In the Loop
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Broun Blasts Ryan Budget
Pictured above: A liberal.
It's going to be damn near impossible to get to Paul Broun's right in the 2014 Republican Senate primary. Athens' congressman penned an op-ed for The New York Times today in which he attacks former vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan's austere budget proposal.
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AthHalf Wants Taxpayer Funding
Registration for the October race opens today.
Athens-Clarke commissioner and AthFest Executive Director Jared Bailey made a pitch for funding for AthHalf, AthFest's half marathon fundraiser to the Athens Downtown Development Authority on Tuesday.
The ADDA has a pot of money to help fund downtown events, but the board has declined to give any to AthHalf—a decision Bailey took issue with. Although the race starts downtown, the board decided it wasn't really a downtown event because it winds through other neighborhoods and ends at Sanford Stadium.
"I think that was not a valid point," Bailey said. "I think it's very much a downtown event." He noted that participants gather at the Classic Center and usually return downtown after the race, and that spectators also gather there.
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Looks Like Bill Cowsert Is Running for Congress
He won't make it official until later this month, but it's obvious from this news release that state Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) is running for Rep. Paul Broun's congressional seat now that Broun's running for U.S. Senate.
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Karl Rove Is Coming to Athens
Republican strategist Karl Rove is headlining the Georgia GOP convention, scheduled for May 17–18 at the Classic Center. From the AJC:
“He’s a good speaker whether you agree with him or not,” (party chairwoman Sue) Everhart said. She approached the former political aide to President George W. Bush after learning he’d be in town for a fundraiser for Secretary of State Brian Kemp that same May 17-18 weekend.
Artur Davis of Virginia and former congressman Allen West of Florida, both African-American Republicans, will also speak that weekend.
But it is Rove’s appearance that is likely to spark controversy. The GOP race to replace U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss should be in full swing by then.
Rove's latest endeavor is the Conservative Victory Project, a Super PAC that will funnel money to "electable" Republican candidates during primary races in an effort to keep the Todd Akins of the world off the November ballot. That puts him at the forefront of the establishment movement to stop our very own Paul Broun, whose extreme statements will come back to haunt him in a general election, many Republicans fear.
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Legal Seminar Extolls the Personal Touch in the Law
Participants and spectators enjoyed a day and a half of homage to the personalities of the local law.
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