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Are you looking for friends and classmates that you
graduated with at Rossville High School in Georgia? RHSA
online has over a thousand people in our data base. Curious
about a class reunion? The Bulldog Newsletter publishes
reunion information for Rossville High School Alumni.
Ridgeland Panthers GA, Chattanooga High, Lakeview Fort
Oglethorpe Warriors, Lafayette Ramblers, Chickamauga /
Gordon Lee Trojans, Ringgold Tigers, and Dalton alumni
should check classmates.com or check the search box
below.
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graduated with at Rossville High School in Georgia? RHSA
online has over a thousand people in our data base. Curious
about a class reunion? The Bulldog Newsletter publishes
reunion information for Rossville High School Alumni.
Ridgeland Panthers GA, Chattanooga High, Lakeview Fort
Oglethorpe Warriors, Lafayette Ramblers, Chickamauga /
Gordon Lee Trojans, Ringgold Tigers, and Dalton alumni
should check classmates.com or check the search box
below.
This web site best viewed at a 1024 X 768 resolution using IE
6.0 or higher
Copyright © All Rights Reserved
Beechwood Enterprises 2004 - 2008
Peerless Review uses news & information about North Georgia that
is made available to us by
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b. By e-mails that we receive.
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meetings, and city council meetings.
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04/30/2008
An Email I recently received.
Interesting Facts
Part 1
In just one year . Remember the election in 2006?
Thought you might like to read the following. A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and
mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's
handed to him.
Quote >>>> "My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope
you'll join with me as we try to change it." -- Barack Obama
Part 2:
Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and
amazing.
www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250
Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates.
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing
them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they
both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the
categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul
Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what
happened.
PART 3:
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?
Read this:
Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and
the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS. I hope the
following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times
that the reader gets sick of reading them.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state
governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food
stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for
children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of
illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by
the American taxpayers.
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal
aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times
that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge
additional crime problem in the US .
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our
Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions
of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S. from the
Southern border. Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National Policy Institute, estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would
be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion
annually over a five year period.
Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries
of origin. Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by
Illegal Immigrants In The United States .
The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
The Long Winding Road
03/31/2008
The choices right now are Bobo, Hillary, and McCain.
But........
Bob Barr is thinking about running for president on the Libertarian Party ticket.
Conservatives will have a true choice if Bob decides to run.
Basic principals of the Libertarian Party is smaller government, lower taxes, more freedom.
Frequently asked question about the Libertarian Party click here to read.
03/19/2008
The Reason Oil is So High
I wrote an article back in 2006 about the petroleum industry.
(PRA)
03/15/2008
This week has once again brought Ridgeland High School to the news headlines.
There are good people at Ridgeland, teachers and students. They deserve better. I know
some very bright students that attend Ridgeland. They have been caught in a bad decision
made before they were born. This bad decision continues to have consequences unto this
day. The implementation of that decision resulted in a recall of a school board, today it
bears fruit in a dysfunctional high school.
Current events came to a head on March the 7th when students arrived at school. Students
began to send a text message saying that a shooting was going to happen. This was the
latest in a series of problems at the school.
I have heard over and over again. Things are better at Ridgeland. And to be honest I
believe at times things were better. But if Ridgeland is so much better, why do Rossville
Alumni overwhelming continue to send their children to Gordon Lee High School. I know of
one Rossville alumni who sent his child to Lakeview. Who would have thought that a
Rossville alumni would turn to Lakeview! Ridgeland is a high school without a community.
Rossville does not feel a kinship with this school and neither does Chattanooga Valley.
This school is an orphan. I have asked people, "Have you ever attended a Ridgeland
football game". The overwhelming answer is no. Rarely does anyone say yes. Years ago
the whole community turned out for a Rossville football game. This is a school with little or
no outside support. I'm sure some businesses may support the school, but I can't name
one.
I have also heard that the students from Rossville are treated differently than those from
the Valley. And not in a good way. Ridgeland is two high schools in one building and has
been that way for almost twenty years and will remain that way. Ridgeland is a divided
school.
