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Update and addition to Oct. 3 Carroll County government compliant sent to Sheriff Terry Langley

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Original complaint here.

Additional information here and here.

31 October 2022

To:

Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley

1000 Newnan Rd.

Carrollton, GA. 30116

770-830-5942

Re: Addition to my Complaint and request for investigation – Carroll County government officials’ violations of OCGA 50-36-1, OCGA 50-36-2, OCGA 36-60-6 (and now, OCGA 13-10-91)

 

Dear Sheriff Langley,

Thank you very much for your time on the phone today and for agreeing to forward my complaint of October 3, 2022 to the GBI. Please add OCGA 13-10-91 to the list of state laws involved in the complaint.

On October 4 of this year I sent an open records request to Carroll County government asking for a copy of the affidavit used to fulfill the requirements in OCGA 13-10-91 regarding contractors and E-Verify.

For clarity, I paste a relevant part of that law below:

“A public employer shall not enter into a contract for the physical performance of services unless the contractor registers and participates in the federal work authorization program. Before a bid for any such service is considered by a public employer, the bid shall include a signed, notarized affidavit from the contractor attesting to the following:

(A) The affiant has registered with, is authorized to use, and uses the federal work authorization program;

(B) The user identification number and date of authorization for the affiant;

(C) The affiant will continue to use the federal work authorization program throughout the contract period;  and

(D) The affiant will contract for the physical performance of services in satisfaction of such contract only with subcontractors who present an affidavit to the contractor with the same information required by subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph.

An affidavit required by this subsection shall be considered an open public record once a public employer has entered into a contract for physical performance of services; provided, however, that any information protected from public disclosure by federal law or by Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 shall be redacted.  Affidavits shall be maintained by the public employer for five years from the date of receipt.

(2) A contractor shall not enter into any contract with a public employer for the physical performance of services unless the contractor registers and participates in the federal work authorization program.”

The response I received contained copies of two documents involving building permits, neither of which are related to my request or the law and process in question.

These documents are pasted in here on my website.

I sent a follow up email asking if there was a misunderstanding but did not receive a reply.

The conclusion here is that Carroll County cannot produce a copy of the affidavit required in OCGA 13-10-91 and therefore is not using that affidavit as required by law. If this is true, there is no way Carrol County government could have verified that contractors and subcontractors on taxpayer-funded jobs were using E-Verify before being allowed to make bids on jobs. A different way of saying this is that it is extremely likely that tax dollars have gone to employ black market labor on work contracted by Carroll County government because of dereliction and a refusal to comply with state law aimed at deterring illegal immigration in Georgia.

I also request an investigation on how this circumstance effects the accountability and culpability of contractors who have been allowed to perform services for Carroll County government for at least the last decade.

Please note that this complaint is not related to the process of obtaining public records.

Please contact me with any questions. Feel free to point out any oversight or error in my research or conclusions here.

Many thanks and great respect from our house to you, your deputies, and your staff for the jobs you all do. We support law enforcement!

Respectfully,

D.A. King

Marietta

Additional alleged violations by Carroll County government on Oct 3, 2022 complaint sent to Sheriff Langley

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31 October 2022

To:

Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley

1000 Newnan Rd.

Carrollton, GA. 30116

770-830-5942

 

Re: Addition to my Complaint and request for investigation – Carroll County government officials’ violations of OCGA 50-36-1, OCGA 50-36-2, OCGA 36-60-6 (and now, OCGA 13-10-91)

 

Dear Sheriff Langley,

Thank you very much for your time on the phone today and for agreeing to forward my complaint of October 3, 2022 to the GBI. Please add OCGA 13-10-91 to the list of state laws involved in the complaint.

On October 4 of this year I sent an open records request to Carroll County government asking for a copy of the affidavit used to fulfill the requirements in OCGA 13-10-91 regarding contractors and E-Verify.

For clarity, I paste a relevant part of that law below:

“A public employer shall not enter into a contract for the physical performance of services unless the contractor registers and participates in the federal work authorization program. Before a bid for any such service is considered by a public employer, the bid shall include a signed, notarized affidavit from the contractor attesting to the following:

(A) The affiant has registered with, is authorized to use, and uses the federal work authorization program;

(B) The user identification number and date of authorization for the affiant;

(C) The affiant will continue to use the federal work authorization program throughout the contract period;  and

(D) The affiant will contract for the physical performance of services in satisfaction of such contract only with subcontractors who present an affidavit to the contractor with the same information required by subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph.

