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Illegal immigration is crime

July 14, 2024 By D.A. King

Pro-enforcement Americans should talk back to liberal media

By now in the ongoing illegal alien invasion and colonization of the United States, even the most unaware Americans must surely recognize the endless effort from the left to intentionally conflate “immigrants” with illegal aliens. And to convince us that illegal aliens are less likely to commit crimes than Americans. The intentional push by the liberal media stenographers to happily assist with the endeavor does not and will not end the activist propaganda campaign.

One of the legacy media/Democrat (my apologies for the repetition) goals is to auto-paint as “anti-immigrant” Americans who demand the nation’s immigration laws be enforced or notice the resulting crime.” It’s a “pro-enforcement opinion on immigration is “hate” effort on the part of media.

Here is a March example from NPR of this pre-planned dishonesty titled “Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find” posted after an illegal alien allegedly murdered Laken Riley in Athens. NPR “reporter” Jasmine Garsd quotes U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R- AL): “She (Laken Riley) was brutally murdered by one of the millions of illegal border crossers President Biden chose to release into our homeland. Y’all … as a mom, I can’t quit thinking about this. I mean, this could have been my daughter. This could have been yours.”

NPR in the very next paragraph: “The claim that immigration brings on a crime wave can be traced back to the first immigrants who arrived in the U.S. Ever since the 1980s and ’90s, this false narrative saw a resurgence.”

See what they did there? Illegal immigration is simply “immigration.”

“False narrative” indeed.

Here is another example from the despicable Atlanta Journal Constitution in a recent report on the June Biden-Trump debate (“Hispanic voters in Georgia react to a debate that often centered on immigration”). It’s from their immigration writer, Lautaro Grinspan with assistance from another AJC typist, Helena Oliverio. The piece explains to the reader that Trump asserts the U.S. Mexico border is considered the most dangerous place in the world. He pointed to the fact that illegal border crossings have reached record highs during the Biden administration. The topic is illegal immigration.

The AJC: “While some individuals who entered the country illegally have gone on to commit violent crimes, including here in Georgia, data shows that a vast majority of immigrants don’t. According to a Northwestern University study published earlier this year, immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born citizens (italics mine).

See what they did there?

The AJC’s front page slogan is “The Substance and soul of the south.”

  • Bonus reading on the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper

 

The far-left NPR is also one of many anti-enforcement outlets pushing this gem: “There is also state level research, that shows similar results: researchers at the CATO Institute, a libertarian think tank, looked into Texas in 2019. They found that undocumented immigrants were 37.1% less likely to be convicted of a crime. (italics mine). Not said: CATO is an open borders concern. Readers who doubt that statement should read “Forget the Wall Already, It’s Time for the U.S. to Have Open Borders” – the CATO Institute, July, 2018.

Pro-enforcement readers should know and use some static truth on illegal immigration.

  • “Illegal Entry”/8 U.S.C. § 1325 makes it a crime to unlawfully enter the United States. A first offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, up to six months in prison, or both.
  • “Illegal Re-Entry”/8 U.S.C. § 1326 makes it a crime to unlawfully reenter, attempt to unlawfully reenter, or to be found in the United States after having been deported, ordered removed, or denied admission. This crime is punishable as a felony with a maximum sentence of two years in prison.
  • Illegal employment is the main driver of illegal immigration in the U.S.
  • It is a federal offense to knowingly hire an “undocumented worker” (8 USC 1324(a).
  • The use of a false Social Security Number or card to obtain a benefit is a felony, punishable by a fine, and up to five years in prison (SSA.gov) .
  • Identity theft is a crime (IRS.gov).

Illegal immigration is organized crime.

Responsible conservatives should fight back by talking back to the left – including media – with an educated voice.

Because silence is consent.

  • The above column was also published by The Islander newspaper in Glynn County, Georgia on July 15, 2024.

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Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens Misleads on Lifesaving 287(g) Program

June 26, 2024 By D.A. King

 

Newly sworn Cobb Co. Sheriff Craig Owens proudly displays memo he said ended 287(g) in the jail. Jan 19, 2021. PHOTO MDJ

“At a recent (FOP) candidate event, both Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens and his challenger, David Cavender, took some questions from the audience, which included questions about 287(g).”

