tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14376093.post7445043994064071828..comments2023-11-03T10:47:51.717-04:00Comments on GEORGIA WOMEN VOTE!: Richardson Shows His HandAmy Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07788827541049928217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14376093.post-75258398026314183722007-11-26T16:01:00.000-05:002007-11-26T16:01:00.000-05:00I'm glad that Bibb County School Board President L...I'm glad that Bibb County School Board President Lynn Farmer agrees that our current set of state elected officials can't be trusted to do the right thing, too.<BR/><BR/>If the half a$$, half dozen mentioned before were concerned about central georgia, they would be holding town forums and legislative briefings throughout the year, including all the people and local leaders, formulating open air plans and soliciting grassroots, mid-ga support to carry regional legislative priorities out during the Legislative Session.<BR/><BR/>Yes, i'm a dreamer, the Georgia Political system has too many built in temptations for the Legislators to worry themselves with the little people over the lobbyists.Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01818080987390770336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14376093.post-8800900327483789362007-11-22T11:46:00.000-05:002007-11-22T11:46:00.000-05:00There needs to be a serious, well-funded effort, t...There needs to be a serious, well-funded effort, that is bi-partisan in nature to fight this. And we have zero time. This is a areups threat to our schools. Lynn Farmer said it best, why would we want to send our tax dollars up to Atlanta politicians and "trust" them to send them back to us?Amy Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788827541049928217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14376093.post-79841152986615982952007-11-22T01:37:00.000-05:002007-11-22T01:37:00.000-05:00So where are DuBose and Calvin, who should be call...So where are DuBose and Calvin, who should be calling him out for this regressive idiocy??Open+Transparenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248529568051717909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14376093.post-51225216097329263822007-11-21T13:36:00.000-05:002007-11-21T13:36:00.000-05:00geeze, i'm getting old, left out our church mice, ...geeze, i'm getting old, left out our church mice, Randall and Freeman...Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01818080987390770336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14376093.post-67264364848254798302007-11-21T12:24:00.000-05:002007-11-21T12:24:00.000-05:00I can't believe how rapidly we forget history in G...I can't believe how rapidly we forget history in Georgia. One need look no further than the quiet yet catastrophic "Edison Project" Fiasco of 2001 in Macon to see how privatizing schools and vouchers will pan out. <BR/><BR/>Wall Street will see the piles of money, promise our hick legislators the sky, suck out tens of millions for their corporate officers in faraway lands, put up a wall of excuses to block transparency and then <BR/><BR/>-turn the bankrupt privatized schools back over to the local communites...<BR/><BR/>I'm disappointed that my State Rep Allen Peake is so vocally and naively supporting the Glenn tax. There was a clip on tv last week quoting Allen as saying, -paraphrase- "Yes, you know the State takes people's homes for not paying their property taxes, the State won't be able to take people's homes with Glenn's tax." <BR/><BR/>What a well rounded, thoughtful analysis. I'm sadly but quickly learning it is what Allen does NOT SAY that will getcha.<BR/><BR/>To be fair, he may just be following the SILENT model governing precedent of our local legislators that came before him, i.e. Staton, Lucas, Brown, etc. Government doesn't get any quieter than with those "role models"...Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01818080987390770336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14376093.post-71129422365514257002007-11-21T07:04:00.000-05:002007-11-21T07:04:00.000-05:00OMG ! Where do we start...and how?OMG ! Where do we start...and how?Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764566800701618387noreply@blogger.com