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DEL.ICIO.USKeep it down. Water machinations at work
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Look for word to spread very quickly that Georgia needs to cool its rhetoric on a border fight with Tennessee, lest it let a bird in hand escape.
Since December, three new Bush appointees to the nine-member governing board of the Tennessee Valley Authority have been waiting confirmation by the full U.S. Senate.
One of them is the first Georgian ever to be nominated — Tom Gilliland of Blairsville, a vice president of United Community Banks.
The TVA is the agency that has jurisdiction over interbasin transfers of water — of the sort that Georgia would like to see.
Here’s the thing: In 2006, when the last batch of nominees to the TVA was advanced, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson — noticing a lack of Georgia representation — put a hold on a floor vote until the nominees promised, in writing, to pay attention to his state’s need for water.
But if the border volume gets too loud, either one of Tennessee’s two senators could return the favor and put a hold on Georgia’s only representation on the TVA board.
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By Ernest Norsworthy
February 25, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
It’s much worse than that - see my comments on the TVA at http://norsworthyopinion.com