Will We Finally Have Ethics Reform in Georgia?
The 40 days of the next General Assembly session will not be boring.
As we turn the calendar to 2013, we leave behind a year of successes and failures. It is easy to begin listing the failures, but I refuse to invest my time in the negative. Rather than dealing in the past, let us look forward into the future in our state of Georgia. On the second Monday of January, the Georgia General Assembly will open for the 40-day legislative session. There are some new people in places of leadership under the Gold Dome. It is felt by some people this will be positive in terms of moving legislation that is needed to help make our state stronger in ethics reform and care for those who need a voice. Without making sweeping statements about former or even current leaders, I choose to deal with issues. When this session …
Rich "The Equalizer" Pellegrino
6:38 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
I am not sure what you mean by your first statement--but I agree that everyone should play by the rules without favoritism--and that that applies to any special interest group, including mine. But to think that any non-profit or advocacy group has equal clout with business lobbies is a far fetch. And, in the interest of honesty and ethics....all independent reviews and audits of undocumented … more ›