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Republican senate leader says he may not run again. But then again, he might.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Senate President pro tem Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) created a stir when the Savannah Morning News reported Thursday that he might not run again.
“I will not make that decision until … after Easter,” Johnson said.
We know that he went to Sonny Perdue during the session to let the governor know of his thinking.
Part of the trouble is that, when Republicans stripped Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, Johnson inherited the responsibility for all Senate operations — but none of the monetary compensation.
Taylor earns $83,000 a year. And Johnson gets $16,000 a year — just like any other legislator.
Evidence of some Republican dissatisfaction with Sonny’s eminent domain stuff
State Sen. Jeff Chapman (R-Brunswick) says he’ll vote against the constitutional amendment on eminent domain that’s been placed the November ballot.
The referendum’s part of the governor’s package to restrict government land-grabbing signed by Sonny Perdue this week.
Chapman told the Brunswick News that the amendment is little more than window dressing. Chapman takes issue with a provision in the proposed amendment, supposedly added at the behest of Perdue, that allows eminent domain to be defined by the Legislature.
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