Let me run some numbers by you: 152: The number of children who died in 2012 in Georgia, despite the intervention of the state’s Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS). 13: The number of children who died in 2012 while in foster care. Zero: The number of people who died in shootouts in a house of worship in our state during the same period. 152 to 13 to zero. So … [Read more...] about February 17, 2014: Protecting Our Children More Important Than Toting Guns To Church
Georgia General Assembly
September 2, 2013: Discovering Legislator With a Sense of Humor a Rare Occurrence
Rats! As if creating this profound and pithy prose each week wasn’t hard enough, now I have discovered a legislator with a sense of humor. The apocalypse is upon us. As those of you who have followed this space over the years know well and those of you who are new to it will soon discover, I feed on the humor-impaired like a possum on a sweet potato, especially puffed-up … [Read more...] about September 2, 2013: Discovering Legislator With a Sense of Humor a Rare Occurrence
March 5, 2012: State Representative Defends Current Lobby Laws
State Representative Defends Current Lobby Laws Rep. Joe Wilkinson (R-Sandy Springs) has figured out something many of his colleagues in the General Assembly seem unable to grasp: If you disagree with something I say, tell me so and give me your side of the story Wilkinson called after my column advocating limits on lobbying expenditures to say that he believes the current … [Read more...] about March 5, 2012: State Representative Defends Current Lobby Laws
February 27, 2012: Legislators Take “Cut-And-Run” Approach To Public School Issues
Dear Public School Teachers: The “school choice” crowd in the General Assembly is after you again. I am beginning to think this is all your fault. Evidently, you did something to them in their prepubescent period that has scarred them for life. Maybe you caught them smoking in the bathroom or smooching in the hall. Whatever the reason, they are getting even with you. Did you … [Read more...] about February 27, 2012: Legislators Take “Cut-And-Run” Approach To Public School Issues