A wrong headed policy created this generically named school. Ridgeland was ill conceived
and named. Ridgeland was born out of politically motivated hatred of Rossville. The
offspring of this malicious plan still bears fruits. This is a school still without a community
and that is still divided.
It came to me this week on the solution to this school without a community. Chattanooga
Valley has shown no interest in getting their school back. So when a new high school is
built in Chattanooga Valley name it Ridgeland not Chattanooga Valley. This solves the
problem with the current Ridgeland Alumni. Change the name of the current Ridgeland
High School to Rossville High School. Rossville would enthusiastically welcome home an
old friend. The Long Winding Road
Take a look at this article from about four years ago.
"Choices for Walker County Schools".
03/12/2008
Still NOT SO GREAT PLAN
(Property Tax Relief for the Rich)
If appears that the tax reform bill has risen from the dead.
Axing the Car Tag Tax is a good thing.
Now for the bad part...........
Freezing local property assessments to 2% for tax purposes is a bad thing. Those with
valuable property will benefit. The short end of the stick will fall on those with less valuable
property. Local governments will be squeezed just trying to keep up with inflation and will
more often than not increase property taxes just to tread water. Poorer residents will bare
the brunt of these increases. This recommended constitutional amendment pits large
property owners against smaller property owners. Currently all property owners pay a fair
proportional tax on property. This amendment will shift property taxes to those who can
least afford to pay more taxes.
The insidious part of this tax reform is that if shifts this punitive measure into the hands of
local governments just trying to survive. The legislators get to wash their hands of the
matter and tout, I cut your taxes, with no concern of the local consequences.
Local officials will be on the hot seat. Local services and infrastructure will suffer. The only
winners are the rich and the legislators. Everyone else loses.
The Long Winding Road
03/02/2008
The NOT SO GREAT PLAN ( Tax Relief For Large Property Owners Plan) or
(Stick it to the Middle Class and Working Poor Plan)
I have poured through mountains of articles and stories, and ever changing plans. My
conclusion is that the "GREAT PLAN" is a tax cut for owners of large tracts of property. It is
not a tax reform bill but a tax shift plan. The whole premise is to reduce the taxes of large
land owners, land lords, and slum lords. All at the expense of the middle class and the
working poor. I wonder how much property does the Speaker of the House own? How
much property does his biggest contributors own? Questions that the lazy media will never
ask........
Also part of the bill freezes assessments and caps millage rates to inflation. Local elected
officials would have their hands tied in making policy for local governments. School
Boards, County Commissions and City Councils would be in a position of cutting services
in emergencies. Here is an example of what could happen. A large manufacturer
producing a steady stream of tax revenue and providing lots of local jobs suddenly decides
to move production overseas. All local governments would be in a terrible bind that could
not be resolved under the GREAT PLAN. Because of freezes in tax assessments and caps
on millage rates the tax digest would decline with a disproportional cut in services. As an
elected official I was elected to make decisions that are local, not to rubber stamp orders
from Atlanta or the GA Speaker of the House. Having puppet masters in Atlanta is not the
solution. Local officials know what is best for our communities. And when local officials
don't know what is best, local voters do and act accordingly.
The Long Winding Road
02/26/2008
From Georgia Right to Life:
Human Life Amendment Is Tabled In the House Judiciary Subcommittee
The Human Life Amendment (HR 536) was tabled Wednesday in House Judiciary
Subcommittee One despite our intense pressure to get the measure to a vote.
The Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Lindsey [R-District 54 (404-656-0298)] spent hours
taking testimony on the resolution before laying it on the table. Rep. Martin Scott , who
sponsored the bill (R-Rossville) said he would not accept this. He hopes to prevail on
Speaker Glenn Richardson to use his power to push the bill toward a vote, even though
Speaker Richardson has publicly stated that he does not want HR 536 to come to the full
House for a vote.
Lindsey, wanting the committee to table the measure, walked the audience through his
thinking process. Lindsey and the subcommittee were told repeatedly that HR 536 would
not impact "in vitro" fertilization, contraception, the death penalty, or any of the other "parade
of horribles" that the opponents were suggesting. However, they were not moved by the
expert testimony in favor of HR 536.
Scott, who spoke right before the decision, asked the subcommittee to not table the bill.
