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The Dog Park Committee will meet at 9:00 AM on May 24th at Park & Rec.
Following the commission vote to not approve one particular site in Yahoola Creek Park for a Dog Park, they agreed to have a committee appointed to consider proposing a site. Continue reading »
Tags: animal control, BOC, parks
The Blackburn Park Concept Committee will meet on Tuesday May 18, 2010 at 7:00 PM in the main courtroom of the Courthouse that is to be distinguished from the new Justice Center. All meetings of this committee must be public. Continue reading »
Over the weekend, Senate leaders had stripped Smith of his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for his failure to support HB 307, the $216 million hospital bed tax.
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2010/04/12/preston-smith-on-prostitutes-pimps-and-puppets-in-the-senate/
Text of Preston Smith’s speech in the Georgia Senate
Abraham Kuyper once said, “When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay you convictions bare before friend an enemy with all the fire of your faith.” Today I rise to speak during our debate about the process by which this bill and others come before our Senate body for consideration. Continue reading »
Tags: Ga Senate
Financial obligations can result in the enslavement of both individuals and nations. Debt, the slight of hand that let’s us live beyond our means, eventually demands an accounting. There is no such thing as a business too big to fail; and there is no such thing as a nation too big to fail. Mighty nations have been wiped out by their own excesses.
According to Douglas Holtz-Eakin, director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2003 to 2005, ” By 2020, the federal deficit — the amount the government must borrow to meet its expenses — is projected to be $1.2 trillion, $900 billion of which represents interest on previous debt. The health care legislation would only increase this crushing debt. It is a clear indication that Congress does not realize the urgency of putting America’s fiscal house in order.” Continue reading »
Tags: unabashed deception
The following is from Chairman John Raber’s Question & Answers in The Dahlonega Nugget on March 17, 2010:
Q. What is a fragmented politician?
A. A fragmented politician is one who has single focus vision and is incapable of or not desirous of understanding the total picture because of levels of education, social awareness, greed, global awareness, desire for power, and inability to be a team player. Continue reading »
Tags: BOC
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