Center for Immigration Studies

Georgia Sheriff Misleads on 287(g) Program

Simply honoring ICE detainers is not the same as being a proactive partner with federal law enforcement

By Jon Feere on June 19, 2024

In 2007, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office became Georgia’s first local law enforcement agency to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and participate in the critical public safety program known as 287(g). After years of successful identifications and removals of criminal aliens from Georgia, newly elected Sheriff Craig Owens ended the 287(g) partnership immediately upon taking office in 2021. The Biden administration didn’t make any attempt to maintain the partnership, apparently okay with the release of criminal aliens into American communities.

Now, Sheriff Owens is claiming that the 287(g) program is no different than honoring ICE detainers, which is entirely inaccurate and an obvious attempt to hide from his pro-illegal immigration record during an election year.

  • Related reading: Cobb County (GA) Sheriff Craig Owens invited a mariachi band to celebrate his announcement to drop lifesaving 287(g) program

The fact is this: Without the training and equipment that 287(g) sheriffs receive as part of this critical ICE partnership, Sheriff Owens and his employees cannot identify whether a person they’ve arrested for a criminal act is in the country illegally. That inability to identify criminal alien status has undoubtedly resulted in the release of dangerous individuals back into American communities.

The 287(g) Program Is Critical. As described by ICE, “The 287(g) Program enhances the safety and security of our nation’s communities by allowing ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) to partner with state and local law enforcement agencies to identify and remove incarcerated criminal noncitizens who are amenable to removal” from the United States. The program has been key to identifying countless criminal aliens sitting in jails on account of already having been arrested by local law enforcement. Officers working for law enforcement agencies throughout the nation have received training from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on how to identify criminal aliens so that the individuals can be handed over to ICE for removal, rather than be released back into their communities.

There are a number of reasons the 287(g) program is critical to public safety. Sometimes ICE is aware that a criminal alien has been arrested by local law enforcement. For example, when a sheriff’s department takes an individual’s fingerprints, after having arrested and booked the individual for a violation of some local or state law, the prints are entered into a federal system and will result in a flag for ICE if the individual is an alien who has had a previous run-in with federal law enforcement (e.g., a previous deportation). In such an instance where a record exists, ICE will generally issue a detainer to the sheriff, requesting that the local law enforcement agency continue to detain the individual until an ICE officer can be sent to the jail and transfer the alien into federal custody. Sanctuary jurisdictions generally ignore these detainers and release criminal aliens back into our communities.

However, there are many instances where an alien arrested by local law enforcement for a violation has no federal record (e.g., they may have entered the country illegally without encountering the Border Patrol), and the fingerprints do not result in a flag to ICE. It’s in these instances where training local law enforcement receives through the 287(g) partnership is critical in initiating the identification and removal of a criminal alien. After making the right inquiries, sheriffs will alert ICE to the potential removability of an individual they’ve arrested instead of automatically releasing them back into the community, where they might reoffend.

Once a Benefit to Cobb County. The 287(g) program was instrumental in identifying serious criminal aliens in Cobb County jails and opponents of immigration enforcement are well aware of this.

Those who oppose 287(g) are explicitly in support of releasing criminal aliens into our communities. The case studies below are a handful of examples of criminal aliens that the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office identified through the 287(g) program. They are available in ICE’s monthly 287(g) reports that the Biden administration stopped publishing as soon as President Biden took office.

Notably, one of these 287(g) encounters occurred right after the current anti-287(g) sheriff was elected (but before he was sworn in, in December 2020) and involved a Jamaican national sentenced to 10 years for armed robbery. Other examples include illegal aliens arrested for rape and child molestation, crimes that one would think a serious sheriff would want to ensure resulted in prosecution and deportation. But under Sheriff Owens, there’s no telling what is happening to individuals with similar records who are arrested by his officers. We do know that they are no longer being identified as removable aliens by his office, and it’s more than likely ICE is not detecting them — since many enter the United States clandestinely on unknown dates — and they are simply being released instead of being transferred to ICE custody.

