Georgia General Assembly

That's the opposite of what somebody who is a public servant is supposed to do.

What are you passionate about? If you get elected into the Georgia General Assembly, what are a handful of the things you really want to go after? And what do you think the issues of the day are right now as you go? And I don't have to tell you that governing and campaigning are not the same sport.

How is it? What do you want people to know about you? And what are you hearing on doorsteps?

And here's the dangerous thing is that I am campaigning about the things I will do to govern.

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if the Georgia General Assembly wanted to do, you know, out of character, something-

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The threshold covers nearly every zip code in America, which means those left out will still be left behind.

I sat through a lot of budget hearings in the Georgia General Assembly, and I also served on the Ways and Means Committee, which is the fancy title we have for the tax committee.

And in my monthly meetings as a state legislator when I met with my constituents, I always started with recent changes to tax policy, because where the government gets its money dictates how it will spend it.

And the choice is rarely to spend on those who need it most.

William returned to his family's cotton plantation after the Civil War and became the chairman of the Savannah Cotton Exchange and the vice president of the Merchants National Bank.

He was also the founder of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company and was elected to the Georgia Assembly from 1884 to 1889.

He eventually began the cotton broker firm Tyson and Gordon, which was later renamed W.W. Gordon and Company.

As a child living with her family on the cotton plantation, Juliette was often ill and developed partial hearing loss as a child.

Hosea, well, Hosea, let me ask you this, Hosea Williams.

Do you feel then that during that time when you went into the Atlanta Council, when you went into the Georgia Legislature, when you became commissioner there in the, uh, in one of the richest counties in the world, was Hosea Williams at that time looking out for Hosea Williams?

At that time, I was looking out for Hosea Williams.

And that's why I had contributed to turning the dream into a nightmare.

We're losing it every year, and I think everybody knows that.

So the Georgia General Assembly has just as much impact on where and how we hunt and fish in this state.

Here's the 2026 scorecard.

We had some wins, we had some losses, and we have some unfinished business.

When you look at 2026 and out there on the doorstep, I have to imagine that your district – I don't know it as well as you do, but I know it better than most people who just listen to the radio station – I see a lot of people who are very irritated with the federal government, and I think plenty of that is deserved.

But talk about the differences between what you see on TV with the Republican Party and the issues in Washington and how your Georgia General Assembly has candidly just behaved like entirely different beings.

You're absolutely right.

The number one complaint that we get at doors right now, especially election season, is what are you going to do about Washington? And the answer is we can't control Washington.

So talk about the experience of getting indicted, and where I have a question, I'm going to ask you.

Because I don't have many people like you, and I've ventured to guess the majority of listeners on the station know that Fannie Willis indicted President Trump and a dozen other people.

I don't think near the top of anyone's mind, and I don't mean this disrespectfully, is Sean Still, resident of South Forsyth County and member of the Georgia General Assembly.

So take it.