Latest Fact-Checks By Willoughby Mariano

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 30, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 19, 2012 in the State of the City address:
"We have cut crime across every single zone in the city of Atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 27, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on December 18, 2011 in 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
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on December 5, 2011 in an op-ed:
The planned expansion of Savannah’s port is a "jobs creating project."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 20, 2012
Georgia Democrats
Georgia Democrats
stated on December 21, 2011 in an online fundraising bid:
"Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgia’s Presidential Ballot in 2012."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 17, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on December 28, 2011 in an online news story:
When Georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo IDs and made them for free. 
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 10, 2012
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on December 13, 2011 in a press release:
"The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • December 30, 2011
Curtis Foltz
Curtis Foltz
stated on November 8, 2011 in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 14, 2011
City of Atlanta
City of Atlanta
stated on November 28, 2011 in a news release:
A database police use to look up wanted suspects excludes certain warrants issued by Atlanta Municipal Court.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 12, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 19, 2011 in several public statements:
Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2011
DeKalb County
DeKalb County
stated on November 11, 2011 in 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
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 15, 2011 in a press release:
"[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 15, 2011
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on September 15, 2011 in 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
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
stated on October 28, 2011 in a press release:
In Georgia, "hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 9, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 19, 2011 in 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."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was right that President Barack Obama’s health care bill created what "would, in effect, be death panels."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • October 28, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on October 11, 2011 in the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire:
GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Paul’s followers "ignorant."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 25, 2011
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on October 17, 2011 in statements to the public:
On letting Occupy Atlanta protesters stay in Woodruff Park.
No Flip
By Willoughby Mariano • October 24, 2011
Phil Kent
Phil Kent
stated on October 4, 2011 in a speech before the North Fulton and Friends Tea Party:
The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 21, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 4, 2011 in his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House":
The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 18, 2011
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