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DEL.ICIO.USYearning for a little good ol’ fashioned hate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This session, the Republican members of the House have played the rough-and-tumble Spartans to the Senate’s peace-and-love, bipartisan Atheneans.
But this afternoon, a knot of legislators gathered at the front of the House, to set debate limits on the upcoming city-of-Dunwoody bill.
House Speaker pro tem Mark Burkhalter (R-Alpharetta) and House Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons Island) were getting along splendidly with House Minority Leader DuBose Porter and state Reps. Calvin Smyre (D-Columbus), David Lucas (D-Macon) and Stan Watson (D-Decatur).
Speaker Glenn Richardson looked down on the kumbaya circle and declared that the Legislature had indeed gone on too long. “Y’all are beginning to like each other. Soon you’ll be like the Senate,” he said.
Actually, members of the Senate think they’ve been too civilized as well. That long lunch senators took this afternoon was intended to slow down the number of House bills brought before them, and make the House more amenable to compromises.
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By Bill Kecskes
April 19, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this
Let’s not spread that hate just yet - in fact, the House Republicans need to share the love with at least 18 House Democrats in order to override the Governor’s threatened veto of HB 94! Share the love guys — then refund us our $100 checks.