"It's time we allow the people of Georgia to have a vote. . .so we can begin to protect life in
Georgia." He added, "I ask you not to table. Give me an up or down vote."
The following subcommittee members voted against tabling HR 536. Remember, these
are the good guys; favorable to us and our position: Rick Golick [District 34
(404-651-7737)], Barry Fleming [District 117 (404-656-5024)] and Roger Lane [District 167
(404-656-0109)]. If you call, thank them for their support.
The rest of the committee voted with Rep. Lindsey to table the measure: Mike Jacobs
[District 80 (404-656-0152)], Mary Margaret Oliver [District 83 (404-656-0265)], "Able" Mable
Thomas [District 55 (404-656-0314)] and Wendell Willard [District 49 (404-656-5125)].
As we move forward, we will keep you informed of what the next steps are and how you can
help. Thanks to all of you who have been calling your legislators and lobbying them for HR
536. Keep up the good work. In the words of Rep. Martin Scott , "It's not over!"
02/23/2008
Tidbit
Your chances of being killed on your way to and on your way home from buying a lottery
ticket is greater than winning.
The Long Winding Road
02/14/2008
I received the following email:
At the Cobb County Republican Legislative Luncheon on Tuesday, February 12, Glenn
Richardson, Georgia Speaker of the House, was asked about HR 536 and what he would
do to see that this pro-life legislation got to the House floor for a vote.
Before a crowd of about 100, Mr. Richardson let it be known that he has no intention of
having HR 536 on the House floor. He then switched the topic to his tax credit proposal
which he claimed would give tax credits to parents who adopt foster children. This feeble
explanation did not stop those in attendance from gasping in disbelief.
The Long Winding Road
02/08/2008
Several years ago the state of NY and NJ went to the Supreme Court over a border dispute.
The state of NJ claimed that the statue of Liberty was in the state of NJ which at that time
was thought to be in the state of NY. The Supreme Court sided with NJ, and today the
statue of Liberty is in NJ.
TN may think that GA is disputing the border for the publicity. But the border is where
Congress says it is at no matter what either state thinks.
The Long Winding Road.
02/06/2008
GA House Speaker Richardson Punishes Legislators.
If the legislators had parted company with the Speaker over a core Republican tenant he
would have been justified in his punishment. But taking a stand on a GDOT board position
where no ideology is involved smacks of cronyism and cigar smoked back room deals, the
type of politics that citizens despise.
Politics can be a brass knuckle fight. But it is suppose to be with the OTHER party. Mr.
Richardson is not the right leader for the for Republican house. Hopefully Republican
legislators will not cower in the corner from this bully. The Georgia House needs a leader
with Republican principals and values.
The Long Winding Road.
An Email I recently received.
Interesting Facts
Part 1
In just one year . Remember the election in 2006?
Thought you might like to read the following. A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and
mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's
handed to him.
Quote >>>> "My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope
you'll join with me as we try to change it." -- Barack Obama
Part 2:
Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and
amazing.
www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250
Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates.
It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing
them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they
both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the
categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul
Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what
happened.
PART 3:
You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much?
Read this:
Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and
the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS. I hope the
following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times
that the reader gets sick of reading them.
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state
governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food
stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for
children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of
illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by
the American taxpayers.
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal
aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html
10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times
that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge
additional crime problem in the US .
11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our
Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions
of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S. from the
Southern border. Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht
12. The National Policy Institute, estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would
be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion
annually over a five year period.
Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf
13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries
of origin. Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by
Illegal Immigrants In The United States .
The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
The Long Winding Road
03/31/2008
The choices right now are Bobo, Hillary, and McCain.
But........
Bob Barr is thinking about running for president on the Libertarian Party ticket.
Conservatives will have a true choice if Bob decides to run.
Basic principals of the Libertarian Party is smaller government, lower taxes, more freedom.
Frequently asked question about the Libertarian Party click here to read.
03/19/2008
The Reason Oil is So High
I wrote an article back in 2006 about the petroleum industry.
(PRA)
03/15/2008
This week has once again brought Ridgeland High School to the news headlines.