  • On November 16, 2020, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office 287(g) Program encountered a citizen of Jamaica sentenced to 10 years for armed robbery, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony, and possession of marijuana and placed an immigration detainer and warrant on the subject. The subject was last admitted into the United States a conditional lawful resident.
  • On January 2, 2020, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office 287(g) Program encountered a citizen of Honduras charged with statutory rape and placed an immigration detainer and warrant on the subject. The subject entered the United States on an unknown date and location without inspection.
  • On November 11, 2019, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office 287(g) Program encountered a citizen of El Salvador charged with child molestation and placed an immigration detainer and warrant on the subject. The subject entered the United States on an unknown date and location without inspection.
  • On March 10, 2020, the Cobb County 287(g) Program encountered a citizen of Guatemala charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without a valid license and placed an immigration detainer and warrant on the subject. The subject entered the United States on an unknown date and location without inspection.
  • On August 23, 2020, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office 287(g) Program encountered a citizen of Mexico charged with simple battery and driving on an expired license and placed an immigration detainer and warrant on the subject. The subject has previous convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while license suspended, cruelty to children-1st degree, obstructing or hindering persons making emergency telephone call, cruelty to children-3rd degree, false imprisonment, and aggravated assault. The subject entered the United States as a lawful permanent resident.
  • On October 26, 2020, the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office 287(g) Program encountered a citizen of Mexico for driving on a suspended license and failure to yield to a pedestrian at crosswalk and placed an immigration detainer and warrant on the subject. The subject has two prior convictions for driving under the influence. The subject entered the United States on an unknown date and location without inspection.

Why Sheriff Owens wouldn’t want similar identifications of criminal aliens to continue is hard to imagine, but he’s very proud of helping criminal aliens in his jails evade deportation, calling his ending of the 287(g) partnership a “historic moment for Cobb County”. It may be historic in that it’s likely the first time a Cobb County sheriff has moved to protect drunk driving child rapists in our country illegally.

Criminal Aliens Benefit from Cobb County Ending 287(g) Partnership. At a recent candidate event, both Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens and his challenger, David Cavender, took some questions from the audience, which included questions about 287(g). Sheriff Owens obfuscated… read the entire CIS post here .

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Martha Zoller’s proposed amnesty guidelines vs Joe Biden’s amnesty – how far apart are they really?

June 19, 2024 By D.A. King

Martha Zoller

 

Being that she has pushed similar goop for a large part of the year so far, we’ll be quite interested to hear what Kemp Republican and radio show host Martha Zoller has to say about the amnesty the Democrats perpetrated  yesterday.  Having been extremely busy with pro-enforcement matters under the Gold Dome, I haven’t tuned in to Zoller in quite a while. The guess from here is that she slowed down her relentless push for amnesty when Nikki Haley dropped out of the GOP race for president. But maybe not.

For those readers who haven’t heard Martha Zoller’s guidelines for which illegal aliens would be eligible for legalization you can see here and here and here and here for a sample (don’t miss the repeated premise that Gov. Brain Kemp betrayed his promise to go after illegal immigration in Georgia because the number of illegal aliens increased so much after he was elected). The basics of the Martha Zoller amnesty plan include illegal aliens with ITINs, illegal alien DACA recipients, and illegal alien”families” that have been able to dodge nearly non-existent efforts at deportation for twenty-ish years (it varies) should be legalized.

President Joe Biden

Martha refers to Americans who fight any amnesty as “hard liners.” We note that those “hardliners” include a large majority of Americans, including Hispanic Americans. Most people do not agree with Martha Zoller on her push for amnesty.

  • Related reading: Illegal immigration’s biggest losers? America’s poor.

We hope to be able to listen in and see what Martha says about the Biden amnesty – here’s a fact sheet on that event from the Immigration Accountability Project in Washington D.C.

Like the proposed Martha Zoller amnesty, Biden’s executive action will likely add a lot of voters to the Democrat’s rolls in the near future.

 

 

 

 

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Amnesty for illegals? Former state Senator Mike Dugan would not get my vote for GA03 Rep in congress

June 15, 2024 By D.A. King

 

 

Updated 5:38 PM June 15: I think I repaired the typos. I inserted a few more links to educate the reader. dak

 

Immigration “reform” and a “path to citizenship” would be the largest single addition to Democrat voter roles in history.

When asked about his “…priority immigration legislation for the country” if elected to congress in the June 9, 2024 GA 03 candidate debate in Atlanta, Mike Dugan replied with an immediate reference to immigration “reform.”

Q: “Senator, while you were working in the State House, you worked on several Georgia-specific ways to regulate immigration. If elected into Congress, the picture gets much bigger in what you could do. What would be your priority immigration legislation for the country?

