The Brief from WABE

By just about any account, Herschel Walker had a very bad week; Drivers who venture on the Northside Perimeter starting Saturday will have a very bad weekend; and Donald Trump's cronies are likely to have a very bad upcoming few months courtesy of Fulton County's DA.

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A second trial for the Atlanta Spa shooter is postponed until January; Herschel Walker says he didn't pay for a former girlfriend's abortion, but if he did, it would be okay; and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr's advice about buying a used car.

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Fighting over the future of the Fulton County Jail; Georgia ranks among the top of states for polluted water, according to a new report; and the debut of, 'How do you Atlanta?'

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A national media outlet publishes a report claiming Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for one of Georgia's U.S. Senate seats, paid for a girlfriend to have an abortion; Issues, what? Why they won't matter so much in who gets elected; and after a year of getting drunk on equity, Atlanta homeowners are getting a sobering wake-up call.

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Gov. Brian Kemp extends Georgia's gas tax suspension for another month (To quote the late, great Gomer Pyle of Andy Griffith Show fame, "Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!"), allowing drivers to keep an extra 29-cents for every gallon of petrol they combust through Nov. 11th. That's a full 72-hours past Election Day. "Shazamm!"; You wouldn't think going from four lanes to three would be enough to turn Atlanta drivers' homicidal. If you don't keep off a stretch of the northside perimeter for the next eight months, G-DOT predicts you'll become a full-fledged serial killer; and a Georgia Republican says because the pandemic is 'over' [air quotes], time to return to the good ol' days when landlords need not wait 30 days to kick late-paying renters to the curb.

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Not perfect, but not unconstitutional. That's what an Atlanta federal judge ruled today in the years-long legal challenge to Georgia's regulations on voting; 'This time, we really really mean it!' is kinda how the conversation might go between Delta's pilots and airline management after its union, ALPA, opened a strike authorization vote; and Rivian: Unplugged. A local judge essentially pumps the brakes on Georgia's largest-ever economic development effort, putting into question the future of the $5-billion + project. Oh. And. Happy Birthday, Mr. President! The ever-spry Jimmy Carter turns 98 on Saturday.

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Wellstar speeds up its timeline for shutting down Atlanta Medical Center; Hurricane Ian leaves massive amounts of destruction in Florida but has little effect on metro Atlanta's weather; and Herschel Walker's lack of commitment kills a televised U.S. Senate debate in one of Georgia's smaller TV markets. 

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Ian could bring widespread devastation to coastal Georgia; The FBI steps in to investigate Coffee County's vote tampering scheme; and what does it say when you're running for elected office and a group of influential voters picks its endorsements but skips you? ...Don't answer. 

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Georgia emergency officials "aren't worried" about devastation from Hurricane Ian, although they figured all 159 counties should be under a state of emergency anyway; Georgia Power feels it's time for you to cough up more cash each month to keep the lights on, so it's asking the powers that be (AKA Georgia PSC) for permission to up your bill by about $170 a year, on average; and got a fetus? Has it ever had a heartbeat? If you said, "Yes!", the State of Georgia has $3k for you. 

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Despite the throngs of salivating developers, the soon-to-be-vacant Atlanta Medical Center in the Old 4th Ward is off-limits. For now.; Georgia preps for Ian; and it only took thirty years, but those who live around Lake Lanier now have a contractual guarantee to water (what now, Alabama and Florida?!).

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