An affidavit required by this subsection shall be considered an open public record once a public employer has entered into a contract for physical performance of services; provided, however, that any information protected from public disclosure by federal law or by Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 shall be redacted.  Affidavits shall be maintained by the public employer for five years from the date of receipt.

(2) A contractor shall not enter into any contract with a public employer for the physical performance of services unless the contractor registers and participates in the federal work authorization program.”

The response I received contained copies of two documents involving building permits, neither of which are related to my request or the law and process in question.

These documents are pasted in here on my website.

I sent a follow up email asking if there was a misunderstanding but did not receive a reply.

The conclusion here is that Carroll County cannot produce a copy of the affidavit required in OCGA 13-10-91 and therefore is not using that affidavit as required by law. If this is true, there is no way Carrol County government could have verified that contractors and subcontractors on taxpayer-funded jobs were using E-Verify before being allowed to make bids on jobs. A different way of saying this is that it is extremely likely that tax dollars have gone to employ black market labor on work contracted by Carroll County government because of dereliction and a refusal to comply with state law aimed at deterring illegal immigration in Georgia.

I also request an investigation on how this circumstance effects the accountability and culpability of contractors who have been allowed to perform services for Carroll County government for at least the last decade.

Please note that this complaint is not related to the process of obtaining public records.

Please contact me with any questions. Feel free to point out any oversight or error in my research or conclusions here.

Many thanks and great respect from our house to you, your deputies, and your staff for the jobs you all do. We support law enforcement!

Respectfully,

D.A. King

Marietta

Erick Erickson on GA Republicans funding private school for illegal aliens with tax dollars – Jan 28, 2022 WSB radio

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“I’m fairly certain the Republicans aren’t gonna wanna fund illegal aliens going to private school…”

The below exchange is from an on air call into the Erick Erickson Show, January 28, 2022. Erickson had earlier spent considerable time promoting then pending “school choice!” legislation in the Georgia Capitol. A total of three such bills died that session.

*Note: The audio below is much higher quality in this post.

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Eric Erickson, host (00:02):

“…Libertyga.com… To the phones, we go; D.A., [inaudible 00:00:05]. Welcome to the program.

D.A. King, caller (00:08):

Thank you very much, Eric. I’m glad to be here. I’m, I’m a long-time listener part of the day, and I agree with you part of the time.

Eric Erickson (00:14):

Excellent.

D.A. King (00:16):

I wanted to call and offer some input on the Georgia State bill that you promoted a little while ago, House Bill 999.

Eric Erickson (00:24):

Uh-huh.

D.A. King (00:26):

And there’s a couple of holes in it. Um, m- m- a lot of people will support “school choice.” Most people here in Georgia are not going to support the contents of the bill that allow direct payments from the State to accounts set up for illegal alien students to be distributed by illegal alien parents who are also given an opportunity to be, uh, have oversight in the compliance for the language of this law. So it needs a lot of tweaks. I hope you’ll include that the next time you pitch it.

Eric Erickson (00:59):

Yeah. Well, u- u- you know, I suspect through the committee process, they will work those, uh, particular issues out. Um, I’m fairly certain the Republicans aren’t gonna wanna fund illegal aliens going to private school, but it’s definitely gonna be one of those issues they’re gonna have to vet at the committee process, but-…

  • The entire call and remarks from Erickson here.

Carroll Co. government in violation of state laws aimed at illegal immigration

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Carroll County officials ignored notice of violations from here for more than six months

Compliant and request for GBI action filed with Carroll Co. Sheriff

D.A. King

As readers may have heard, more than 2 million illegal aliens crossed the U.S. borders in the fiscal year (Oct. 1- Sept. 30); an estimated 3.5 million have crossed since President Biden took office. Because it is easy to get a job here illegally, Georgia is a very popular destination for illegal “migrants.” It cannot be said too many times: we host more illegals than Arizona.

The news from the southern border leads us to the below bit of local information you likely will not see on “the news.”