Mike Dugan: “I think I would… It’s a two-part deal. Uh, first, before we do any immigration reform, we have to shut down the border. The- the border situation right now, it’s a- it’s a local public safety issue, it’s a humanitarian issue, it’s a national security issue. Until we shut that down with federal government working in coordination with the states, not in opposition to, we can’t really discuss immigration reform. Once it… border is shut down, then we do need to take a long, hard look at immigration reform ’cause we need new people coming into the country. We need skill sets that we had… don’t have readily available up in the numbers that we need here in- in the U.S. So that there… It’s a two-part deal, and you can’t do both of ’em at the same time.”

Audio:

https://immigrationpoliticsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dugan-debate-9-june.m4a

 

A heads-up from here for trusting Republican voters voters who only read the daily headlines and get their “facts” from “the news”: On immigration, “reform” is the establishment code for amnesty. Legalization – like 1986. Make ’em legal – like 1986. Give them a work permit. It’s the mo’ money answer to illegal immigration that has been tossed out by politicians for the twenty years I have been active on immigration. Dugan’s answer is that we will “shut down” the border then we will “reform” immigration so as to create more (legal) workers and then we will import more immigrants because we need “skill sets.”

It’s amnesty and increased immigration – and “we’ll tell you when the border is ‘shut down’. Trust us.”

  • Related reading: “Immigration Reform” Equals Amnesty for Illegal Aliens and Their Employers
Mike Dugan

If voting Republicans were allowed even a shred of useful education and knowledge on the immigration reality and what happened in 1986, Dugan would likely only get votes from the business community.

This pro-enforcement advocate watched Dugan in the state Senate for the entire eleven years he was there. While not very illegal immigration vote he made was bad, many were horrible in that he went along with the “anything for a buck” agenda of the real bosses of much of Georgia state government – The Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Big Ag and the lobbyists for business interests.

Perhaps the most memorable is Dugan’s support for the 2023 Democrat bill, SB 264 as second signer. That beauty was pushed by a lobbyist for the refugee industry, Darlene Lynch (she/her). Lynch boasts of her partnership with the Georgia Chamber in something they call “Business and Immigration for Georgia (“BIG”)and uses that connect to sell bills to wayward Republicans who are directed to create a larger work force quicker at any cost. (Lynch once promoted the idea of reciprocity in occupational licenses not only with other states, but other nations.)

Democrat Sen. Kim Jackson (L) and Darlene Lynch from Coalition of Refugee Services (CRSA) & Business and Immigration in Georgia (BIG) present SB 264. Senate Higher Ed, committee hearing, March 16, 2023.

SB 264 with lead sponsor Democrat Kim Jackson was dropped in the state Senate in February of 2023. When it was presented in the GOP-run Senate Higher Education Committee, it was Lynch who did most of the talking. The entire purpose of the bill was to change long standing state law on the requirement that newly arrived Georgia residents live in the state for twelve months before they can be regarded as “residents” for purposes of instate tuition at our taxpayer funded colleges and tech schools. With Dugan as the number two sponsor, the language of the bill would have allowed foreign nationals who came to the U.S. as refugees, “Special Visa Immigrants” (mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan) and recipients of the biden administration’s seemingly endless “humanitarian parole” to skip the waiting twelve month period – they would have been eligible for the huge reduction in tuition of instate tuition the day they arrived here. Americans moving here from Michigan and the rest of the nation would still be required to wait for a year before qualifying for the lower tuition rate.

I referred to SB 264, Sen. Mike Dugan cosponsor, as (yet another) “Americans last” measure.

It gets worse. When I wrote about the legislation in my regular column in Dugan’s home town newspaper, The (Carroll County) Star News, the editor gave my copy to Dugan who was able to write a rebuttal in the same edition. Point by point Dugan misrepresents the bill and even told readers it had never even seen a hearing – and that it didn’t;t matter anyway because the bill was dead because the 2023 session had ended. The fact is that I watched the hearing, and that Georgia runs on a biennial system for the legislature- the bill was quite alive for the 2024 session. I think he had Lynch write his response to me and never even checked it.

  • You can read about that bizarre response and my fact check here.

There is a lot more, but if voters liked Paul Ryan and John McCain on immigration, they should look forward to Mike Dugan going to Washington.

I know very little about Dugan’s primary runoff opponent.

