Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Tom Graves
stated on March 20, 2012 a press release

"The federal government owns tens of thousands of properties that are vacant or underused."

By Willoughby Mariano • April 20, 2012

Clarence Thomas
stated on April 5, 2012 a speech

The U.S. Supreme Court has not traditionally asked a lot of questions during oral arguments.

By Eric Stirgus • April 16, 2012

Josh McKoon
stated on April 3, 2012 a press conference

Georgia is one of three states that "effectively have no regulations whatsoever on lobbyists giving to legislators."

By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2012

Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
stated on April 2, 2012

"[O]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred."

By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2012

Rashad Taylor
stated on March 20, 2012 a speech

"More children die in agricultural jobs than in any other industry."

By Eric Stirgus • April 4, 2012

Brian Robinson
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview

The changes to Georgia’s tax and fee structure "is an overall tax cut."

By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2012

Hank Johnson
stated on February 24, 2012 an op-ed in the Huffington Post

"In the last two years, super PACs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations."

By Willoughby Mariano • March 13, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech

Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.

By Eric Stirgus • March 2, 2012

Carol Hunstein
stated on January 25, 2012 a speech

"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has grown."

By Eric Stirgus • February 27, 2012

Brian Kemp
stated on June 24, 2011 in editorials and op-ed articles

The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.

By Eric Stirgus • February 6, 2012

Nathan Deal
stated on January 31, 2012 a television commercial

"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."

By Willoughby Mariano • February 3, 2012

Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 a speech

"Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years."

By Eric Stirgus • January 25, 2012

Buddy Carter
stated on December 13, 2011 a column

Georgia’s unemployment rate has exceeded the national rate for 50 consecutive months.

By Eric Stirgus • January 4, 2012

City of Atlanta
stated on November 28, 2011 a news release

A database police use to look up wanted suspects excludes certain warrants issued by Atlanta Municipal Court.

By Willoughby Mariano • December 12, 2011

Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 a speech

Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.

By Eric Stirgus • December 5, 2011

Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 a meeting

Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ

By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 2011

Johnny Isakson
stated on October 19, 2011 a press release

"The average homeowner spends more than $2,000 each year on energy costs – more than on either real estate taxes or homeowners insurance."

By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 2011

Carla Smith
stated on September 13, 2011 a meeting

The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.

By Eric Stirgus • September 23, 2011

Nathan Deal
stated on September 1, 2011 an interview

"[The state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. … They were somewhere in the 7 percent range – same as the governor’s office."

By Chris Joyner • September 21, 2011

Tom Graves
stated on September 1, 2011 an article

"Two days of interest we pay to China is enough to buy one joint strike fighter [jet]."

By Eric Stirgus • September 9, 2011

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