My, How They Do What They Do!!!

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My, How They Do What They Do!!!
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• Making laws
• Making sausage

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• Politics outweighs the public good
• The MY BILL syndrome
• Bills voted on (and laws made) by legislators who
  have ZERO knowledge of the contents of the bills

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• Bridge bill (HB400)
• Attached on last night of session to SB278
• Never discussed by a Senate committee, but
  approved by them anyway
• Elimination of future payments to holders of
  administrative certificates who remain in
  classroom (Never discussed by the House, but
  approved by them anyway)

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• HB251
• Mandates intradistrict transfers for students
• Includes Senator Tommie Williams nepotism
  language (from SB84)
• SB44
• Mandates that local boards give consideration
  to Georgia companies when making purchases
• Urged by a Georgia company that failed to win a
  competitive bid

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The Crystal Ball
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• SB84 (School Board Governance)
• HB100 (Donations to organizations providing
  neo-vouchers)
• SB90 (Vouchers for all, a cornerstone of Senator
  Eric Johnsons campaign for Governor, as well as
  that of John Oxendine)

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• HR1 (Caps the annual growth on the assessed
  value of property)
• The end of the birthday tax on cars???

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• NO ONE need pay taxes (Apparently, public
  services are free!)
• Impact of 2010 gubernatorial campaign (and,
  campaigns for other statewide offices) will have
  major impact in next session

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• QUESTIONS???