Why Isn’t the Name Leah Ward Sears on the Short List for SCOTUS? The announcement of the retirement of US Supreme Court judge Stephen Breyer has generated a plethora of projected successors and especially after word leaked from “reliable” sources that U. S. President Joseph Biden would keep a campaign promise to nominate a Black woman as a replacement. We wish them all well. Conversely, this writer and the newspaper I write for are pondering why the name of former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears was not…
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Decatur, Georgia – The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and Goodwill will hold a job fair in metro Atlanta, on Wednesday, November 16, from 10 am until 1 pm. DJJ is currently looking to hire Juvenile Correctional Officers (JCO), Housekeepers, and Food Service Workers for the Atlanta Youth Development Campus located in College Park, Ga. Individuals interested in joining the DJJ team should bring their valid driver’s license or two forms of identification. On-site interviews will be conducted, and candidates hired for the Juvenile Correctional Officer position will be…
General Election / Special Election Date: November 2, 2021 Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the November General Election: October 12, 2021 Key Election Dates October 11, 2021 – Earliest day for a registrar to mail an absentee ballot for the November General/Special Election. October 12, 2021 – Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the November General Election. October 16, 2021 – Mandatory Saturday Voting for the November Municipal General/Special Election. October 17, 2021 – Optional Sunday Voting for the November Municipal General/Special Election. October 22, 2021 – Last day…
Washington, D. C. – Congressman David Scott (GA-13), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, today issued the below statement on House passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, legislation he co-sponsored to combat racism, xenophobia and bigotry against Asian Americans: “While navigating the COVID-19 crisis, Asian American and Pacific Islander families, workers, and businesses have suffered firsthand the effect of a recent rise in anti-Asian xenophobia and bigotry throughout the pandemic, culminating in March when a senseless act of terror claimed eight lives and shook metro Atlanta to its core,”…
Hal Lamar is… Inside Atlanta The Race for Atlanta Mayor 2021 “Are you gonna run, too?” After Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms decided not to seek another four years as head of our home town, candidates for the post have popped up faster than toadstools after a heavy rainfall. The list of certain, possible and maybe candidates have intrigued many including The Atlanta Inquirer. Lately, Inquirer Publisher/Editor John B. Smith, Jr. and I have spent a good portion of evening hours sizing up the possibilities. Some saved us the trouble of…
