Opinion Section
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Skeeter Skates puts it in perspective Whenever this world starts looking too complicated, I call my friend Skeeter Skates, owner of Skeeter’s Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Greater Metropolitan Pooler. Skeeter puts things into perspective. |
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Democrats have plan to fund transportation Members of the Democratic Caucus in the Georgia House this week introduced the Transportation Jobs Development Act, a legislative solution to the transportation funding problem that has caused Georgia to fall behind other states in recent years. |
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Property tax reform is overdue Some important news came out of Atlanta on Monday, when Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, a Woodstock Republican, introduced what he called a “much needed” overhaul of Georgia’s property tax system. In doing so, Rogers acknowledged what most homeowners have known all along: the current system is a mess. |
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House, Senate improving relations State Senator Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, will be reporting each week during the legislative session. The session began Jan. 11 and is expected to last until the latter days of March. |
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The new liberal catechism In the wake of losing Teddy Kennedy’s Senate seat, in an electoral rebuke for the ages, liberaldom has a new catechism. These articles of faith may seem strange and implausible to the outsider, but they give comfort to the believer in these times of trial. |
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State must monitor effectiveness of tax breaks In addition to the national recession, another contributing factor in Georgia’s state budget deficit is the hundreds of millions of dollars foregone through a number of special-interest tax cuts and exemptions implemented over the past several years. On Jan. 25, a House subcommittee moved forward with legislation to evaluate those tax breaks’ impact on the budget and their success in achieving their intended goals. |
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Walkers organizing to fight cancer At last year’s inaugural Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Savannah, a small band of women from Liberty County walked together calling themselves Team Suzie Q. |
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State needs to make distracted driving illegal A bill in the Georgia legislature proposing a ban on using a cell phone to send text messages while driving has been sent back to the drawing board due to concerns over how it would be enforced, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported earlier this week. |
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State needs its own Tea Party What this state needs is a good old-fashioned Tea Party. Not one directed at the liberal weenies in Washington who tried to ram health care reform down our throats. This protest needs to focus on the state of Georgia. |
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Despite cuts, state priority on education With the 2010 session under the Gold Dome, there are many issues on the minds of lawmakers that will have a significant impact on you, your families and all of Georgia. |
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Obama's anti-Wall Street jag not working “We want our money back” is a battle cry you’d expect from a tea-party rally. Such lack of nuance. Such grasping materialism. Such us-vs.-them populism. |
