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We are hoping that you will visit the General Assembly one or more days while they are in session.  If you have never visited the Capitol, here are a few tips that may be helpful. Georgia Capitol 206 Washington Street Atlanta, GA PLAN EXTRA TIME – If you want to be inside for a...

Updated 3/2/17 Here is what is going on in the General Assembly this year (the 40 most dangerous days in Georgia).  To track legislation yourself visit the General Assembly page: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/Search.aspx Please send us emails (info@utpog.com) or post a comment for...

You should know by now that Hillary Clinton received 19,000 more votes than did Donald Trump in Gwinnett County.  Clinton won 50.2% of the vote while Trump took less than 45%. It is always interesting to look at how votes break down by area, so we have taken all the precincts in the County...

No fluff – here are just the facts about the attempted recount by Green Party candidate Jill Stein: Final Electoral Results – Trump 306 Clinton 232 Going for recount in: Wisconsin (10 electoral votes)  Michigan (16 electoral votes)  and Pennsylvania  (20 electoral votes) Three...

The County has a group sending out slick mail pieces and putting up signs promoting the SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales TAX).  This is understandable, since a few well connected groups will make hundreds of millions of dollars if it passes.  Unfortunately there is nobody being paid...

Peace for Our Time – A book review by Bill Evelyn Not willing to risk another conflict in the Middle East the Obama administration secretly struck a deal with Tehran’s Mullahs. “In a positive sign, Rouhani’s political allies gained seats in the Iranian parliament in January...

Posted by Bruce Duncil This November 8th general election you will find for your approval 4 proposed Amendments – in the form of questions – to the Georgia Constitution.  These ballot measures can be found on the Secretary of State’s website.  A majority of voters approving...

If you missed our August meeting in Cumming, you missed an interesting story. Sen. Williams related a firsthand account of an incident that occurred aboard a Delta flight.  At the meeting he told the names of all the individuals involved, but for the purpose of this retelling I will just...

If you missed the Georgia GOP State Convention June 4th in Augusta one of the highlights was a resolution passed by the delegates to “Get Back to Basics” of the Republican Party principles Read by State Senator Josh McKoon, who had to pause for numerous applause breaks, the...

The Gwinnett County Public School System (GCPS) has come out with a response to the new federal guidelines on treatment of transgender students.  They have taken a step in the right direction.  But what did they actually say, and what does it mean? Click HERE to view the GCPS statement One of...

Here are the sample ballots for Gwinnett and Forsyth County for the May 24 Primary Election: Gwinnett County Democratic Party Ballot – Primary and Nonpartisan General Election – May 24, 2016 Republican Party Ballot – Primary and Nonpartisan General Election – May 24,...

We have had David Bores at several of our meetings.  Mr. Bores is one of the most outspoken experts on the threat that Jihad, immigration and Izlamization pose to our culture. His presentation was filled with facts – to many to reproduce here – but David was kind enough to give us...

Appeal NOW to Reduce Your Gwinnett Property Taxes Did the County drastically increase the value of your home in 2016?  Don’t agree with the their assessment of your home’s Market Value or the increase in your Gwinnett Property Taxes?  You only have until the middle of May to get it changed....

Subject: SB 320 From: <Butch.Conway@gwinnettcounty.<mailto:Butch.Conway@gwinnettcounty.c>> Date: Fri, February 19, 2016 4:27 pm To: <Butch.Conway@gwinnettcounty.c<mailto:Butch.Conway@gwinnettcounty.c>> Good afternoon – I don’t often speak on pending legislation, but as...

Last year we had a public forum of sorts with the State Senator and State Representative for the Cumming area.  Our friend Nydia Tisdale was there to record what transpired.  They discuss their ideas about government and the issues that may come up in the 2016 Georgia Legislative session.  If...

During Obama’s Gun Town Hall he had a setup question from Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.  This was clearly a plant, and I am disappointed that so few picked up on it.  Obama wanted to make people think it was absurd that the administration would try and...

The Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials has asked Gwinnett and Hall counties to provide Spanish-language ballots.  They are claiming that without having ballots in Spanish, many Puerto Ricans, who are American citizens, will not be able to vote.  The counties have asked the...

For the Georgia General Assembly.  2016 is technically the second half of the session, with some bills held over from last year.  Here is what we are watching now, with minimal comments so the article is not too long – but some of these things are BIG.  We will be updating this page as...

Middle East expert George Birnbaum, former Chief of Staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was the featured speaker at one of our Cumming meetings in 2015.  Mr. Birnbaum, a frequent guest on CNN and Fox News, has worked with leaders throughout Europe and the Middle East –...

Thanks to our friends at Refugee Resettlement Relief for this critical update:   ACTION ALERT-Call your members of the House and Senate (202-224-3121) and ask them to vigorously oppose the Refugee Resettlement funding contained in the Omnibus Spending Bill that will be voted on by...

We were fortunate to have both of the Legislators for the Cumming area at our November meeting.  State Senator Michael Williams and Representative Sheri Gilligan were on hand to discuss issues from education to gambling, from religious freedom and legalized gambling to state sovereignty.  A...

In many Georgia counties, the government is trying to get us to raise our own taxes again.  And we will probably do it.  Since the eSPLOST (Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) program was created in 1996, 94% of all referendums have passed.  But we still need to get out and vote...

Do you live in Rep. Brooks Coleman’s district? We are working with other groups to try and get an Education Savings Account (ESA) established in Georgia and Rep. Coleman is a key vote. Under an ESA, the state would place the amount of money it spends for a child’s education into a...

In thinking through the 2016 Presidential election, I realized that it is very likely that the next President will either be Donald Trump or whoever wins the Democratic nomination. If you see a problem with my logic, please let me know.  But it seems to me that most of the election scenarios...