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Bill Crane

Bill Crane is a DeKalb County native and business owner, living in Scottdale, Georgia. He also serves as chief political analyst and commentator for 11Alive News and WSB Radio, News/Talk 750. Contact Bill Crane at Bill@dekalbchamp.com.


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And then there were three

  The field has been winnowed from 14 to three. Among the many who “would be” Georgia’s next governor, three remain standing, with the GOP contest still to be settled on Tuesday, Aug. 10. Primary turn-out was an apathetic 25 percent, and just...

And the winner is...

  As of this writing, the Georgia General Primary elections are just days away.  When you read this, they will be in your rear view mirror.  With that said, I thought I’d offer a forecast of what to expect, as well as the movement and momentum a...

What is taking so d--- long?

  In January, after being sworn in, newly elected Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed promised that selecting a chief of police to replace embattled former APD Chief Richard Pennington was a top priority—and true to his word, in less than six months, the may...

More census nonsense

  I just hung up on a rude, abrasive U.S. Census temp worker.  I don’t even hang-up on the tele-marketers at suppertime.  During the worst stretch of my divorce of more than a decade ago I think I only hung up on my former wife once. I warned th...

Big lessons from a tiny isle

Just back from a restful week in the Caribbean, on the island of Aruba.  What the Spanish once ceded to the Dutch as a “useless island rock” now has among the highest standards of living in the Caribbean, as well as Latin America.  I learned se...

Say it ain’t so, Helen!

  Proof once again that an ill-thought and unguarded sentence, spoken in the White House Rose Garden, can end or irreparably harm even the most impressive career. Senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas, longtime correspondent with United Pres...

Obama not an oil expert, Katrina is not a fair comparison

Though some readers view me as less than a fan of President Barack Obama, in this case, I rise to his defense, and protest the rising volume of comparisons of this oil spill in the Gulf with the devastation brought to the region five years ago by Hur...

Where do we grow from here?

For most of the past 25 years, the Sunbelt and Georgia have been the place for job growth and economic development.  For four consecutive years during the mid-1990s, metro Atlanta led the nation in job growth, housing starts, in-migration and corpor...

Cap, baby, cap?

We are a nation prone to knee-jerk overreaction, short attention spans—and long memories.  Not the best mix for long-term policy making and strategic thinking. There is no question that the deep ocean oil spill and continuing environmental damage ...