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DEL.ICIO.USDuBose Porter on running for governor and running water
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In today’s Macon Telegraph, House Minority Leader DuBose Porter of Dublin says:
— He’s looking at a 2010 run for governor, but is wary of competition from fellow Democrats. He doesn’t want a Mark Taylor-Cathy Cox suicide pact that would doom a nominee’s chances;
— He doesn’t much like House Speaker Glenn Richardson’s tax plan in its current form. Porter is more interested in a simpler, Florida-style increase in the homestead exemption;
— That, in his first year as governor, Sonny Perdue ought not to have laughed off a $30 million plan for reservoirs fashioned by Democrats.
The governor’s office labled Porter’s comments a “mischaracterization.”
Comments
By No chance
November 14, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this
DuB has done nothing to make himself a viable candidate for guvna. Has not distinguished himself in anyway, has not written and passed any important legislation, has not be a leader of his party, etc. Hard to know who’s less impressive: DuBose or Calvin Smyre?
By Jerry
November 14, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this
You may fault DuBose for many things, but not getting legislation passed isn’t one of them. See, the way things work is NO minority party legislation gets passed. If the idea’s good, a majority party member may copy it and introduce it under his or her name. Example, Senator Adelman (D) introduced legislation creating an umbilicle cord stem cell bank. Went nowhere. Then Sen. Shafer (R)takes the same bill, tacks on some nutty right-wing language making stem cell research a felony, and it passes (minus the felony language, which was too much for even the Repubs.) BTEW when’s the last time anyone heard Jim Wooten crying for a two party system in the stat?
By George Clements
November 14, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this
Jim Galloway, you might want to take a look at whatever happened to the plan for eight regional reservoirs that were part of the Governor’s Growth Strategies Commission report in the mid 1980’s.
Roy Barnes was a member of that commission as were several others who were considering a run for governor to succeed Joe Frank Harris.
What did the state bureaucracy do with that report and with the idea of funding mid-sized reservoirs to supplement Lanier and Altoona?
The other growth projections for the state by the commission proved very accurate so the question is why did the professionals in state government ignore what was clearly a far-sighted recommendation on water?
I know of what I speak since I was the outside communications consultant who wrote the interim and final reports of the commission.
We’re paying the price today for some almost criminal negligence and dereliction of their duties by the DNR and other state agencies.
By George is right
November 14, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this
George Clements is 100% right. Can’t blame the water mess on Sonny & Republicans, like that coward DuBose Porter is. Dem’s ran the state for decades until 2002. Planning for this needed to be done at least ten years in advance. The metro area was allowed to grow uncontrollably during the 90’s, and Dem’s ignored the planning needed for water back then. According to George, Dem’s were well aware of this in the mid-80’s?!
And what is your plan right now, DuBose, to solve the water crisis? Easy to throw bombs from the sidelines, isn’t it. Much harder to lead, even if you’re the minority party.