This was in Monday’s AJC. It’s Rep. Stacey Reece’s response to an article which Brian from Ellijay posted here.
As a legislator, my workplace happens to be the Capitol, and my colleagues are lobbyists. I support some of the causes of these lobbyists — and some I always vote against. But nevertheless, many showed the same [...]

I’ve been busy for a few days and had a very sick baby on my hands, hence the lack of open threads on this.
So here you go. Beat each other up.

This is good news. Hartsfield’s new runway will come in on schedule and on budget. They’ve done a remarkable job. They really have. I will say I have been confused about the purpose — whether it will be more for takeoffs or landings. But the AJC has done a good [...]

The session may be delayed. To pull out my Goldwaterisms, every day extra the session meets, is one more day freedom is at risk.
Hyperbole to be sure, but it’s early and I haven’t had my coffee.

I frankly think the media has done a disservice to the debate in adopting the “private cities

The Ten Commandments can be posted now. Let’s put up a pool on how long before the ACLU files suit once the governor signs the bill.

The state Senate passed a bill authorizing county governments to display the Ten Commandments as part of a display of historic documents.
The Senate performed radical surgery on House Bill [...]

I would not say this means Sandy Springs is off to a rough start, but they apparently can’t agree on a logo for the city.
Paging GAWire: Get Shirley and the rap group up there STAT!

Sorry, I hate to “break” the rules, but this article from Rolling Stone is important.  It talks about Ralph Reed and how the Christian “wonder boy” has cashed in…
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9519833/the_reed_connection
Of all the political operatives who have disgraced themselves in the Abramoff scandal, none has sullied his reputation more than Ralph Reed. As founder of the Christian [...]

Well, any thoughts on the AJC story about Richardson and Johnson feuding over the Budget and AGL Gas Pipeline story?  http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/georgia/entries/stories/0306/budget_impasse.html
Anyone want to share some insight into what the disagreement is over? 

GEORGIA. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Governor Sonny Perdue (R) is rapidly losing his numerical advantage. Last month, Perdue held leads of 20-points over either Secretary of State Cathy Cox (D) or Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor (D). The new numbers: Perdue-49%, Cox-41% … and Perdue-51%, Taylor-41%. Political pundits are already attributing Perdue’s decline to [...]

The Institute for Justice has sent a statement (the letter is in PDF format) to State Senator Jeff Chapman explaining that new eminent domain reforms passed by the Georgia General Assembly are inadequate.
In its current condition, HR 1306 falls short of providing strong constitutional reform because it does not contain a clear prohibition against the [...]

Free speech or not?  I think not.
“The officer asked if I knew I had a lewd decal on my car and I thought, ‘Oh gosh, what did my kids put on my car?’ ”
As it turns out, the decal was an anti-Bush bumper sticker Grier slapped on her 2001 Chrysler Sebring last summer. The bumper [...]

First the Reed-Abramoff Scandal.
Now State Representatives.
Is the Republican Majority in danger?  Are the lobbyists really Trojan Horses waiting to happen?  What will be the reprecussions in the 2006 mid year elections?  Could we lose seats? The House?  The State House?

The Stockbridge City Council voted tonight to continue efforts to take the property of Mark and Regina Meeks after a formal request to reconsider the taking was made by the couple to the leaders of the city.
I’m not, and the Meeks family, are not sure that the new laws that have been passed or that [...]

Ol’ Tommy Irvin’s just flip-flopping all over the place with fried pies and HB 1380…  Just after shutting down Ms. Willie Watts’ homemade fried pie business, ol’ Tommy has decided to support HB 1380 (he originally opposed the common sense legislation).    
I guess when you’ve been in office for almost 4 decades or so, you [...]