Erick Erickson

===Macon city council===
Erickson was elected on November 6, 2007 to a four-year term as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the Macon, Georgia [[city council]].<ref name=Macon.com>{{cite news|last=Gaines|first=Jim|title=Erickson to quit Macon City Council for Atlanta gig|url=http://www.macon.com/2011/01/06/1399941/erickson-to-quit-macon-city-council.html|access-date=October 15, 2012|newspaper=The Macon Telegraph|date=January 6, 2011|archive-date=December 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221110322/http://www.macon.com/2011/01/06/1399941/erickson-to-quit-macon-city-council.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He resigned his office on February 16, 2011, partway through his first term to pursue a job with [[WSB (AM)|WSB]] radio in [[Atlanta]];<ref>{{cite web|last= Holland|first= Joshua|title= Meet Erick Erickson, the Toxic Idiot Guiding House Republicans on the Debt Ceiling Fight|publisher= [[AlterNet]]|date= July 26, 2011|url= http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/151793/meet_erick_erickson,_the_toxic_idiot_guiding_house_republicans_on_the_debt_ceiling_fight|access-date= 2011-07-28|archive-date= 2011-08-06|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110806000533/http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/151793/meet_erick_erickson%2C_the_toxic_idiot_guiding_house_republicans_on_the_debt_ceiling_fight|url-status= dead}}</ref> The ''[[Macon Telegraph]]'' noted his poor attendance as a council member before his resignation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gaines|first=Jim|title=Erickson steps down from Macon council|url=http://www.macon.com/2011/02/17/1454646/erickson-steps-down-from-council.html#storylink=misearch|access-date=October 15, 2012|newspaper=The Macon Telegraph|date=February 17, 2011|archive-date=June 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611000219/http://www.macon.com/2011/02/17/1454646/erickson-steps-down-from-council.html#storylink=misearch|url-status=dead}}</ref>