Despite more than six months of “heads up” notifications from here, as I write on September 29 and 30, Carroll County government is in violation of at least three longstanding state laws put in place to make Georgia a difficult place to live for illegal aliens – and for the employers who want to hire them. This is not a “maybe” – the responses to August open records requests sent to the county from my office clearly show that many Carroll County officials are in long term violation.

It does not require a law degree to understand what is going on in Carroll County – and our state.

Anyone involved in an honest effort to deter the organized crime of illegal immigration knows that the main driver of this ongoing catastrophe is illegal employment and the hope of the illegals to take advantage of the long list of taxpayer-funded public benefits available in the U.S. – including in Georgia. Absent fulfillment of the constitutional duty of the Washington Democrats who are running the Biden Regime’s open border scheme to increase the future far-left voter base, it falls to the states to create a hostile environment for the hordes of illegals who are being bussed around the nation – including to Georgia.

I have been involved in creating and passing legislation aimed at illegal immigration under the Gold Dome since 2005.

A massive bill (“The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act” – SB 529) was passed in 2006 over the vocal objections of a long list of business interests and corporate-funded far-left anti-borders groups. The legislation began a process of making it more difficult for illegal aliens to access jobs, benefits, and services here.

The President of Mexico at the time opposed the bill too. “Implementation potentially effects human and civil rights of Mexicans who live in or visit Georgia” he said in a press release.

We note here that then State Senator Brian Kemp was the Chairman of the Senate Public Safety Committee that passed out SB 529. Kemp also voted “YEA” on final passage. He told Atlanta media in 2011 that many Georgians are “fed up” with illegal immigration. It’s a “burning issue” he said then. He doesn’t talk about illegal immigration in Georgia now. Neither do most state legislators.

After a ferocious fight with the same opponents, in 2011 another piece of legislation (“The Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011” – HB 87) went into law. It increased public safety while adding penalties for government officials who would refuse to comply with the laws aimed at preserving jobs, benefits and services for legal residents.

The goal was to make Georgia less hospitable to illegal immigration. Business licenses/ occupational tax licenses are public benefits under state law.

Georgia’s “Verification of Lawful Presence Within the United States” law requires that an applicant for public benefits swear on a notarized affidavit that he is either a U.S. citizen or a “lawfully present” and eligible foreign national. The applicant is required to present a “Secure and Verifiable” ID. The foreign national’s ‘lawful presence’ is then supposed to be verified using a federal database known as ‘SAVE.’ It is the responsibility of the government agency that issues these benefits to offer and collect these documents which have been standardized by law.

It is amazing how far outside the clearly written state statutes the Carrol County Board of Commissioners et al have been allowed to operate since the original effective date of July 1, 2012. The response to my open records request shows that department has likely illegally issued 4746 occupational tax licenses (business licenses) since then.

  • Related: Complaint and evidence sent to Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley – Re: Carroll county government illegally administering public benefits

Like county officials, I have no idea how many of these mistakes served to welcome illegals to Carroll County. For readers with a curiosity for detail, the two laws in question here are OCGA 50-36-1 and OCGA 50-36-2.

Be warned up front that enforcement of these laws is not on the priority list of the people who run “the number one state for business.”

Related update: Additional information, Carroll County in violation of state public benefits laws

Gov. Brian Kemp

There are stiff penalties for violation

Government officials ignoring this law should know that offense is “a violation of the code of ethics for government service…and subject such agency head to…penalties…including removal from office and a fine not to exceed $10,000.00; and a…a high and aggravated misdemeanor offense where such agency head acts to willfully violate the provisions of this Code section…”

There is more:

Carrol County government is also in violation of the state law that requires private employers with ten or more employees to swear they are using the no-cost federal online work eligibility verification system called “E-Verify.” The goal of this law (OCGA 36-60-6) is to keep illegal aliens from working illegally in Georgia.

Another law, (OCGA 13-10-91) requires government agencies (“Public Employers) and most contractors paid with tax dollars to use the E-Verify system.

The state does not enforce these laws either. I challenge anyone, including Gov. Kemp, to present any example of prosecution in court of these hard-fought-for laws.

