Accountability
Every Georgia official tracked on this site whose business had a COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiven — 13 of them, $5,077,433 in all, and every single loan was forgiven. Below each, where it's on the record, is what they've said about forgiving your debt — student loans and medical bills. Every figure is a primary SBA record; every statement is sourced. The juxtaposition is left to you.
Legacy Ford of McDonough, Inc. · McDonough, GA · April 2020 & February 2021
The auto dealership Sen. Jones owns took two PPP loans — $685,800 (approved April 2020, forgiven April 2021) and $577,569 (approved Feb. 2021, forgiven Jan. 2022) — both fully forgiven, about $1.26M total.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: SBA PPP disclosure (ppp.directory) · ProPublica — Tracking PPP
Collins Trucking Company · Jackson, GA · April 2020
Collins's trucking company received the loan in April 2020; federal records show it was later forgiven. Afterward, Collins put more than $500,000 of his own money into his 2022 congressional campaign.
Sources: AOL / syndicated reporting · ProPublica — Tracking PPP (search)
Fellowship Home senior-living facilities (Valdosta, Cordele, Milledgeville, Nashville) · Valdosta / Cordele / Milledgeville / Nashville, GA · April 2020
The Fellowship senior-living group Rep. LaHood presides over runs at least four Georgia facilities that each took PPP loans, all forgiven: Brookside/Valdosta $411,013, Cordelia Manor/Cordele $150,987, Meriwether/Milledgeville $228,345, and Nashville $88,839 — about $879,000 across the four.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: SBA PPP disclosure (ppp.directory) · Georgia Recorder
Still Pool Construction, Inc. · Norcross, GA · April 2020
The pool-construction company Sen. Still owns and leads took a $787,100 PPP loan, forgiven in November 2020.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: Georgia Bankers Assn. — SBA PPP >$150K disclosure · pppreport.org
Renewed Vision, LLC · Alpharetta, GA · April 2020
The presentation-software company (maker of ProPresenter) Sen. Dolezal co-founded took a $391,300 PPP loan, forgiven in February 2021.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: SBA PPP disclosure (ppp.directory) · ProPublica — Tracking PPP
MedNow Urgent Care · Evans, GA · April 2020
The urgent-care business physician-legislator Rep. Newton owns in the Augusta area took a $358,000 PPP loan, forgiven in June 2021.
Sources: SBA PPP disclosure (ppp.directory) · ProPublica — Tracking PPP
Clyde Armory, Inc. · Bogart, GA · April 2020
The firearms retailer Rep. Clyde founded and owns. The loan was fully forgiven ($156,697 with interest). Clyde has been a vocal opponent of federal student-loan forgiveness.
Sources: ProPublica — Tracking PPP · Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cogdell Berry Farm, LLC · Homerville, GA · April 2020
The family blueberry farm Sen. Goodman co-owns took a $97,561 PPP loan, forgiven in January 2021.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: FederalPay — SBA PPP data
Sparkle Express Car Wash — Grovetown LLC · Grovetown, GA · April 2020
Richardson owns the Sparkle Express car-wash chain in Columbia County. Its Grovetown LLC took a $60,725 PPP loan, forgiven in July 2021; a separate Furys Ferry (Martinez) LLC also took a $51,920 loan.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: ProPublica — Tracking PPP · FederalPay — SBA PPP data (Furys Ferry loan)
Walker Insurance Agency, Inc. · Perry, GA · April 2020
The insurance agency Sen. Walker leads in Perry took a $58,975 PPP loan, forgiven in March 2021.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: FederalPay — SBA PPP data · ProPublica — Tracking PPP
Chill C. Farms, LLC · Moultrie, GA · April 2020
The vegetable farm Rep. Watson co-founded and runs took a $47,300 PPP loan, forgiven in February 2021.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: FederalPay — SBA PPP data
Specialty Stone, LLC · Hoschton, GA · May 2020
Specialty Stone, a commercial stone-supply yard in Hoschton co-owned by Gov. Kemp and listed on his state financial disclosures, took a $38,137 PPP loan, forgiven in January 2021.
Sources: ProPublica — Tracking PPP · Axios Atlanta — Kemp's businesses
Tyler Harper — beef-cattle farm (sole proprietorship) · Ocilla, GA · February 2021
The Agriculture Commissioner's beef-cattle operation took a PPP loan as a sole proprietorship; SBA records show it was forgiven in September 2021.
No public statement on student-loan or medical-debt forgiveness found.
Sources: FederalPay — SBA PPP data · ProPublica — Tracking PPP
The Paycheck Protection Program was a lawful pandemic-relief program; the loans here were forgiven under its rules, and receiving one is not wrongdoing. Loan amounts and forgiveness are from the SBA's public data (ProPublica / FederalPay), verified to each person's named business. Statements on student-loan or medical-debt relief are quoted or described from the cited sources; "no public statement found" means exactly that. Corrections welcome via the contact link below.