I recently joined fellow members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for the first half of a two-week round of hearings on the annual state budget for fiscal year 2011.
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In the 1960s, as America struggled with Civil Rights, the counter-culture movement, political assassinations and the Vietnam War, America’s space progam helped to unify this country at the end of that troubled decade with the moon landing. [Full Story »]
Forget deer season, the moose lottery, and duck hunting. There’s a new season, and it’s humans who are now the hunted. Shootings are increasing and their randomness, lack of motive, or trivial motives are growing more shocking daily. [Full Story »]
I think it’s time for guerra (or war). I’ve believed it for a long time. I was just waiting for everyone else to catch up. We’re on the verge of losing our country and our lives to Marxist Communism. [Full Story »]
Hello neighbors, I’ve lived in Comer with my family for over 20 years. I plan on retiring here and hope my son will have his family here. During the past 20 years we often enjoyed shopping, eating, and recreating in Elberton and Elbert County. The Plant Granite proposal to the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission states: [Full Story »]
During week two of the 2010 Legislative session, we were in recess as the House Appropriations Committee met to hear Gov. Sonny Perdue submit his state budget for the remainder of fiscal year 2010, which ends June 30, and the budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins July 1.
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The Georgia House of Representatives opened the 2010 legislative session of the General Assembly on Jan. 11 by electing Rep. David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) as Speaker of the House, replacing Glenn Richardson, who resigned last month under pressure amid a near uprising within his Republican caucus.
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The Broad River Watershed Association would like to request that the Elbert County Board of Commissioners not approve the proposal by GreenFirst, LLC, to build a waste incinerator and landfill in Elbert County unless and until the board can be certain that an incineration facility will not endanger human health and natural resources of our region. [Full Story »]
In response to John Pethel’s recent letter to you, I would like to take this means of thanking him for taking the time to read my letter to the editor and respond to it. [Full Story »]
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