TORPY: Want to win bigly in court? Get jurors with MAGA hats
You know you’ve entered Bizzarro World territory when Georgia’s last Democratic governor would strike Brian Kemp from a jury but would keep Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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TORPY: Keisha Lance Bottoms a dream candidate — for the GOP
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who said she’d talk when she makes her candidacy official, has a steep hill to climb.
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OPINION: Data centers gobble electricity. Will ratepayers eat those costs?
Data centers suck a huge amount of electricity, forcing Georgia Power to go on a building spree not seen in its 120-plus year industry.
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TORPY: Cellphone ban in schools is a bid to prevent mush brains
Starting next year, Georgia’s elementary and middle school students will have to go cold turkey from their phones during school hours.
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TORPY: Hate leads the shouting hour outside progressive churches
It was 10 minutes before Sunday’s service at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Atlanta’s Grant Park when the amplified hell-and-brimstone squad arrived at its steps.
TORPY: Progress on Atlanta’s Tree Ordinance is like a slow growing oak
When Atlanta discussed changing its tree ordinance, columnist Bill Torpy wrote it would be finished "not long before the leaves change color.” That was in 2019.
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TORPY: Applaud Dickens’ side step on $250M Beltline bar-hopping ride
The proposed 2-mile streetcar extension that I’ve called a boondoggle in the making and an expensive bar-hopping party vehicle gets shelved.