Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 'dirty underwear all over the floor'

Two maps are voted through and a third soon will be, after seven days of special session map-gazing and persistent pleas from Democrats for Republicans to do what's right. Pfft. As Senator Elena Parent put it, "This is like the Republicans' mother scolded them and said 'clean your room,' and instead of doing that, they hung up a couple of shirts and left all the dirty underwear all over the floor." She joined me today, fresh from the state Capitol, to exasperate with me over the futility in trying to reason with her GOP colleagues and get her sense as to what will come of it. Waiting on the AJC to cover the APD scandal The Guardian already has might be lengthy. In the meanwhile, they are covering legal costs the city's incurring to combat referendum efforts, plus a forthcoming documentary and podcast about the fight. Oh, and X (formerly Twitter) sought tax breaks from Fulton County, and I chose to borrow an Elon Musk phrase to coin what I'd say to them if I were on the Fulton development board that ultimately said "not now."