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 [...]
Tuesday, the House State Planning & Community Affairs Committee reported out a resolution that says the General Assembly nor the people of Georgia “consider themselves bound to comply with the orders of any presidentially appointed czar.”
House Resolution 1146 is sponsored by two candidates for Congress; state Representatives Clay Cox and Bobby Reese.
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Americans for Tax Reform has sent a letter to all state legislators in favor of the Jobs, Opportunity, and Business Success Act (JOBS Act, HB 1023). Below is the text of the letter:
Dear Legislator:
As state legislatures across the country are considering ill-advised tax increases to balance their budgets, Georgia has a chance to enact a [...]
Monday, Democrat Alan Powell, Independent Rusty Kidd and Republican Mark Hatfield introduced a ballot access bill that would completely eliminate the need for independent or third party candidates to gather signatures in order to appear on the ballot.
The summary of House Bill 1257 reads as follows:
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter [...]
Tuesday was election day in House District 19. Voters in the Paulding County-based district went to the polls to elect a new state representative to fill the unexpired term of former House Speaker Glenn Richardson.
Richardson resigned after it was revealed that he had an affair with a lobbyist while pushing legislation beneficial to the [...]
Wednesday, a group of legislators in the Georgia House introduced a bill that would replace touch screen voting with paper ballots for future elections.
The legislation known as House Bill 1215 is co-sponsored by Republicans Timothy Bearden, Bobby Franklin, Austin Scott and Barry Loudermilk. Democrat Karla Drenner is also listed as a sponsor of the [...]
Speaker Pro-Tem Jan Jones is pushing the issue:
A Republican lawmaker from north Fulton County, Jones wants to create Georgia’s first new county in 86 years, a move already drawing howls of protests from Capitol Democrats who have vowed to defeat the proposal.
“I will be asking for a vote this year,” Jones said in a recent [...]
As you can see, transparency is on the minds of legislators:
Most local governments would have their budgets and audits posted on the Internet under legislation unanimously approved by the Georgia House on Tuesday. The obligation would apply to cities and counties with budgets of more than $1 million, said Rep. Ed Lindsey (R-Atlanta), the bill’s [...]