(Gainesville, GA) – Former Republican Presidential candidate and businessman Herman Cain will headline a rally for Martha Zoller, a popular radio talk show host and leading conservative candidate for U. S. Congress. The rally will be held Saturday, January 28th from 10 a.m. to noon at the Gainesville Civic Center (830 Greene Street, Gainesville, GA).
“We are thrilled to have Herman Cain join us in Gainesville for this important and timely rally,” said Martha Zoller, candidate for Congress in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District.  “Like Herman, I believe that we need to completely …

 
Embarking on a four-year term as St. Tammany Parish president, Pat Brister pledged Monday to use the life lessons she has learned as a mother, businesswoman and political leader to build a government that serves the people.
Christine Harvey, The Times-PicayuneSt. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister takes the oath of office Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Her husband, Joe Brister, center, holds the Bible, while U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey, right, administers the oath.
“Without always realizing it, I have been preparing my whole life for the role I have now undertaken,” Brister …

The Covington City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of an agreement between the city Fire Department and a neighboring fire district — intended as a truce in the two-decade-long turf war between the two departments — despite spirited pleas to the contrary by city firefighters, several residents, a former councilman and a former mayor. A vote on the agreement was rushed because, as Councilman Lee Alexius put it, “the city feels it has a gun pointed at its head.”

The next item listed on the council’s agenda was the annexation …

From when he was boy standing in the back of the Senate chamber, Paul Hollis knew he wanted to be a legislator like his father, late Sen. Ken Hollis.
Redistricting gave him the opportunity in the new St. Tammany Parish seat, District 104. “The second I found out about it I started running as hard as I could,” he said, eventually lending his campaign $180,000 and raising $61,000 more.
He won by beating fellow Republican Chris Trahan in the primary, 56-44 percent. The race was amiable (“At debates, I was clapping for …

A new order authored by Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta will significantly impact the quality of service provided by taxicab companies throughout Louisiana in the new year.
The order, passed unanimously at the LPSC’s Dec. 14 meeting, imposes new standards and registration regulations on cab and limousine companies and drivers, all designed to improve passengers’ experience and safety.  Among the new regulations is a rule requiring each taxi driver to be registered with the LPSC; the previous order only required the cab company itself to have an LPSC registration number.  The …