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DEL.ICIO.USBudget paralysis: It’s contagious
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s interesting to see that even with this year’s legislative session in Georgia as a negative example, the South Carolina legislature adjourned Thursday on just as ineffective a note.
Ask any South Carolinian, and they’ll tell you they’ve had a dysfunctional Republican governor-legislature relationship long before Georgia. So far, this year’s train-wreck appears to have happened without much direct involvement from Gov. Mark Sanford — it’s a House-Senate faceoff. They’re getting used to this sort of thing - the legislature is already planning to come back in two weeks to try to hammer out a budget. No Alabama-style fisticuffs (see below) in Columbia.
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By RJ
June 8, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this
Contrary to popular thinking, healthy debate is good for Democracy so long as it produces reasonable results. Stalemate is dysfunctional. The open disagreement within Republican ranks only indicates maturation in their governance role. Do not fret, voters are not as dumb as some people think.
By State Troopers
June 9, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this
At least South Carolina funds its state troopers. Georgia doesn’t.
That’s on Sonny Do, Glenn Richardson, and every state rep & state senator. It’s beyond embarassing that we don’t have enough troopers, they’re not paid enough, they need a whole new fleet of cars, need a whole new communications system, need new or upgraded facilities, etc.
They put it on the line every day, and we treat them miserably. Even South Carolina treats their troopers well.