Solution: Fund the state enforcement tools already in the laws

These laws, hated by the people who profit from illegal immigration and intentionally ignored by state officials charged with enforcement, have wording that was put in place to make monitoring and prosecution seem certain in a then future version of Georgia. One that had money for investigation and enforcement.

  • An example from 2011: “Subject to available funding, the state auditor shall conduct annual compliance audits on a minimum of at least one-half of the reporting agencies and publish the results of such audits annually on the department’s website on or before September 30.”
  • And: “Subject to funding, the Department of Audits and Accounts shall annually conduct an audit of no fewer than 20 percent of such reporting agencies.”
  • More: “Contingent upon appropriation or approval of necessary funding and in order to verify compliance with the provisions of this subsection, each year the Commissioner shall conduct no fewer than 100 random audits of public employers and contractors or may conduct such an audit upon reasonable grounds to suspect a violation of this subsection.”

None of the built-in audits or monitoring are being done. There has been no appropriation of funding. Not many legislators in today’s state Capitol are educated on any of this. Even fewer want to hear about it. That goes double for the “journalists” who decide what’s in “the news.” But the liberal Atlanta Journal Constitution ran a Sept. 24 headline that unintentionally tells us where to find funding for state level enforcement: “Georgia’s fiscal tax surplus hits $6.57 billion.”

Readers who have an interest in fewer illegal aliens migrating to Georgia should hound their state legislators and the governor on this until our illegal immigration laws are as enthusiastically enforced as seat belt, no smoking and touching cell phones-while-driving statutes.

 I have filed a complaint with the Carroll County Sheriff against the county officials who ignored repeated warnings on this and are operating an illegal occupational license issuing system. You can read much more on ImmigrationPoliticsGA.com – put “Carroll County” into the search bar.

  • Update: October 5, 2022. I had the above ready to post Sept. 30 but held it because of my space in the Carroll County Star News. I already had a Sept. 29 phone and email conversation with the County Attorney informing her that my patience was gone and that I was going to write this county caper up for her local paper (Star News) to see if we could finally create some interest. A little research today shows me that the Board of Commissioners canceled the scheduled Sept 29 work session and did not meet until the regularly scheduled time/date yesterday (Oct. 4). I see no mention of any of this in the agenda. I do see that some of the incorrect affidavits have been replaced on the county occupational tax page. But not all of them. They are still in violation. Sigh.

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Complaint sent to Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley: Carroll County government illegally administering public benefits

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The below compliant was emailed to Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley today about 1:00 PM.

* Update to compliant here.

3 October 2022

To:

Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley

1000 Newnan Rd.

Carrollton, GA. 30116

770-830-5942

Re: Complaint and request for investigation – Carroll County government officials’ violations of OCGA 50-36-1, OCGA 50-36-2, OCGA 36-60-6

Dear Sheriff Langley,

Please regard this letter as my official request for an investigation by your office into my well-researched and educated allegation that multiple elected and appointed officials in Carroll County government are and have been knowingly violating various state laws intended to address illegal immigration in Georgia. Separately, I also request that you forward my complaint to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for action.

Using open records requests and viewing the documents made available to the public on the official Carroll County website for the purpose of the administration of “occupational tax licenses” aka business licenses. By either or both labels these county registrations are “public benefits” under state law and are included in detailed and clear mandates for processing and issuance.

Early this year I determined that Carroll County government is operating an illegal system in that function of county government. After notifying a County Commissioner of the non-compliance by phone and later taking a call from a man who said he was county legaI employee, I saw no correction in the system several months later. I then emailed a “heads up” letter to the entire county commission and several other Carroll County officials. Days later I received a lengthy reply that included a pledge to have someone get in touch with me again. That reply was copied to the same officials to whom I sent my original letter. I am of the opinion that I have done all I can as a private citizen to urge compliance with the law on this matter.

The system of administrating public benefits is admittedly rather dry and boring but was put in place over the course of several years of committee hearings and vetting by the General Assembly and then signed into law by Georgia’s governor. Those of us who worked to create these laws like to think they will see as much enforcement as our no-smoking laws.

The system of applications, affidavits, ID presentation and processing for public benefits – including occupational tax/business licenses required by state is readily accessed by a careful reading of the laws. The system in place and the forms and affidavits used by Carroll County are available on the county website. I have taken a great deal of my own time to post all of this on my own website as well as the email correspondence I describe.

