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DEL.ICIO.USAustin Scott says he has his chairmanship back
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just ran into state Rep. Austin Scott (R-Tifton) in the state Capitol.
He was one of a handful of Republicans who voted against overriding Gov. Sonny Perdue’s veto of the mid-year budget. We’d been told he’d lost his chairmanship of the House Governmental Affairs Committee as a result.
But at 2 p.m., Scott was wearing his chairmanship badge, and said Speaker Glenn Richardson had handed it back to him. Scott referred to the loss as a “temporary domestic dispute.”
A spokesman for the speaker called it a matter of “miscommunication.”
It’s not a surprise for Scott to hang out on a limb. The Tifton lawmaker was the only Republican in Gov. Roy Barnes’ circle of confidantes who plotted the removal of the ‘56 state flag and its Confederate battle emblem.
By the way, Scott predicted the Dunwoody bill would be taken off the table, and would pass.
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By ruth raines
April 20, 2007 9:47 PM | Link to this
We certainly need more statesmen like Austin Scott!!!