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Beverly Hall
Beverly Hall
stated on August 10, 2011 a commentary published in Education Week
The results of Atlanta Public School’s 2010 and 2011 CRCT tests "have not been questioned."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • August 19, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on August 11, 2011 the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa
Says that he did "not exactly" say that communities have the right to ban mosques.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on August 4, 2011 a talk at the Atlanta Press Club
"The governor having a meeting ... isn't covered by the open meetings act."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 16, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on August 1, 2011 a press release
Tax increases could "come into play" as a result of the debt ceiling deal.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 15, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on August 4, 2011 a talk at the Atlanta Press Club
There are cities and counties in Georgia that don’t have websites, and where elected officials don’t have email addresses.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 12, 2011
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on July 19, 2011 a press release
The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."
False
August 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 a newspaper interview
Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on August 2, 2011 a press release
The deal to raise the federal debt limit created the "largest debt ceiling increase in America’s history."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 8, 2011
Beverly Hall
Beverly Hall
stated on June 24, 2011 a mailer
Atlanta Public Schools’ 2011 CRCT tests were "given under the strictest security possible."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 5, 2011
Elaine Boyer
Elaine Boyer
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview
"[T]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 3, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 22, 2011 a news conference
Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 2, 2011
La Raza
La Raza
stated on July 20, 2011 newscast
Medicaid is the primary source of health insurance for 41.7 percent of Hispanic children in Georgia.
True
By Chris Joyner • August 1, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on July 11, 2011 Town hall meeting
"The state of Georgia is near the bottom among states for SAT scores and graduation rates."
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 27, 2011
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on July 24, 2011 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
"The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on June 28, 2011 a radio news story
"If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
Federal Transit Administration
Federal Transit Administration
stated on July 13, 2011 a press release
The Atlanta streetcar is expected to create 930 jobs during construction, totaling more than 5,600 jobs over the next 20 years.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • July 25, 2011
Mike Males
Mike Males
stated on June 13, 2011 an article
"There’s pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] aren’t effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people."
Mostly True
By Chris Joyner • July 22, 2011
Mike Bodker
Mike Bodker
stated on June 16, 2011 a newspaper article
"[L]ess than one-tenth of Atlanta's transportation needs are covered" in a referendum to levy a 1-cent sales tax.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 20, 2011
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 20, 2011
"The State Election Board has issued nearly $275,000 in fines to violators of absentee ballot laws."
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 19, 2011
Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy
stated on June 27, 2011 a press release
Georgia’s illegal-immigration legislation "simply follows existing federal law."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 18, 2011
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