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DEL.ICIO.USColonial Pipeline bill tanks in House Judiciary Committee, 7 to 4
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The House Judiciary Committee on Monday abruptly killed a bill to ease restrictions that Colonial Pipeline Co. must meet to build a third petroleum pipeline from Baton Rouge, La., to Powder Springs.
The defeat came on a 7 to 4 vote led by a bipartisan coalition of Cobb County legislators. In the end, state Rep. Rich Golick of Smyrna, the highest-ranking Republican in the vote against S.B. 173, said he didn’t trust the company — which came to local legislators late in the process.
We’ll link to the detailed story later.
The bill was dumped only after chairman Wendell Willard introduced what he thought was series of compromises acceptable to opponents. Golick said he joined Democrats in the effort to block the bill at the committee level, because he didn’t trust what might come out in the House-Senate negotiations on the bill.
Willard was clearly caught off guard. Immediately afterwards, he turned to state Rep. Robbin Shipp (D-Atlanta) and asked, “What was wrong with it? What was wrong with it?”
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By Mark
April 16, 2007 8:47 PM | Link to this
What happened to the Speaker’s “Hawks” - “magical floating members who head off such embarrassments”? Could it be the Speaker opposed Colonial Pipeline coming through Paulding County? Thanks for showing us the maps guys - they worked!
By Melissa M
April 17, 2007 4:28 PM | Link to this
THANK GOD that piece of trash bill was killed in commmittee.
And how much of an idiot does Rep. Willard have to be to not see what was wrong with it?
Good job to the team who handled the opposition. Everyone deserves a raise!
By CobbDem
April 17, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this
Yeah, the Hawks COULD have prevented it. And how hard is it to believe that after three years we still have those horrible Hawks around?
Everyone who voted for them - including, no ESPECIALLY Rep. Mike Jacobs - should be completely ashamed. Ashamed because it takes a Herculean effort like the kind aimed at preventing this bad bill to get around the Hawks.
Rep. Jacobs and all his ilk need to be swept from the capitol.