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DEL.ICIO.USNot asking for much
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mayor Shirley Franklin has been beating the drum of late for the state to lend more financial support to Georgia’s municipalities - including the ATL, of course. But when asked at her appearance at the Atlanta Press Club Wednesday what her wish list was for this year’s legislative session, the mayor was very modest in her expectations.
Getting the green light for the sales tax referendum for water and sewer improvements was No. 1 through 20 on her list of top 25 priorities, Franklin said, and there’s “hardly anything else out there of that magnitude” that the city wants at the Capitol this year.
Though the mayor didn’t mention it, this might not have been a good year to come calling at the big house down the street for any big favors, anyway. Republicans were outraged by Franklin’s participation in the ad for John Eaves in the Fulton County Commission race which suggested that a vote for Lee Morris amounted to a reversion to the bad old days of police dogs and hoses.
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By RJ
January 10, 2007 9:56 PM | Link to this
Baxter & Galloway…This is number five or six posting about that race. Why does it get so much attention from you guys?
By GC
January 10, 2007 11:09 PM | Link to this
In the political scheme of who gets what, when, and how it is important to note that while a revolution took place in Georgia, it also did in Washington. Republican dominance in Georgia and Democratic dominance in Washington. Democrats control the purse string in Washington and Shirley Franklin has a lot of friends there. All things do not begin and end in Georgia. It’s in Georgia’s best interest for both to work together.