The cigarette tax hike proposed by Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah) is likely dead, but he is looking for a way around it by proposing a constitutional referendum (HR 1652) on the issue to voters:
It may not be completely dead. But the drive to pass an increase in Georgia’s cigarette tax is in serious trouble. The [...]
A lot of attention is being directed towards the health care bill currently under consideration in Congress. Democrats in the U.S. House are busy scurrying around for the votes to pass a measure that they say would provide health insurance to more tha 30 million Americans.
If the bill becomes law, however, a proposed amendment to [...]
After a hearing lasting more than an hour, and accusations of racism from state Rep. Joe Heckstall (D – East Point), the House State Planning & Community Affairs Committee approved House Resolution 21; the bill allowing for the re-creation of a previously existing county.
Before the vote, a motion to table the legislation was narrowly voted [...]
Most of Fulton County is municipalized, meaning that most residents of Georgia’s largest county live in a city. The only unincorporated area left in Fulton is about 66 square miles in the southern portion of the county.
Fulton County government provides city-like services to this small unincorporated area –such as police and fire protection, code [...]
State Rep. Henry Geisinger (R – Roswell) is proposing a constitutional amendment to legalize betting on horse races:
A Republican state lawmaker has unveiled a constitutional amendment that would legalize betting on horse racing in Georgia.
State Rep. Henry Geisinger said Tuesday that the proposal would bring in badly-needed revenue to the state.
Geisinger, a Roswell Republican, [...]
With the news of several more legislators behind on their taxes, Rep. Calvin Hill (R-Canton) is proposing an amendment to the state’s Constitution that would prevent individuals with tax problems from being seated or even running for office:
[T]ax delinquents don’t belong in the House or Senate or in any elected position, from city council member [...]
An amendment to the state’s constitution has been filed by Sen. Seth Harp (R-Midland), who is a candidate for Insurance Commissioner, that would allow Georgians to opt-out of any mandates enacted in health care reform by Congress:
Like his Republican counterpart in Washington, State Senator Seth Harp opposes any health care reform. Especially he says any [...]
State Rep. Kevin Levitas (D – Atlanta) has teamed up with fellow Democrat Alan Powell and Republicans Harry Geisenger & Tom McCall to introduce a constitutional amendment that would “end back door tax increases.”
According to Levitas, the proposed amendment, House Resolution 1170, would “effectively freeze a home’s value for property tax purposes at the original [...]