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Citizens for Transportation Mobility
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
stated on April 14, 2012 a flier
The average Atlanta resident "spends an extra $924 each year in additional gasoline and wasted time."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 27, 2012
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on April 4, 2012 a press conference
"Lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 10, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 27, 2012 a press release
"As the usage [of synthetic marijuana] has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 9, 2012
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on March 27, 2012 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
"We have the lowest per-capita spending of any state in the nation" except for South Dakota.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 3, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on February 23, 2012 an interview
"We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2012
Ted Jackson
Ted Jackson
stated on February 29, 2012 a letter
Georgia ranks "last in job growth."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 12, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on February 25, 2012 a forum
"Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 7, 2012
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on February 15, 2012 a speech
"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 5, 2012
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on January 19, 2012 a speech
Savannah is home to "the fastest-growing port in the nation."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on December 18, 2011 Op-Ed
"[N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 24, 2012
William Perry
William Perry
stated on January 4, 2012 an interview
"Eleven states have enacted these pay-to-play reforms."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 23, 2012
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on December 12, 2011 a letter
"[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 21, 2011
Thomas Brown
Thomas Brown
stated on November 7, 2011 an interview
"Most of, if not all of, the [DeKalb school construction] projects always came in on or were under budget."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 6, 2011
Eric Gray
Eric Gray
stated on November 3, 2011 a speech
Georgia is one of seven states to lose jobs in 2011 and has lost 8,200 jobs so far.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 30, 2011
D.A. King
D.A. King
stated on October 11, 2011 an op-ed
Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2011
DeKalb County
DeKalb County
stated on November 11, 2011 a brochure
A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 21, 2011
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on September 15, 2011 a letter to the the Postal Regulatory Commission chairwoman
"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 11, 2011
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on September 23, 2011 a web post
"Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 19, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech
"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on September 15, 2011 an op-ed
"If our recovery were more typical of the postwar era . . . we would have 14 million more jobs today."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 3, 2011
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