And down here they are pretty damn corrupt.
Years ago, a state politician pushed a .30cent gas tax to fill the states infrastructure fund. To my knowledge there was no sunset clause. Folks raised hell, as you can imagine, since it was 30%. And Georgia has always had fairly cheap gas. So, instead of doing some type of ‘penny sales taxes’ to raise the money, he argued that it should only be car owners. I guess everyone else lives off grid, makes their own clothes and grows their own food. Point being, everyone relies on gas for something, even if they don’t own a vehicle.
Anywho, as things heated up, he stated that if his constituents didn’t like it, they could vote him out. Bill passed. POS Gov Deal signed it. Guy resigned his seat the next day. And now, we still pay 30cents more than we should.
Things are bad down here and getting worse. As long as the people of Georgia keep electing these greedy, country club, frat boy, GOPe Republicans, Georgia is well on it’s way to being another NC, Kentucky, Louisiana. Pretty strong Republican presence, but Democrat Governor. And don’t talk about Roy Barnes. Barnes isn’t the same Democrat we have today. Nor is Zell Miller.
And the current leadership, aside from what they allowed last November and January, are as corrupt and greedy as any. Especially the Lt Governor, who’s allowed to work in the shadows since Kemp and Raffensberger get all the attention. Duncan is selling this state out to anyone that will show up at his door.