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A Georgia government says complying with a demand that it delay hiring a new fire chief because of an open records lawsuit is a “a radical and unprecedented remedy," but a lawyer for four news organizations suing the consolidated city-county says it's the government that's trying to overturn settled law in Georgia.
Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins at the commission this evening. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County TV) Joe Mullins, the Flagler County Commissioner and business owner, faces a $2.5 million federal lawsuit over allegations he defrauded a golf vacation-package company by delivering either invalid tickets to the 2018 Augusta National Masters tournament or failing to deliver tickets in 2018 and 2019, costing the company hundreds of thousands of dollars and lost customers and ruining the company. The company, Arizona-based Golf Travel, claims its reputation was “destroyed” and forced t...
Share this article Share this article AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To say the launch of www.theaugustapress.com was a success is an understatement. Prior to the first e-edition hitting inboxes on Jan. 11, Managing Editor/ Partner Scott Hudson sent "thanks" to his Facebook friends for ordering pre-sale subscriptions. The former investigative reporter for Augusta, Ga., news-talk station, WGAC, wrote, "Thank you to my community. Thank you for supporting us." When Hudson and other former Augusta journalists approached real estate brokers Joe Edge and Connie Wilson with a business...