To assist the requested investigation by your office and the GBI, I insert below links to this evidence and I am emailing the August response to my open records request to you from Carroll County separately with the subject line “additional evidence, Carroll County government complaint.”

  • My emailed letter and response from a Carrol County commissioner (please note all recipients and note the timeline order is inverted) HERE.
  • Carroll County SAVE affidavit (OCGA 50-36-1 & OCGA 50-36-2) in use as compared to the legally required documents HERE.
  • Carroll County E-Verify affidavit (OCGA 36-60-6)as compared to the legally required documents HERE
  • My original open records request HERE.
  • Response from Carroll County to my follow up request for additional information HERE.

Again, please see my separate email for the response to my original open records request with attachments showing copies of forms and affidavits in use in Carroll County.

I do not envy the investigator charged with learning these laws or this system Please feel free to contact me with any questions or directions. I was heavily involved with the drafting and passage of all of these laws.

A personal note: My maternal grandfather was a Detroit Police Academy graduate, class of 1928 and served as a Detroit police officer for nearly thirty years. I admire and respect all that you and your deputies and staff do and am grateful for your service to the community.

Very Respectfully,

D.A. King

Marietta, GA. 30066

Carroll County E-Verify affidavit(s) compared to the version from the AG office required by state law

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I have been trying to convince Carroll County (GA) government to comply with state law (2006, 2009, 2011) aimed at deterring illegal aliens from accessing public benefits (OCGA 50-36-1, OCGA 50-36-2 & OCGA 36-60-6) in Georgia since last winter. So far they are not taking it seriously. I have over 30 hours in my effort and have spent $124.00 on open records fulfillment charges. I note that this is job for law enforcement and that Gov. Kemp is the ultimate head of law enforcement in Georgia. There is much more coming. If you think this is a “small detail” try publicly violating the state laws on seat belts, cell phones while driving, vehicle registration – or income taxes.

Carroll County is just one of many counties and city governments and other agencies in violation of state law related to illegal immigration.

Related post: Carroll County and the “SAVE affidavit” – Comparing the required version to the illegal Carroll Co. version in currently in use

Top: The E-Verify affidavit form required by law as accessed on the Attorney General’s official website.

Below: Two versions of E-Verify affidavits in Carroll County – the first one is posted on the county website on the “Occupational Tax (Business license)” page and was also was sent to me in an August, 2022  Carroll County response to my open records request for copies of forms currently in use. The second (on the bottom) was accessed Sept. 28, 2022 on the county website here. I have dated screenshots of all of this.

My April 2022 email to Carroll County, GA Board of Commissioners Re: Violations OCGA 36-60-6 & OCGA 50-36-1

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From: “D.A. King” <Dking***>

Subject: NEWS TIP -Despite multiple previous “heads up” notices, Carroll County government appears to be in violation of state E-Verify law and public benefit law designed to prevent benefits & jobs from going to illegal aliens while illegal immigration is at all time records levels – and during campaign season.
Date: April 14, 2022 at 3:06:08 PM EDT

On Apr 14, 2022, at 3:07 PM, D.A. King <Dking1952@comcast.net> wrote:

We have spent significant time in a respectful and friendly manner pointing out and explaining the below. Each time I have been told it is “news to us” and will be remedied.
 Which of these is not like the other? The laws are not suggestions.
D.A. King
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E-Verify:

Georgia E-Verify law for private employers: OCGA 36-60-6 requires use of a specific affidavit prescribed by the Attorney General’s office.

 
“(f) In order to assist private businesses and counties and municipal corporations in complying with the provisions of this Code section, the Attorney General shall provide a standardized form affidavit which shall be used as acceptable evidence demonstrating use of the federal employment eligibility verification system or that the provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section do not apply to the applicant. The form affidavit shall be posted by the Attorney General on the Department of Law’s official website no later than January 1, 2012.”
 
Here is the affidavit required by state law.
Here is the (renewal) affidavit used by Carroll County.
Note: There is a different affidavit (actually, two affidavits, apparently one for fewer than ten employees and another for more than ten employees) used for new applications  and has a date of “January 1, 2020″ in the top paragraph on number of workers. I am informed that the business license is renewed annually.
 
