Category: Economy
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Honor Our Veterans with a Stable Economic Future
by Sandra Givens Scott, a state representative in Georgia and a member of the Women Legislators’ Lobby, a program of Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND). As a veteran, I have some particular worries about how our nation is meeting the needs of our men and women in uniform and their families. The political brinkmanship Congress…
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Gov Deal: Is He Really A Good Manager Of Your Money?
On the heels of creating a new state Agency to direct public tax dollars to charter schools, Governor Deal announced support for a yet another new agency aimed at helping re-train and assist Georgia Veterans for jobs. It sounds all good and noble right? Just one problem…We already have one. Governor Deal’s office is responsible…
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Hillary, Guns, MARTA changes and Monty Python – Your Morning Reads
FLOTUS outshines the stars at Kennedy Center this weekend, and is POTUS totally checking her out or what? Bob Costas goes off on guns during…Sunday Night Football? Yep… Better Georgia weighs in on Tax Cuts and the Fiscal Slip-N-Slide Atlanta City Council debates a pay raise for itself…Is it a full-time job or not? Mother…
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Living Wage for Legislators
A former Professor of mine from Kennesaw State, Kerwin Swint, has a nice piece regarding the $100 lobbyist cap in Georgia. It ends with this summation: After all, every Georgian’s real fear should be that the state of Alabama has stronger ethics laws than the Peach State. You know, I get why some members of…
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All politics is local
Latest smart commentary from Rep. Scott Holcomb District 82. Published this morning on the Tucker Patch. There’s a time-honored saying that any state legislator knows well: “All politics is local.” It remains true today. As a community, we need to remain focused on what keeps our local economy prosperous and our cities like Atlanta safe…
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Corporate Obligations
Does corporate America have an obligation to help solve America’s problems? 2012 may be known as the year the US Auto industry makes a full recovery but 2011 was certainly a year of record profits for oil companies, and well, okay, 2012 will probably be the same. But what about other American companies, that are…