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Friday, March 28, 2008
Not a gusher — just seepage at the Governor’s Mansion
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A reader was driving down West Paces Ferry Road on Thursday, took one look at what looked like drilling equipment at Governor’s Mansion, and wondered if — when it came to rain — Sonny Perdue had given up on prayer and gone prospecting.
After all, God helps those who help themselves.
Stacy Shelton, one of the AJC’s water specialists gave a quick call to the governor’s office this afternoon.
Despite what it looks like, Perdue’s not drilling for water, says a spokesman. Elissa Eubanks/AJC
The monstrous piece of equipment at the mansion is not being used to drill for water, said Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley. Or oil.
He said the mansion’s basement needs waterproofing. Workers are digging a trench around the residence’s basement walls, which are then being sealed off.
Brantley said the basement, which contains a ballroom and kitchen for big events, has sustained some minor damage from the prayed-for rain.
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Cagle shows his backing from ACCG, GMA, and tax groups
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Let the House-Senate fight over tax cuts begin.
The office of Lt. Gov. Casey this morning unloaded several serious endorsements of the Senate plan to trim the state income tax by 10 percent.
The House has pitched the elimination of the state car tax.
From the Association County Commissioners of Georgia: “The House-passed version of H.R. 1246 did not constitutionally guarantee full reimbursement to counties for the elimination of the personal vehicle ad valorem tax. In addition, it would have forced counties to raise millage rates just to keep up with inflationary increases in the cost of providing existing county services.”
The Senate version, the ACCG said, “provides significant tax relief to Georgia’s citizens without creating service delivery problems at the local level.”
From the Georgia Municipal Association: “Without getting into any of the economic or fiscal theories supporting an income tax cut, the proposal appears to be fair to every taxpayer in Georgia.”
From the Washington-based Americans for Tax Reform: “While tax cut plans being measured by both chambers are promising…the House plan, while providing about $760 million a year in tax relief once fully implemented, does not go as far as the tax cut plan put forth by Lieutenant Governor Cagle.”
From the Washington-based National Taxpayers Union: The Senate option “represents the largest, real-dollar tax reduction.”
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A lawsuit link between Bishop Paulk and Vernon Jones?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Only recently has WAGA-TV (Fox 5) posted on its web site this report that Dale Russell put together last week, theorizing that there’s a lawsuit link between disgraced Bishop Earl Paulk and Vernon Jones, the DeKalb County CEO and U.S. Senate candidate.
In February, Superior Court Judge Mark Anthony Scott ordered a couple and their attorney suing Bishop Earl Paulk to pay more than $1 million in legal fees and court costs from a dismissed case.
Report posits a lawsuit link between Earl Paulk and Vernon Jones. WAGA-TV
Mona and Bobby Brewer dropped their years-old suit last July, but each filed a separate suit in state court later in 2007.
That led Scott to rule the first suit frivolous. The million-dollar award is to cover court costs and fees for Paulk’s lawyers.
Using footage of former DeKalb County prosecutor J. Tom Morgan, who calls the award “unheard of,” Russell points out that the Scott ruling had a side effect.
Says Russell:
“Judge Scott’s ruling delayed the second lawsuit, just six days before Judge’s friend and political supporter, DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones, was set to appear in court as a witness.
“Last October, Vernon Jones gave a deposition in the Paulk case. According to court records, Jones refused to answer questions about his personal relationship with Patty Battle. She was once a key member of Paulk’s church, and admitted under oath she had a sexual relationship with Earl Paulk.”
Morgan, who is no friend of Jones, represents Battle.
Russell is reporting that the second lawsuit is unlikely to resume until late this year.
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