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Friday, April 6, 2007
Taxpayers union jumps into budget fight
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The dialogue isn’t getting any tamer in the House-Senate budget confrontation.
The National Taxpayers Union has entered the fray, on the side of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and the Senate, with a letter the organization says is going out to 8,000 members in Georgia.
The group takes on the specifics of the mid-year, $700 million budget. “A $1 million sop for the Tour de Georgia is not a core responsibility. Nor is $5 million for the National Infantry Museum Project,” the group states.
We’re having a problem posting the entire letter, dated March 29, as a PDF. But these are the most incendiary paragraphs:
“Many members of the Assembly spent years campaigning on the reduction or elimination of the supplemental budget.
“Unfortunately, some have allowed the trappings of office and the appeal of pork to change their minds.
“Our members, however, have not changed their minds and believe that this supplemental should not be used as an excuse to propagate wasteful spending.”
Rudy’s coming to town. Unlike Six Flags, the ride’s not free
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Word’s being passed around that Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and current leader in the GOP presidential sweepstakes, is headed to Atlanta for a Wednesday fund-raiser.
This will be the debut of his campaign in Georgia. His last public appearance here was with Ralph Reed last year.
Minimum price for the 103 West event is $1,000. Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, whom Giuliani had his eye on as his Southern campaign chairman, is the prime mover.
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