Yesterday, Gov. Sonny Perdue gave the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly. It was Gov. Perdue will give the speech in his term.
Also included in the video is the Democratic Party’s response, given by Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond.
Below is the text of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s final State of the State address to members of the Georgia General Assembly. Budget numbers for FY 2010 and FY 2011 will be released on Friday. We hope to have video later this evening.
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, President Pro Tem Williams, Speaker Pro Tem Jones … Members [...]
Gov. Sonny Perdue will give his annual State of the State address this morning at 11am in front of a joint session of the General Assembly in the House chamber.
It will air tonight in special edition of Lawmakers at 7pm.
We’ll get the text posted as soon as it is available (we’ll try to [...]
Here is video of the Democrats response to the State of the State:
Here is video, courtesy of Lawmakers, of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s State of the State address with commentary from Chuck Clay of Insider Advantage.
Video from the Democratic response will be available shortly.
Georgia Democrats have responded to the State of the State:
â€We in the House came together to pass a transportation bill [last year] that would have moved forward on solving one of our state’s most crippling problems. The bill failed in the Senate and when we looked to the governor for leadership, he was in China.
“When [...]
The following has been pulled from the Governor’s website.
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, President Pro Tem Williams, Speaker Pro Tem Burkhalter … Members of the General Assembly. Constitutional officers and members of the judiciary. The Consular Corps and other distinguished guests. And, most of all, my fellow Georgians.
I want to begin this morning [...]
Audio of the State of the State address is available here. I was looking up something on the Governor’s fee proposal and an ad started playing. You’ll hear it towards the end of the speech.
I’ll have video and a transcript of the speech later.
Here are some of the notable proposals and points during [...]