Couple of things
- The annual bonanza of fun known as the Athens-Clarke County budgeting process is in full swing, and we've got some tough decisions to make. We could use a new jail, possibly a new water reservoir, a way to deter juvenille crime, additional police officers, cleaner water and, oh yeah, the tax base we have to draw this revenue from is being limited both naturally by the market and unnaturally by the folks in Atlanta.
- I agree ethics reform is good, but there's a whole lot more to this story than you think ... or actually, a whole lot less. While it was arguably awful timing for the governor to insert the tax break into the bill and it did indeed benefit him directly, it isn't as if this is something that was done that was out of the ordinary. In fact, all the governor was doing was enacting a tax break that the rest of the country operated on and, in turn, ultimately benefitted several Georgians not named 'Sonny Perdue.' Listen, I've got plenty of reasons why I don't like Perdue - see education, blue laws, etc. - but this isn't high on my list.
- 'Anti-business?' Turns out ... not so much.
- This has already been picked up by numerous blogs, but I've got to give a link to this kid. Seriously ... he's just a 44-inch vertical away from being ridiculous.
- There's a distinct difference between being a prophetic voice shouting in the wilderness and being a foolish voice shouting in what has become the wilderness because everyone else has left.
- Georgia beat Kentucky in basketball last night. That's refreshing. And, yes, I linked to Kyle solely because of the Ashley Judd picture.
- Mattthew Yglesias offers some links and insight on the history of the progressive netroots and the Clintons.
- Hillary pleads for her 'liberal firebrand' in the presidential field. I like our candidates. We talk about this.
- There's a rash of bloggers putting moving pictures of themselves on the internet.
- I agree ethics reform is good, but there's a whole lot more to this story than you think ... or actually, a whole lot less. While it was arguably awful timing for the governor to insert the tax break into the bill and it did indeed benefit him directly, it isn't as if this is something that was done that was out of the ordinary. In fact, all the governor was doing was enacting a tax break that the rest of the country operated on and, in turn, ultimately benefitted several Georgians not named 'Sonny Perdue.' Listen, I've got plenty of reasons why I don't like Perdue - see education, blue laws, etc. - but this isn't high on my list.
- 'Anti-business?' Turns out ... not so much.
- This has already been picked up by numerous blogs, but I've got to give a link to this kid. Seriously ... he's just a 44-inch vertical away from being ridiculous.
- There's a distinct difference between being a prophetic voice shouting in the wilderness and being a foolish voice shouting in what has become the wilderness because everyone else has left.
- Georgia beat Kentucky in basketball last night. That's refreshing. And, yes, I linked to Kyle solely because of the Ashley Judd picture.
- Mattthew Yglesias offers some links and insight on the history of the progressive netroots and the Clintons.
- Hillary pleads for her 'liberal firebrand' in the presidential field. I like our candidates. We talk about this.
- There's a rash of bloggers putting moving pictures of themselves on the internet.
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