegation to…

Opinion February 3, 2023

Bookman: Newt Gingrich is father of today’s compromise-is-surrender GOP politics

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 2, 2023 In an NBC News poll last month, just 23% of Americans…

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Opinion January 20, 2023

Bookman: If Georgia GOP thinks life starts at conception, why allow ‘murder’ for six weeks?

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 19, 2023 If you honestly, sincerely believe that human life begins at the…

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