There are good people at Ridgeland, teachers and students. They deserve better. I know
some very bright students that attend Ridgeland. They have been caught in a bad decision
made before they were born. This bad decision continues to have consequences unto this
day. The implementation of that decision resulted in a recall of a school board, today it
bears fruit in a dysfunctional high school.
Current events came to a head on March the 7th when students arrived at school. Students
began to send a text message saying that a shooting was going to happen. This was the
latest in a series of problems at the school.
I have heard over and over again. Things are better at Ridgeland. And to be honest I
believe at times things were better. But if Ridgeland is so much better, why do Rossville
Alumni overwhelming continue to send their children to Gordon Lee High School. I know of
one Rossville alumni who sent his child to Lakeview. Who would have thought that a
Rossville alumni would turn to Lakeview! Ridgeland is a high school without a community.
Rossville does not feel a kinship with this school and neither does Chattanooga Valley.
This school is an orphan. I have asked people, "Have you ever attended a Ridgeland
football game". The overwhelming answer is no. Rarely does anyone say yes. Years ago
the whole community turned out for a Rossville football game. This is a school with little or
no outside support. I'm sure some businesses may support the school, but I can't name
one.
I have also heard that the students from Rossville are treated differently than those from
the Valley. And not in a good way. Ridgeland is two high schools in one building and has
been that way for almost twenty years and will remain that way. Ridgeland is a divided
school.
A wrong headed policy created this generically named school. Ridgeland was ill conceived
and named. Ridgeland was born out of politically motivated hatred of Rossville. The
offspring of this malicious plan still bears fruits. This is a school still without a community
and that is still divided.
It came to me this week on the solution to this school without a community. Chattanooga
Valley has shown no interest in getting their school back. So when a new high school is
built in Chattanooga Valley name it Ridgeland not Chattanooga Valley. This solves the
problem with the current Ridgeland Alumni. Change the name of the current Ridgeland
High School to Rossville High School. Rossville would enthusiastically welcome home an
old friend. The Long Winding Road
Take a look at this article from about four years ago.
"Choices for Walker County Schools".
03/12/2008
Still NOT SO GREAT PLAN
(Property Tax Relief for the Rich)
If appears that the tax reform bill has risen from the dead.
Axing the Car Tag Tax is a good thing.
Now for the bad part...........
Freezing local property assessments to 2% for tax purposes is a bad thing. Those with
valuable property will benefit. The short end of the stick will fall on those with less valuable
property. Local governments will be squeezed just trying to keep up with inflation and will
more often than not increase property taxes just to tread water. Poorer residents will bare
the brunt of these increases. This recommended constitutional amendment pits large
property owners against smaller property owners. Currently all property owners pay a fair
proportional tax on property. This amendment will shift property taxes to those who can
least afford to pay more taxes.
The insidious part of this tax reform is that if shifts this punitive measure into the hands of
local governments just trying to survive. The legislators get to wash their hands of the
matter and tout, I cut your taxes, with no concern of the local consequences.
Local officials will be on the hot seat. Local services and infrastructure will suffer. The only
winners are the rich and the legislators. Everyone else loses.
The Long Winding Road
03/02/2008
The NOT SO GREAT PLAN ( Tax Relief For Large Property Owners Plan) or
(Stick it to the Middle Class and Working Poor Plan)
I have poured through mountains of articles and stories, and ever changing plans. My
conclusion is that the "GREAT PLAN" is a tax cut for owners of large tracts of property. It is
not a tax reform bill but a tax shift plan. The whole premise is to reduce the taxes of large
land owners, land lords, and slum lords. All at the expense of the middle class and the
working poor. I wonder how much property does the Speaker of the House own? How
much property does his biggest contributors own? Questions that the lazy media will never
ask........
Also part of the bill freezes assessments and caps millage rates to inflation. Local elected
officials would have their hands tied in making policy for local governments. School
Boards, County Commissions and City Councils would be in a position of cutting services
in emergencies. Here is an example of what could happen. A large manufacturer
producing a steady stream of tax revenue and providing lots of local jobs suddenly decides
to move production overseas. All local governments would be in a terrible bind that could
not be resolved under the GREAT PLAN. Because of freezes in tax assessments and caps
on millage rates the tax digest would decline with a disproportional cut in services. As an
elected official I was elected to make decisions that are local, not to rubber stamp orders
from Atlanta or the GA Speaker of the House. Having puppet masters in Atlanta is not the
solution. Local officials know what is best for our communities. And when local officials
don't know what is best, local voters do and act accordingly.
