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By Publius, on March 10th, 2010%
Initiative to save taxpayers money and lessen environmental footprint
ATLANTA, GA – March 2, 2010 – Michael Mills today announced plans to perform a comprehensive “green audit” of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office within the first 100 days of his administration. The audit’s goal is to find and reduce financial waste and limit detrimental environmental practices.
The Secretary of State’s office impacts a wide swath of citizen lives’ through the Archives, Corporations, Elections, Professional Licensing and Securities Divisions. More than 300 employees work at four facilities across Georgia, delivering services that run the gamut from ensuring fair elections to licensing more than 40 different professions. The “green audit” seeks to root out financial waste, ensuring that the offices are properly staffed to deliver top-notch customer service without unnecessary overhead. The audit will also identify opportunities to improve the office’s environmental footprint, reducing energy use, recycling waste and leveraging technology to eliminate reams of paper, etc. The final report will present opportunities to create a culture and tangible policies that ensure taxpayer dollars are used efficiently and the office’s environmental footprint is reduced.
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By Publius, on March 10th, 2010%
(Atlanta – 1 March 2010) Even as snowstorms were blanketing much of the northeast, a firestorm for the cause of liberty and state sovereignty was heating up in Atlanta on Thursday and Friday.
Hosted by Ray McBerry, Republican candidate for governor of Georgia, the first national Tenth Amendment Summit convened for the purpose of bringing candidates together from around the country who are running on a Tenth Amendment platform, each with the goal of restraining the power of the federal government through the assertion of peaceful, constitutional means. The event was co-sponsored by the Tenth Amendment Center in California.
Thursday night’s closed-door meeting included twenty-five candidates from across America who represented thirteen states — more than a quarter of the states that make up the union. Of the candidates participating, there were fifteen running for Congress, one for U.S. Senate, one for state senate, five for state house, and three candidates for governor of their respective states. There were also both men and women present, running for office.
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By Jeff, on March 10th, 2010%
Over the last week and a half or so, much ado has been made about potential cuts to colleges (including cutting several degree programs at Albany State and other institutions) and the 4H program. Indeed, this is what motivated my first discussion on the budget last Friday.
Now, I keep hearing from legislators and some pundits that this isn’t the legislators’ fault – it is the Board of Regents’ and the Presidents of the colleges themselves. They claim it is a Constitutional issue, that the Georgia General Assembly can’t dictate to any school, or the Board of Regents as a whole, exactly how to spend its money.
Most people may see this as a cop-out, as the legislators trying to dodge a bullet.
But the legislators are correct.
Per Article VIII, Section IV, Paragraph 1(c) of the Constitution of the State of Georgia:
All appropriations made for the use of any or all institutions in the university system shall be paid to the board of regents in a lump sum, with the power and authority in said board to allocate and distribute the same among the institutions under its control in such way and manner and in such amounts as will further an efficient and economical administration of the university system.
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By Jeff, on March 10th, 2010%
Lately, some “liberty” (I use the term loosely here) activists have gotten it into their heads that local governments are trying to persecute them.
How?
By saying “no” to roosters in subdivisions.
So they had their go-to boy, State Rep Bobby Franklin, introduce a bill that would preempt local control on this issue and mandate that no local government could prohibit gardening nor the keeping of chickens, goats, or rabbits – and nor could they require a permit for these activities.
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By Tom, on March 10th, 2010%
Yesterday afternoon, Reason.com’s blog Hit & Run had an interesting tidbit. Apparently, Nancy Pelosi is saying that we can’t really know what’s in the healthcare bill until they actually pass it. After that, we’re going to love it! After all, she says, it’s about “diet, not diabetes.”
Sure, I believe you Nancy. Just because that argument is right up there with “your shoe laces are untied” and “what’s that behind you?” is no reason to not believe you, right? Continue reading Sure Nancy…I believe you
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