Latest Fact-Checks In Georgia

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City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on November 12, 2010 a press release
Red light camera installed to "promote public safety."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • November 29, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 15, 2010 a press release
Roy Barnes voted against a bill in the state Senate that would have made it easier to convict child abusers.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 27, 2010
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on October 11, 2010 a television ad
"We refused to balance the budget on the backs of our children."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • October 20, 2010
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on September 7, 2010 GOP press release
"Barnes opposed the creation of the HOPE Scholarship and campaigned against Zell Miller on the issue."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • September 20, 2010
J.B. Powell
J.B. Powell
stated on September 9, 2010 a news release
Horse racing could boost Georgia's economy by $1 billion a year and create 10,000 to 20,000 jobs.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • September 17, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 3, 2010 a report
Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will "apparently involve the professor jamming with 'world-renowned musicians' to 'hopefully also create satisfying works of art.'"  
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 13, 2010
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 19, 2010 a campaign flyer
"Congress and President Obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the United States existence."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • September 1, 2010
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on August 14, 2010 a newspaper interview
"Roy Barnes is part of the team that has run up trillions of dollars in debt that Americans will spend years paying off, and they've done it without creating one job."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 24, 2010
Michael Tyler
Michael Tyler
stated on June 9, 2010 an op-ed piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"[U]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, MARTA has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of Georgia."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 10, 2010
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on July 28, 2010 a guest column in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Allowing all Bush income tax cuts to expire on Dec. 31 "will amount to the largest tax increase in the history of America."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 8, 2010
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 9, 2010 a press release
When Atlanta Police Chief George Turner was interim head of the department, overall crime fell 14 percent and violent crime dropped 22.7 percent.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 1, 2010
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on July 21, 2010 an e-mail to supporters
Jim Marshall "votes liberal in Washington ... and we aren't fooled."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 27, 2010
Georgia politicians
Georgia politicians
stated on July 20, 2010 political campaign
Georgia is "the Saudi Arabia of pine trees."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • July 25, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on July 21, 2010 an interview on WSB-TV
GOP candidate for governor Nathan Deal "is a former Clinton Democrat."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • July 23, 2010
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on July 6, 2010 mailer
Says Democratic opponent is "too Republican to stand up for us."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • July 14, 2010
Doug MacGinnitie
Doug MacGinnitie
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign commercial
"When you were casting your vote for Republicans, Brian Kemp was voting for Democrats."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 7, 2010
Rob Teilhet
Rob Teilhet
stated on June 5, 2010 a candidate questionnaire
Said he is the only Democratic candidate for state attorney general who has "represented the entire state of Georgia."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 6, 2010
Clay Cox
Clay Cox
stated on June 21, 2010 a campaign mailer.
"For six years, I served our community as a conservative state legislator. In every one of those years, I helped balance the state's budget."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 22, 2010
Ken Hodges
Ken Hodges
stated on June 11, 2010 a campaign flier
"Rob Teilhet, Just another career politician."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 21, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 12, 2010 in a statement published in the Rome News Tribune.
"Handel endorsed gay adoption" in 2003 when she was running for chairwoman of the Fulton County Commission.
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • June 7, 2010
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