Dare I take your remark as a compliment?

It may seem as, to many, that I am a left winger. That is not necessarily true. The conservatives of the 60s are often viewed, today, as liberals. While I believe in liberalism, I also believe that many liberals do not, necessarily, believe in liberalism.

I care about The People. It may be an apology of sorts, but it is true. I have spent a lifetime taking advantage of The People for the purposes of profit. That, however, is not the path of a statesman. This is something I really only realized in my elder years.

Really? A centerpiece of his admiistration? That speaks volumes to Curley’s ineptitude. He couldn’t follow through on a down-stroke. What has he acomplished? He goes on vacation when the legislature is in session. For 7+ years the guy has just been kicking the can down the road. Meanwhile the problems with transportation, water and education are compounding. I know conservatives prefer the status quo, but his lack of action is negligent.

Unfortunately, he failed miserably at that.

And anyone that wants to search the Peach Pundit records will find that I defended Smith during the previous race, but was a strong supporter of Gena Abraham to get that position.

I agree with Jane regarding Evans. He may go out claiming that government doesn’t work, but that is the direct result of public administrators such as himself.

I am all about Lee Hawkins winning this race, I will disclose that from the start. That being said, with Congressmen Deal leaving there will be some big shoes to fill. Deal was a competent legislator and an excellent public servant. Evans has proven that he can not serve honorably nor can he serve competently. The head of this serpent needs pinched off before its grows into a hydra.

I am not worried, nor excited, about any possible Democratic candidates for the 9th. It is a GOP district and will not be won by a democrat. Any democrat thinking about running should have their head examined.

Hawkins is a good man. He is loyal to his constituents and is a well reasoned and educated man. He, like Deal, would rather ask how some piece of legislation would benefit his constituents than spend his 5 minutes on a soap box for the congressional record.

2. Mike has NOT raised more than his opponents combined. You just admited that he stated this, and this is not a true statement. Thank you for clearing up the statement and for confirming that he lied.

3. Mike is the only candidate in this race (that I know of) who is paid to solicit Obama stimulus/bailout funds. He is a lobbyist, he goes after pork funded by deficit spending.

4. “DOT policy forbids personal relationships within the direct chain of command. The board oversees Abraham, approving things like her salary. ” Mike and Gena were in a relationship for some time before resigning.

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=209112

5. Two different callers asked him point blank if he was a paid lobbyist, twice he deflected the question and refused to answer.

My facts are straight, and the truth hurts when you’re running from it.

Very broken, indeed. And Perdue hasn’t really done anything to make it better in the past 7 years.

2.He has never said he has raised “double” the funds of all of his opponents in the race. His words are, and have been that he has raised more than his opponents combined. NOT double.

3. Is Tom Graves not trying to get Obama stimulous funds for his district? Did not all of the house members lobby for Obama stimulous funds for their respective districts? I know when the transportation funding mechanism (TSPLOST) was being worked on, the House would NOT pass the Senate’s version because it didn’t have any pork and special projects for EACH of the Reps’ districts. Tom Graves serves on the House Transportation committee, he certainly played a key role in making sure he got what he wanted for his district.
That is just ONE example. There are many, many more.

4.It is very easy to throw stones at Evans for his relationship with Gena. Most of us have never been in that situation. I will admit, it did make it look like there was something fishy going on when that story came out. But there were no violations of policy when it was announced that Mike would step down so that he could date Ms. Abraham. As soon as it looked like things could progress further from buisness collegues to a significant other, Mike stepped down to avoid a violation of policy. Like I said before, it may have looked suspicious, but when you look at the facts, you quickly find there was nothing going on that should be considered suspicious.

5. I personally watched Nighttalk when Mike was on. How did he dodge the question? He said that he still has alot of private citizens ask for his help in relation to DOT issues because of the connections that he still maintains at the department. He applied for the Lobbyist badge before he ever had a “gig” of any sorts. I thought he answered the questions clearly.

GOPGrassroots – please get your facts straight before you go into attack mode.

His reasons for not moving forward with a comprehensive transportation plan has been that the DOT must be fixed first.

It’s still very, very broken.

But what Georgia doesn’t have, after 7 years of Governor Perdue trying, is a functional DOT.

WTF has Perdue done except ignore the problems until this past legislative session?