It is with mixed feelings that I watched Georgia 9th District Congressman Nathan Deal resign this morning at the Gainesville Civic Center. I really hate to see such a persuasive advocate leave Congress at a time that is so critical to the Nation’s future. However, I understand that one “nay” vote won’t mean much if Pelosi/Reid/Osama coalition decides to use “budget” rules to force the legislation through; and running for Governor is a full-time job. He is a genuinely nice and unpretentious man and he has some the nicest family members (and staffers) on Earth.
[By the way, using a budget reconciliation exception for non-budget matters is wrong no matter who does it or when or for what reason. If the process is inherently fair, open, and transparent, the the right result will be reached. (Even if only the Almighty knows what the “right” result is.)]
Look for a special election in the very near future, and the field of at least a dozen potential Deal-replacements will be winnowed out when they have to pony up the cash to actually run for office. Perhaps we can elect a good conservative replacement (like Sen. Hawkins who was at the Deal announcement) before health-care festers to a boil.
And who is going to replace Congressman Linder to my south? State Sen. Shafer has been mentioned, and he has the conservative credentials to back up a great campaign. Also heard whispers of State Rep. Melvin Everson, but he is already knee-deep in a state-wide race. Guess that particular congressional race is none of my business, but I would be happy as I can be with both of those guys in Congress somehow (e.g. redistricting)! Watch both of these guys and Sen. Hawkins. They are the real deal.
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When you don’t have any money, do you go on vacation? When your home is in foreclosure, do you go buy some new jewelery? So why in the midst of the worst recession since the 1930’s Great Depression is Hall County Government putting a library or a park on every street corner? (Don’t give me any crap about this money has to be spent because it is in the budget blah, blah, blah.) They furlough prosecutors, cops, and firemen to save a dollar, but God forbid that we don’t a spend bundle to put a library miles from the nearest town and (that is going to require employees and maintenance forever and ever Amen). Tightening your belt means STOP SPENDING MONEY and making hard choices about priorities. Cops versus library? Simple answer. Public safety comes first. It is a basic function of government. Library? Wait until better times. The Commissioner from that district was opposed to it. The lone Democrat on the Board supported it. See a pattern? Hello? Is this thing on….
According to my good friend Craig Lutz, (http://vote4lutz.com/blog.htm) the Commission urged passage of SPLOST IV in part to purchase property to put a library in Clermont. SPLOST VI narrowly passed. Now the Commission is going to leave the property fallow in Clermont and put the library in the boondocks. So has the Commission opened up themselves to another lawsuit over a broken promise? No matter the promise, now is not the time to build a new anything except on an emergency basis.
Next time vote NO for any SPLOST or any other tax. The only way to limit government is to limit government income. The more they have, the more they want.
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So Washington is in “deep trouble” unless it attacks ballooning federal deficits? Is this an attempted suicide? Has he talked to his boss about this?
Biden on capital: ‘Washington right now is broken’ - Yahoo! News
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