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Public benefits:
 
Georgia public benefits law OCGA 50-36-1 “VERIFICATION OF LAWFUL PRESENCE” (originally passed into law 2006, SB529) requires that applicants for public benefits (including occupational tax certificates/business licenses) complete an affidavit attesting to eligibility due to U.S. citizenship, “green card” status or qualified alien or nonimmigrant under federal law. The required affidavit format for use is here. 
 
The Carroll County occupational tax certificate / business license webpage does not provide the SAVE affidavit for renewals or require it to be collected on the link with forms used with “Application to renew occupational tax.” 
 
 
The below process is supposed to apply to every time a benefit is administered (including new and renewals). As I have explained at length to several officials in Carrol County government, the renewal procedure for business licenses does not include the requirement applicant submit the affidavit of secure and verifiable documents described below. NOTE: As highlighted below there is an exclusion in the renewal process for U.S. citizens who have already proven that status in the same issuing office. That does not exclude foreign nationals from the process at renewal.
 
 
 

(f)

(1) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this Code section, an agency or political subdivision providing or administering a public benefit shall require every applicant for such benefit to:

(A) Provide at least one secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, or a copy or facsimile of such document. Any document required by this subparagraph may be submitted by or on behalf of the applicant at any time within nine months prior to the date of application so long as the document remains valid through the licensing or approval period or such other period for which the applicant is applying to receive a public benefit; and

(B) Execute a signed and sworn affidavit verifying the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States under federal immigration law; provided, however, that if the applicant is younger than 18 years of age at the time of the application, he or she shall execute the affidavit required by this subparagraph within 30 days after his or her eighteenth birthday. Such affidavit shall affirm that:

(i) The applicant is a United States citizen or legal permanent resident 18 years of age or older; or
(ii) The applicant is a qualified alien or nonimmigrant under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, Title 8 U.S.C., 18 years of age or older lawfully present in the United States and provide the applicant’s alien number issued by the Department of Homeland Security or other federal immigration agency.
(2) The state auditor shall create affidavits for use under this subsection and shall keep a current version of such affidavits on the Department of Audits and Accounts’ official website.
(3) Documents and copies of documents required by this subsection may be submitted in person, by mail, or electronically, provided the submission complies with Chapter 12 of Title 10. Copies of documents submitted in person, by mail, or electronically shall satisfy the requirements of this Code section. For purposes of this paragraph, electronic submission shall include a submission via facsimile, Internet, electronic texting, or any other electronically assisted transmitted method approved by the agency or political subdivision.
(4) The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to any applicant applying for or renewing an application for a public benefit within the same agency or political subdivision if the applicant has previously complied with the requirements of this subsection by submission of a secure and verifiable document, as defined in Code Section 50-36-2, and a signed and sworn affidavit affirming that such applicant is a United States citizen.
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NOTE for all concerned:
(q) No employer, agency, or political subdivision shall be subject to lawsuit or liability arising from any act to comply with the requirements of this chapter; provided, however, that the intentional and knowing failure of any agency head to abide by the provisions of this chapter shall:
(1) Be a violation of the code of ethics for government service established in Code Section 45-10-1 and subject such agency head to the penalties provided for in Code Section 45-10-28, including removal from office and a fine not to exceed $10,000.00; and
(2) Be a high and aggravated misdemeanor offense where such agency head acts to willfully violate the provisions of this Code section or acts so as to intentionally and deliberately interfere with the implementation of the requirements of this Code section.
The Attorney General shall have the authority to conduct a criminal and civil investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter by an agency or agency head and to bring a prosecution or civil action against an agency or agency head for all cases of violations under this chapter. In the event that an order is entered against an employer, the state shall be awarded attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation incurred in bringing such an action and investigating such violation.

National Review: “The economy is starting to buckle” – Orders from the GA Chamber of Commerce to Rep Chuck Martin’s House Workforce Development subcommittee: “Get us more labor!”

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“A lot of big companies, even outside the tech sector, are announcing the elimination of executive positions.”

The below is taken from today’s National Review “Morning Jolt” – Jim Geraghty.

