Thursday, March 18, 2010

Dissent Not Allowed on G-RAMP

The 21st Century Partnership is calling for everybody to have a "common voice" with regards to G-RAMP.  Dissent is not allowed.  Is it bad that I'm hoping that environmentalists get in the way of this project?

 

Houston County is going to make a bid for the Google Fiber line.  This would be nice, but don't get your hopes up too much.

 

Apparently the results of Donald Walker's autopsy could be made public within a week.

 

The rapper Waka Flocka Flame is being held in the Houston County Jail on a probation violation.

 

The state unemployment rate rose to a record 10.5% last month.

 

The state Senate approved an unenforceable ban on texting while driving today.  I'm glad that they don't have any pressing business, like a budget, to deal with.

 

State House Speaker David Ralston is pushing for a new transportation bill, even though Georgia's roads are the 13th best in the country.  At least there is still a regional opt-out in the bill.

 

A bill to track prescription drugs passed a Senate committee today.

 

The HOPE Scholarship could be expanded to add a need-based grant for low-income students regardless of grades.  Why are we adding to the already bankrupt HOPE system?

 

The state of Georgia could raise about $300 million in new revenue by legalizing and taxing marijuana and cocaine.

 

Republican Ray McBerry and Democrat Carl Camon both had their teacher certificates suspended for misconduct with female students.  Camon appears to have been set up, but McBerry looks like a fool.  The incident report from McBerry's case even reads like a bad Lifetime movie.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I actually think the Transportation bill ( at least as it is described in the link) is a good thing! That's the way government SHOULD be done - at the local level!