 

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D.A. King on Scott Ryfun’s “Straight Talk” radio show in Coastal Georgia – Audio – Dual Enrollment 5 June 2024

June 5, 2024 By D.A. King

https://immigrationpoliticsga.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/scott-ryfun-DAK-June-5-2024.m4a

Scott Ryfun

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GA Republican Senate PAC Spent $23K to defeat a Primary Challenger — Dual Enrollment Now “An Issue” In a Runoff #ShawnStill

June 3, 2024 By D.A. King

“Republicans under the Gold Dome don’t like to talk about Dual Enrollment because it illustrates the ongoing effort to reward and encourage illegal immigration in Georgia. It is not clear if Laken Riley’s family knows about this gem.”

A previous topic in this space concerned a Republican Primary election contest in Middle Georgia’s 20th Senate District between incumbent Larry Walker and challenger Tori Branum. Readers may remember that the story involved another state Senator, Shawn Still (R- Norcross) trying to convince U.S. Marine Corps veteran Branum to drop out of the race while claiming to be a veteran himself. After this writer asked Sen. Still about his time in the service he admitted that he was never really in the military.

Senator Shawn Still (R- Norcross)

We also explained that Still told Branum she should abandon her challenge to Walker because Walker ran the Republican Senate caucus PAC – incorporated as ‘Peach State Values Inc.” I reported that control of the PAC changed from Walker to another senator (Matt Brass, R- Newnan) a few days before scathing campaign ads from the PAC went out to voters attacking Branum’s character.

Peach State Values alleged that Branum has a “criminal record.” She says that’s not true. The Walker camp has yet to offer any record of any conviction – or an apology. The slogan at Peach State Values Inc. is “promoting the values that make Georgia great.“

Tori Branum says state officials should address illegal immigration in Georgia. Walker says it’s up to President Joe Biden.

Sen. Larry Walker (R-Perry)

Walker won the Primary.

Branum, a first-time candidate, campaigned for a mere ten weeks and received an impressive 23% of the votes. She says she is anxious to try again in 2026. We hope she does. Better government comes about from many methods, none more impactful than incumbents having viable Primary challengers – it should happen in every election.

The word around the Capitol is that Sen. Larry Walker may run for Secretary of State in 2026.

How badly did the Republican Senate Caucus PAC want to keep Ms. Branum out of the state Senate?  Peach State Values Inc. spent $23,611 in opposition to Tori Branum in the May Primary according to state records. As I wrote last time, the state salary for a Senator is $23,341.00 according to BallotPedia.org.

I am still digesting official records on this caper, but for those who are wondering from where the Republican Senator’s Peach State Values PAC gets the funding to oppose Republican challengers, I point to something called the ‘Georgia Republican Senatorial Committee Inc.’ – yes, it’s another GOP Senate PAC. State records show that the latter sent $50,000 to the former in 2020 and $100,000 in 2022.

I am still learning about the system and waiting for more recent numbers, but even for this two-decade denizen of the Gold Dome, this new-to-me knowledge creates an irresistible desire to take a long shower.

A Primary race and Dual Enrollment in Coastal Georgia

Speaking of Republican Primary races, the House District 180 runoff contest in Coastal Georgia (Camden and south Glynn counties) between Incumbent Rep. Steven Sainz and challenger Glenn Cook has created some statewide interest for pro-enforcement conservatives, including this writer.

I have minimal experience with Sainz but can offer that after I had written about the fact that illegal aliens are not excluded from Georgia’s Dual Enrollment program, he informed me in January that he had a bill “ready to go” to reform the system.

What is Dual Enrollment? Run on the premise that giving high school students a jump on a college education helps with “expanding the workforce”, the Dual Enrollment program puts the students – illegal aliens included – in zero cost (not even books and fees) college classes courtesy of Georgia taxpayers. From the Georgia Dept of Education website:

“Dual Enrollment ​is designed to prepare students for college and career opportunities leading students to postsecondary institutions for an industry recognized certification or lic​ensure, an associate and/or higher college ​​​degree, and successful employment.”

Here, it should be noted that federal law creates criminal penalties for employment of illegal aliens. 

Republicans under the Gold Dome don’t like to talk about Dual Enrollment because it illustrates the ongoing effort to reward and encourage illegal immigration in Georgia. It is not clear if Laken Riley’s family knows about this gem.

Rep Sainz eventually dropped a bill aimed at Dual Enrollment in late March, just before the end of the 2024 session and long after it had any chance of passage.