 

The Economy Is Starting to Buckle

On the menu today: Remember how, at the end of July, President Biden and his team insisted that two consecutive quarters of shrinking GDP didn’t mean the country was in a recession? Well, companies big and small are announcing layoffs more frequently these days, indicating that we’re in a period of not-so-subtle belt-tightening. Meanwhile, the projections for energy costs ahead of this coming winter are increasingly ominous, the decline in unleaded-gasoline prices has stopped, and a long-simmering national housing shortage may be catching up with us. But hey, apparently Biden intends to tout his economic record as the midterm elections approach.

The Quiet Recession

About two weeks ago, a smart friend of mine who works on supply-chain issues observed that, “Based on what I’m hearing throughout all the industries that I work with, this month’s job report might be brutal. People are getting skinny everywhere they can, so that they don’t lose their [butts]. Unfortunately, that means huge groups of people getting fired.” (“Getting skinny” means cutting operating costs.)

And, like everything else, once you start looking for something, you start seeing signs of it everywhere.

  • Related: Special House Subcommittee to Study Workforce Shortages

Meta — you know, Facebook — plans “to cut expenses by at least 10 percent in the coming months, in part through staff reductions.” Google is eyeing similar cuts, with CEO Sundar Pichai characterizing it as “being a bit more responsible through one of the toughest macroeconomic conditions underway in the past decade.” Twilio has announced plans to lay off 11 percent if its workforce, and Snap has announced plans to lay off 20 percent of its workforce.

A lot of big companies, even outside the tech sector, are announcing the elimination of executive positions. The Gap is eliminating 500 corporate jobs. Boeing has announced that it will eliminate about 150 positions in finance and accountingin October. Last month, Walmart announced that it would eliminate 200 corporate jobs.

FedEx is enacting a hiring freeze and closing more than 90 FedEx Office locations.

It’s not just big brand companies: It’s also an ice-cream plant in New York; it’s also a slew of hospitals nationwide. God help you if you work in real estate: “Some of the biggest players in the real estate industry, including RE/MAX, Redfin and Wells Fargo, have announced layoffs in recent months totaling thousands of jobs. Industry analysts are projecting the cuts could eventually be on par with what was seen during the housing crash of 2008.”

None of these individual company moves, by themselves, are likely to make a big difference in the national jobs numbers, and you can find companies announcing layoffs in any month. But cumulatively, these announcements suggest that we’re in a period of not-so-subtle belt-tightening. Businesses doesn’t know what to expect in the coming months, except higher costs to heat their facilities this winter. The stock markets are jittery. Sooner or later, those rising interest rates will reduce customer demand — which should reduce inflation, but will also lower sales, profits, and eventually, jobs.

Of course, in some people’s minds, the economy can’t be sputtering, because the guy they like is in the White House, and the party they prefer controls Congress. And the pressure to align an assessment of the economy with partisan needs is never stronger than in the final months and weeks before Election Day.

Last week, President Biden attended a Democratic National Committee event held at National Education Association headquarters — yet another sign of how those two organizations are now so symbiotic that they’re becoming indistinguishable — and took a victory lap about how well the economy is doing:

We passed the American Rescue Plan, which lifted this nation from economic crisis to economic recovery. And every single Republican voted for it. [Note: Biden meant every single Republican voted against it.] Nearly 10 million more jobs have been created since I’ve been President — the highest number of jobs in that period of time of any President of the United States of America. We have a 3.7 percent unemployment rate, the lowest in 50 — more than 50 years; a record number of new — record number of new small businesses created; and over 668,000 new manufacturing jobs in America.

The same day, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre offered this remark:

This is one of the strongest job markets that we have seen on record. And, and so, what we are seeing – and I’ve said this before; you’ve heard this from Brian Deese — is a transition to a more steady and stable growth. And that’s what we’re currently seeing and in the process of moving the economy into.

That “steady and stable growth” she’s referring to is two consecutive quarters of declining GDP. The White House message is, “You’ve never had it so good.

