Note from Jeff: I did some basic checking into this post, and apparently Porter is correct that the Hawk system was a creation of the Republicans when they took power in the House of Representatives. Before that, many House leaders were ex-officio members of most committees – meaning that they themselves could still swoop in and potentially change the outcome of a vote to suit their wishes, but they did not have a system of “roving enforcers” that the Hawk system creates. That said, I’m not sure I agree with the title of this post, but I didn’t create it. This post, minus this paragraph and a brief question at the end, was completely written by a candidate, and I happen to agree with its general premise that the Hawk system needs to be disbanded. Without further ado, here is some commentary on the Hawks in the Georgia House of Representatives written by House Minority Leader and Democratic Candidate for Governor DuBose Porter.
Have you ever wondered why Georgia, one of the most beautiful states in the world, is at the bottom of the good lists and at the top of the bad ones? It is corruption, plain and simple. Corruption blocks jobs, keeps gridlock, designs water plans to fail. Georgia’s corrupt government keeps education down and prison populations up.
As a State Representative I have fought corruption on either side of the aisle, but the number one corruption facing Georgia today, is a corruption that allows other corruption to thrive- the Hawks in the Georgia House of Representatives.
The Hawks in the Georgia House of Representatives have taken away representative government in Georgia. Only in Georgia does this threat to the American way of life exist.
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