Election recommendations (Georgia)

Since I have received a few calls/texts/emails already asking my opinion on some of the candidates and questions on the ballot, I figured it might be helpful to list a few of my recommendations (I hesitate to call them "endorsements", since that implies someone in some position of authority might actually care what I think!). I welcome feedback, questions, follow-up comments, etc. 

I'm not going to list each and every race, because so many of them are district-specific and outside of my scope of knowledge, and others are ones where I don't have a strong opinion. Here goes:

President/VP: Obama/Biden

U.S. Senate: Jim Martin

State Court of Appeals: Christopher McFadden (although there are some other good candidates here too, like Edenfield and Meyer von Bremen)

Public Service Commission: Jim Powell

State Senate District 42: David Adelman

DeKalb County offices:

Superior Court: Tom Stubbs

Superior Court: Johnny Mason (note - there are two different judge races here)

School Board, District 2: Marshall Orson

School Board, District 9: Ernest Brown (although I know less about this race)

State Constitutional Amendments:

#1 - No, although I certainly understand why some would vote yes (and the Sierra Club has endorsed this one). Basically, it would give tax breaks to owners of large tracts of forest land who keep their land as forests for 15 years (owners of tracts under 200 acres already get this tax break). 

#2 - Yes. This allows for the funding of TADs (Tax Allocation Districts), such as funding the Beltline, by using money from school districts if they so choose.

#3 - No. This would give private developers the ability to raise bond money to pay for the development of "private cities".

DeKalb County Referenda:

Yes for CEO presiding over meetings with the Commission setting its own agenda

Yes for various homestead exemptions

Undecided for school uniforms (mostly I just think it's dumb that we vote on a nonbinding referendum on this topic - isn't this what we elect school board members to decide?)

Again, feedback, comments, and questions are welcomed. And whether or not you agree with me, you should go vote!

Election info

For those of you in DeKalb County who aren't sure about things like your State House and Senate and County Commission and School Board Districts, here's a helpful site from the County:

https://dklbweb.dekalbga.org/voter/street.htm

I'm considering posting a list of my "endorsements", and will hopefully have something up on that soon.

And as you vote, keep in mind the words of that sage political/social commentator Jimmy Buffett:

Are we destined to be ruled by a bunch of old white men
Who compare the world to football and are programmed to defend?

A new candidate

Consider this option (click here).

Oh yes, and more serious posts to follow soon.