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DEL.ICIO.USGeorgia’s new state motto: ‘Go Fish’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Anyone who had witnessed the pride that Gov. Sonny Perdue took in landing the $130 million Bass Pro Shops and distribution center for Macon last year might have predicted his $19 million budget item to make Georgia a fishing paradise.
But to place a program for new boat ramps and such at the top of his State of the State speech, as the Perdue did last week, struck legislators as more than slightly odd.
In the state Capitol, where humor is quick and cruel, “Go Fish Georgia” - the name the governor put on his bid to increase angler tourism - has quickly become a giggle trigger.
All manner of items, including business cards, have shown up decorated with lures. The phrase “fish or cut bait” has become a plague.
On Friday, Casey Cagle held his first session with reporters. It had to be judged a success, given that the lieutenant governor generated a fair number of headlines the next day.
His only gaffe may have come when he casually mentioned what he called the governor’s “Go Fish” project. Both of Cagle’s pupils gravitated to the top of his skull. The lieutenant governor quickly caught himself.
“I did not roll my eyes,” Cagle said, after rolling his eyes.
His press secretary chimed in. “He was searching his memory for details,” she said.
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