The Georgia Hour, episode 184: Weasels in the Wires: Georgia’s PSC Peril, Data Center Gold Rush, and MORE

In this fiery, unfil­tered episode of The Geor­gia Hour, host BKP dives head­first into the chaot­ic under­bel­ly of Geor­gia pol­i­tics, blend­ing per­son­al rants, insid­er scoops, and urgent elec­tion warn­ings with his sig­na­ture cig­ar-fueled inten­si­ty. BKP quick­ly piv­ots to roast­ing Greg Dolezal (aka “the weasel”), spot­light­ing a Sub­stack exposé by Scott Howard label­ing him a “fake MAGA war­rior” with deep estab­lish­ment ties, com­plete with a damn­ing pho­to along­side Ful­ton Coun­ty Chair­man Rob Pitts. Despite a brief attempt at civil­i­ty the day before, the weasel nick­name sticks like frost on a pump­kin.

The bulk of the episode lasers in on the embat­tled Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PSC) race, where Repub­li­can incum­bents Tim Echols and Fitz John­son are drown­ing in ear­ly vot­ing data: just 33% Repub­li­can turnout ver­sus 53% Demo­c­rat, with a sus­pi­cious 14% “swing unknown” vote skew­ing from non-GOP strong­holds. Draw­ing from a deep dive with a data team ana­lyz­ing all 14 dis­tricts, BKP warns that even red bas­tions are underwater—no dis­trict is on track. He blasts the GOP for infight­ing over ads (three anti-Echol­s/John­son spots have run on Roku for a month, tar­get­ed by age and demo­graph­ics) while ignor­ing the race, call­ing a recent dis­trict email a “pan­ic mode” alert. Los­ing these seats, he argues, could hand Democ­rats con­trol of the PSC, could result in a crip­pling Trump’s Sen­ate lever­age in his final term—especially with poten­tial GOP Sen­ate loss­es else­where. BKP floats the rad­i­cal “nuclear option”: If a Demo­c­rat like Mar­cus Flow­ers or Jeff Dun­can snags the gov­er­nor­ship, Repub­li­can majori­ties in the House and Sen­ate could strip the office of pow­ers (a plan insid­ers alleged­ly have ready). But he flips the script, demand­ing imme­di­ate pow­er reduc­tions regard­less of par­ty to rein in lob­by­ist-dri­ven gov­er­nance and refo­cus on “we the peo­ple.” He pledges his vote for Echols and John­son but refus­es endorse­ments, urg­ing rur­al turnout in coun­ties like Pick­ens, Gilmer, Fan­nin, Union, and Towns—lest Democ­rats weaponize a PSC win for 2026 midterms.

Shift­ing gears to ener­gy woes, BKP torch­es Geor­gia Pow­er’s AJC-report­ed pitch to reg­u­la­tors: Build gas-fired plants, solar, and bat­ter­ies adding 10,000 MW (equiv­a­lent to 10 Plant Vog­tle reac­tors) to feed the state’s data cen­ter boom—the fastest in the U.S., fueled by AI servers guz­zling pow­er like “large cities.” He mocks Vogtle’s end­less over­runs ($42B+ and count­ing) as proof of unchecked cor­po­rate greed, ques­tions the water strain (unmen­tioned in reports), and demands miss­ing envi­ron­men­tal impact stud­ies or blue-rib­bon panels—hypocritically absent amid the “Wild West” land grab. Tying it to crony­ism, he expos­es Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (Trump-endorsed MAGA hat-wear­er) via a $10B Butts Coun­ty project: Jones’s cer­tifi­cate-of-need bill green­lights a fam­i­ly-owned hos­pi­tal and data cen­ters on dad-owned Riv­er Park land, with GOP Chair Josh McKoon’s wife is the cham­ber prez there as a con­ve­nient ally—plus a Jason Aldean fundrais­er packed with par­ty brass. BKP con­trasts this with AG Chris Car­r’s time­ly gang unit bust of two Guatemalan ille­gals traf­fick­ing and rap­ing a 14-year-old in Fort Val­ley, ques­tion­ing why such wins only spike dur­ing his gov­er­nor run.

Elec­tion integri­ty steals the spot­light next: At a Fan­nin Coun­ty GOP meet­ing (35 atten­dees, fea­tur­ing Ver­non Jones and Kelvin King both can­di­dates for Sec­re­tary of State), State Board of Elec­tions mem­ber Janelle King drops bombshells—strongest words yet on Ful­ton Coun­ty’s miss­ing bal­lot images. The board­’s DOJ refer­ral is active, with Trump name-drops fuel­ing progress; King con­firms ongo­ing comms, assur­ing “trust me, they’re com­mu­ni­cat­ing.” BKP grills her on U.S. AG Ed Mar­t­in’s involve­ment, get­ting an affir­ma­tive nod amid open inves­ti­ga­tions. He con­trasts this with Raf­fensperg­er’s “wins” and slams Jeff Dun­can (run­ning for gov­er­nor?) for woo­ing North Ful­ton Democ­rats, boast­ing bipar­ti­san creds (bud­get, crime bills, 2020 push­back) while admit­ting his edge: “Democ­rats haven’t won in 30 years” because he can flip indies and low-turnout GOP. Dun­can eyes a Jones matchup, backed by Nev­er-Trump cash (e.g., George Con­way ties), posi­tion­ing as the “fair bal­ance” fix for afford­abil­i­ty, health­care, and rent crises.

Wrap­ping with rapid-fire jabs, BKP pre­views a Octo­ber 28 Gainesville MAGA event for can­di­date break­downs, ques­tions Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene push­ing daugh­ter, and spot­lights scan­dals: Albi­no Rhi­no Brant Frost (tied to $140M Ponzi), Den­nis “Jack­al” Futch (must-go list), and Kan­diss Tay­lor’s First Dis­trict woes (need­ing Stew Peters’ chaot­ic endorse­ment). He clos­es on a Supreme Court mus­ing: New Chief Jus­tice probes if local “fees” skirt tax limits—a poten­tial win for tax­pay­ers. A wake-up siren for Geor­gia Repub­li­cans to fight like hell, or watch the weasels and wires turn the Peach State blue. Tune in tomor­row for Fan­nin clips and more unspar­ing truth.