The Long Winding Road
02/26/2008
From Georgia Right to Life:
Human Life Amendment Is Tabled In the House Judiciary Subcommittee
The Human Life Amendment (HR 536) was tabled Wednesday in House Judiciary
Subcommittee One despite our intense pressure to get the measure to a vote.
The Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Lindsey [R-District 54 (404-656-0298)] spent hours
taking testimony on the resolution before laying it on the table. Rep. Martin Scott , who
sponsored the bill (R-Rossville) said he would not accept this. He hopes to prevail on
Speaker Glenn Richardson to use his power to push the bill toward a vote, even though
Speaker Richardson has publicly stated that he does not want HR 536 to come to the full
House for a vote.
Lindsey, wanting the committee to table the measure, walked the audience through his
thinking process. Lindsey and the subcommittee were told repeatedly that HR 536 would
not impact "in vitro" fertilization, contraception, the death penalty, or any of the other "parade
of horribles" that the opponents were suggesting. However, they were not moved by the
expert testimony in favor of HR 536.
Scott, who spoke right before the decision, asked the subcommittee to not table the bill.
"It's time we allow the people of Georgia to have a vote. . .so we can begin to protect life in
Georgia." He added, "I ask you not to table. Give me an up or down vote."
The following subcommittee members voted against tabling HR 536. Remember, these
are the good guys; favorable to us and our position: Rick Golick [District 34
(404-651-7737)], Barry Fleming [District 117 (404-656-5024)] and Roger Lane [District 167
(404-656-0109)]. If you call, thank them for their support.
The rest of the committee voted with Rep. Lindsey to table the measure: Mike Jacobs
[District 80 (404-656-0152)], Mary Margaret Oliver [District 83 (404-656-0265)], "Able" Mable
Thomas [District 55 (404-656-0314)] and Wendell Willard [District 49 (404-656-5125)].
As we move forward, we will keep you informed of what the next steps are and how you can
help. Thanks to all of you who have been calling your legislators and lobbying them for HR
536. Keep up the good work. In the words of Rep. Martin Scott , "It's not over!"
02/23/2008
Tidbit
Your chances of being killed on your way to and on your way home from buying a lottery
ticket is greater than winning.
The Long Winding Road
02/14/2008
I received the following email:
At the Cobb County Republican Legislative Luncheon on Tuesday, February 12, Glenn
Richardson, Georgia Speaker of the House, was asked about HR 536 and what he would
do to see that this pro-life legislation got to the House floor for a vote.
Before a crowd of about 100, Mr. Richardson let it be known that he has no intention of
having HR 536 on the House floor. He then switched the topic to his tax credit proposal
which he claimed would give tax credits to parents who adopt foster children. This feeble
explanation did not stop those in attendance from gasping in disbelief.
The Long Winding Road
02/08/2008
Several years ago the state of NY and NJ went to the Supreme Court over a border dispute.
The state of NJ claimed that the statue of Liberty was in the state of NJ which at that time
was thought to be in the state of NY. The Supreme Court sided with NJ, and today the
statue of Liberty is in NJ.
TN may think that GA is disputing the border for the publicity. But the border is where
Congress says it is at no matter what either state thinks.
The Long Winding Road.
02/06/2008
GA House Speaker Richardson Punishes Legislators.
If the legislators had parted company with the Speaker over a core Republican tenant he
would have been justified in his punishment. But taking a stand on a GDOT board position
where no ideology is involved smacks of cronyism and cigar smoked back room deals, the
type of politics that citizens despise.
Politics can be a brass knuckle fight. But it is suppose to be with the OTHER party. Mr.
Richardson is not the right leader for the for Republican house. Hopefully Republican
legislators will not cower in the corner from this bully. The Georgia House needs a leader
with Republican principals and values.
The Long Winding Road.
