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AJC.com > Legislature > Blog > Archives > 2009 > February > 03 > Entry

Herding cats, er, lawmakers

By Aaron Gould Sheinin | Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:11 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

How do you get 180 state lawmakers to sit still?

Carefully, slowly and patiently.

The Georgia House had its annual official photograph taken today, a panoramic affair, that was going to take, Speaker Glenn Richardson said, “as long as you allow it.”

Richardson (R-Hiram) threatened to fine any House member $1,000 if they left the chamber before the ordeal was over.

Everyone stayed. And everyone, as best we could tell, smiled real nice.

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