My long-time friend and Camden County Republican Bob Trent has endorsed Glenn Cook in this race and says that Cook has committed to reforming the Dual Enrollment mess.

Bob is a retired Senior Special Agent of the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (US INS). He spent ten years as a uniformed Border Patrol agent. His final assignment was as the Assistant Director, Enforcement Training, U.S. Immigration Officer Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA.

Trent has cut a video in support of Cook.

It appears that at least for now, Dual Enrollment is “an issue” in a Georgia election.

A version of the above column was also published in The Islander newspaper in Glynn County, GA. on June 3, 2024.

#LarryWalker #ShawnStill #PeachStateValues #GASenateRepublicans

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The Georgia Republican Senatorial Committee Inc.

May 24, 2024 By D.A. King

 

The Georgia Republican Senatorial Committee Inc.

Incorporated Sept. 5, 2013 by Republican Georgia state Senators Steve Gooch, David Shafer and Ronnie Chance. Current officers are Senators John Kennedy Flanders,  Larry Walker and Steve Gooch.

2013 Annual Registration  Steve Gooch CEO, COO and Secretary.

2014 Annual Registration – Steve Gooch CEO, COO and Secretary.

2015 Annual Registration – John Wilkinson  CEO, COO and Secretary.

2016 Annual Registration – John Wilkinson CEO, COO and Secretary.

2017 Annual Registration – John Wilkinson CEO, COO and Secretary. (Registration filed late (June 26) NOTICE OF INTENET TO DISSOLVE FILED BY SoS OFFICE).

2018 Annual Registration – Butch Miller CEO, Bill Cowsert CFO, John Wilkinson, Secretary.

2019 Annual Registration –  Butch Miller CFO John Wilkinson Secretary, Mike Dugan CEO. (Registration filed late (August 26). NOTICE OF INTENET TO DISSOLVE FILED BY SoS OFFICE).

2020 Annual Registration – Butch Miller CFO, Mike Dugan CEO, John Wilkinson, Secretary

2021 Annual Registration – Butch Miller CFO, John Wilkinson Secretary, Mike Dugan CEO

2022 Annual Registration – Butch Miller CFO, John Wilkinson Secretary, Mike Dugan CEO

2023 Annual Registration – John Kennedy Flanders CEO, Stephen Wade Gooch Secretary Stephen Wade Gooch CFO.

2024 Annual registration John Kennedy Flanders CFO, Lawrence Cohen Walker III CEO, Stephen Wade Gooch Secretary.

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All above information taken from the Georgia Secretary of State Office Corporations Division here

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Arena LLC

May 23, 2024 By D.A. King

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Brian Kemp on HB 1105

May 20, 2024 By D.A. King

Gov. Kemp’s Capitol office phone number is 404-656-1776

Brian Kemp as quoted by 11 Alive news and delivered here today by Georgia pundit.

[Discussing HB 1105, “The Georgia Criminal Alien Track and Report Act of 2024”:]

“This is a state of almost 11 million people,” he said. “And I think people were outraged, and I was too about the whole Laken Riley tragic murder that we saw and somebody that had broken into this country illegally and had been apprehended two different times and was still here, you know, and we didn’t even know he was here.”

Kemp said they talked to municipalities, sheriff’s offices, and others about the bill.

“I think at the end of the day; we got a good piece of legislation that will help with the issue here, to make sure when somebody gets arrested that we’re, you know, checking to make sure that they’re here legally.”

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More on the Republican-Ruled GA Senate Swamp: Integrity Free Campaign Attacks on a (genuine) Military Veteran GOP Senate Candidate — Updated #LarryWalker #ShawnStill #SB354

May 16, 2024 By D.A. King

  • Update: Sen.Larry Walker prevailed in the Primary Election. Tori Branum garnered 23% of the total votes cast. Sen. Shawn Still has not apologized for misrepresenting a record of service in the military. Peach State Values spent $23K to defeat Branum. Walker is rumored to be considering a run for Georgia Secretary of State in 2026. Details here.

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A Republican state Senator back tracks on veteran status, another Republican state Senator and candidate for reelection removes his name from positions on a political PAC just before a former U.S. Marine candidate for the GA Senate office is falsely smeared by the same PAC: Senate District 20.

Georgians who want some insight into some integrity-free political shenanigans involved in state legislative campaigns should consider the GOP Primary race in southern Middle Georgia’s Senate District 20.