The race-baiting AJC forgot to explain who ran Forsyth County in 1912

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There they go again. Today’s AJC “Jolt” run by editor Patricia Murphy leaps of the screen with a headline telling readers about “outrage after GOP warns Stacey Abrams is crossing ‘border’ for visit.” As you can see below the Patricia Murphy scare takes us back to 1912 – when the Democrats ran Georgia and Forsyth County. She failed to mention that in today’s race baiting “racial cleansing” plug for the 2018 runner-up for Georgia governor. So we did.

Top storyline on today’s “The Jolt” –

“Democrats are venturing deep into Republican-friendly territory they might have once avoided. And in Forsyth County, local Republicans aren’t reacting kindly to that prospect.

After the Forsyth County Democratic Committee announced plans to welcome Stacey Abrams to a Sunday night barbecue dinner, the local GOP announced plans for protests with loaded language.

“This is a call to save and protect our neighborhoods, our communities and our county! The moment is at hand,” said a Forsyth County GOP flyer. “The designers of destructive radicalism and socialism are crossing over our county border and into Cumming this Sunday.”

Melissa Clink, who chairs the local Democratic party, blasted the “dangerous and embarrassing rhetoric” from their GOP counterparts and singled out the line noting Abrams is “crossing our border.”

“Forsyth County’s history of racial cleansing and being a documented sundown town make this line especially incendiary, disgusting and shameful.”

She’s referring to the racial cleansing in 1912 that forced the Black population of roughly 1,100 to flee Forsyth County.

Clink added: “You will not silence us. If anything, your actions will make us louder.”

We reached out to the Forsyth GOP but didn’t hear back.”

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Stacey Abrams joins the GA Chamber of Commerce and multiple GOP state legislators in pushing for instate tuition for illegal aliens

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We will save this post until January, 2023 when the GA legislature begins session

Breitbart News and several other outlets ran a story “Stacey Abrams: Illegal Migrants Should Get Cheap College Slots” last week on the fact that Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has advanced the “we want instate tuition for illegal aliens in public colleges” campaign ploy for the “progressive” voters.

From Breitbart:

“My first belief is that if you finish high school, you should be able to attend any college to which you are qualified to attend, no matter what your documentation says .. [because] we are growing the next generation of leaders,” Abrams told an audience Wednesday at Valdosta State University.”

Most pro-enforcement Americans recognize that offering any sort of reward or encouragement to any form of illegal immigration serves to encourage more illegal immigration. Pro-enforcement Americans should fight everything that encourages illegal immigration.

A video  of the 2018 runner-up in the race for Georgia governor spouting her support for instate tuition for illegals featured in the Breitbart piece tagged as being a product of the “GOP War Room.” I can’t be sure who exactly runs the GOP War Room but it looks like somebody from the Republican side who “stalks” the Abrams campaign made it in an effort to illustrate her willingness to reward illegal aliens and put them in front of Americans in America.

Related: The average tuition & fees for Colleges in Georgia is $4,739 for in-state and $17,008 for out-of-state #HB120 #HB 932

Dalton Rep Kasey Carpenter, center.

In the heat of the race for governor, Abrams position  is rightly depicted as being too far out on the left for sensible Georgia voters. We agree. But we note (along with Breitbart writer Neil Munro in the above report) that the fact it was Republicans who advanced legislation under Georgia’s Capitol Gold Dome in the last several years to change state law in order to reward illegal aliens with instate tuition while American and legal immigrant students from other states would still be forced to pay the much higher tuition rates. Last year’s edition of this tuition sell out was HB 120 from Dalton Rep Kasey Carpenter. And Republicans – including Rome Rep Katie Dempsey – who voted to advance HB 120 out of the House Higher Education Committee. Only the spread of too much information from the Dustin Inman Society stopped the bill from going to the floor. It was a Republican who introduced HB 932 that would have changed state law so that refugees, Special Visa Immigrants and some other foreigners could bypass the existing one year wait on accessing instate tuition in our public colleges after they had “migrated” to Georgia. Americans who move to Georgia would still be required to wait for a year to get the much cheaper rates.

We write this up merely to illustrate that for Republicans in September of 2022 the concept that a radical, far-left Democrat advocating that instate tuition be given to illegal aliens is viewed as a very bad idea to be rejected by voters.

We’ll save this for January, 2023 when the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the far left again push their demand that the Republican-controlled legislature give instate tuition to illegal aliens.