Elected in 2015 2014, Senator Larry Walker III (R- Perry) is the incumbent and is quite willing to prove his determination to keep the job. Readers may remember Walker from March when the General Assembly passed one of his anti-enforcement, business-first, “we need more workers!” bills, SB 354. Because it dismantles the existing immigration check involved in occupational licensing for some low skilled jobs in Georgia, this writer worked unsuccessfully to see that measure vetoed.

Sen. Larry Walker (R-Perry)

Larry Walker has a primary opponent in Ms. Tori Branum, a U.S. Marine for eight years with an honorable discharge and who is a now single mother. Two of Branum’s kids are military veterans. A marksmanship instructor when she was on active duty in the Marines, Branum owns and operates ‘Middle Georgia Female Firearms training’ and lives in Dublin, GA.

Tori Branum (R)

Branum would make a terrific conservative Republican state senator. She is pro-enforcement on immigration. She says she would not have voted for SB 354.

Dedicated county GOP leaders often urge ordinary citizens to run for office. Apparently that desire does not extend to everyone in the Republican state Senate caucus. At least one Senator, Shawn Still (R – Norcross) spent considerable time on a March 5 phone call with Branum trying to convince her to drop out of the race against his pal Larry Walker.

At one point in that recorded and online-posted conversation, Still tells Branum that her campaign quest is akin to a “Kamikaze run” because Walker runs the GOP senate caucus PAC. Branum explains to Still that  “…as an American veteran, I have a right to run for office in my country.” Still quickly shot back with what sounds a lot like a direct order: “Tori, don’t, don’t ever say that to me again. I am too. I’ve served proudly, and you don’t need to throw that in my face.”

Still’s claim to past military service caught my ear because I had already read his short bio on the “about Shawn” page of his ‘shawnstill.com’ campaign website. There, Still informs voters that “he attended the University of Alabama as a swimmer and U. S. Air Force ROTC cadet. Diploma in hand and preparing to attend flight school, the end of the Cold War and the election of President Bill Clinton abruptly cancelled Shawn’s plans along with those of most other would-be second lieutenants in the USAF. As a result, he pursued a variety of civilian careers…”

Senator Shawn Still (R-Norcross).

Unable to imagine how the end of the Cold War in 1989-ish and the election of Bill Clinton to the presidency in 1992 could have possibly stopped Shawn Still from becoming an Air Force officer, I asked him for clarification. In his reply he backtracked and explained that he was really never in the military. He is not a veteran. His full response is posted on my blog. As I write, USMC veteran Tori Branum has not received an apology from Republican state Senator Shawn Still.

In 2018, Larry Walker, the District 20 Republican state Senator, registered the Peach State Values Inc. with the GA Secretary of State – it’s a PAC and is known to send scathing, semi-accurate mailers and Facebook ads during the election season aimed at various candidates – including fellow Republicans – for legislative office. From its inception six years ago, Walker was listed as the CEO, COO and Secretary of The Peach State Values Inc. That changed on April 30th, 2024 when an amended annual report was filed with the SoS office that showed a transfer of those corporate positions to another Republican state Senator, Matt Brass of Newnan.

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At least one of the Peach State Values PAC Facebook campaign ads went out in early May aimed at the Senate District 20 race. It was a smear directed at Tori Branum stating that she has a “criminal record.” She doesn’t. You can see a screen shot of that smear on the Dustin Inman Society website.

 Republicans who want to clean out the increasingly odiferous state Senate swamp should be asking why Walker and Brass arranged to replace Walker on the official corporate record at the Secretary of State office.

Senator Matt Brass (R-Newnan)

I asked them both. Walker told me to ask Brass. Brass did not reply.

It could be that it is a violation of campaign finance laws for a PAC to coordinate with a political campaign.

Campaign finance is not this writer’s area of expertise, but the complaint I will file against Walker and Brass for coordinating and strategizing to smear Tori Branum and promote Walkers reelection with their PAC will cite OCGA 21-5-3(15) that I found on page 2, here.

According to Ballotpedia the annual state legislative base salary is $23,341.72  plus a per diem of $247 during the legislative session.

There is more to this story of the merciless attacks from the Larry Walker camp on Tori Branum. Space does not allow me to expand but readers and voters should be asking what drives Larry Walker and his Senate pals to so dishonestly attack an honest, pro-enforcement fellow Republican challenger.

We don’t think it’s the state salary that comes with the office.

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