Couple of things
- There's nothing in the article on brown-bagging, but Athens-Clarke County Commission's Legislative Review Committee did amend some of the proposals for a new alcohol ordinance. Apparently they're going to go ahead with the ban on selling discounted drinks after 11 p.m. which, again, I'm not a fan of in principle because it's a vague form of price-fixing. There are some good elements to the proposal, but I also think there are some ones which overreach and are kinda bad. Here's hoping it gets cleaned up before any action is taken on it.
- Jim Whitehead decides to concede, meaning we officially have an Athens congressman ... albeit a really, really conservative one.
- I'm with J.T. and the boys on this. Gary Anderson may very well be a 'crank' but that doesn't mean his allegations aren't valid. Someone with a better legal mind than me could help me out here, but it seems rather obvious that a political action committee designed to assist Gov. Sonny Perdue isn't a charity or a political party, which would mean this would appear to be a misuse of campaign funds. And the fact that an ethics panel handpicked by Perdue quickly dismissed the charge makes you wonder as well.
- That said, Bill Shipp continues to do nothing that would suggest to me that he isn't a baffoon. Is he actually questioning the need for a second medical college in this state? Despite the fact that we rank toward the bottom nationally in available doctors, but near the top in growth? And this is tied to the Grady Hospital mess? Really?
- Last night I listed five quotes to illustrate the difference between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Matthew Yglesias ultimately agrees with me.
- State Sen. David Shafer attempts to defend the lavish spending lobbyists do in efforts to woo legislators, and I'm still not buying it ... primarily because while I'll concede that, yes, a legislator from St. Simon's Island will have to eat dinner in Atlanta and not home, that doesn't mean he/she should be out ringing up tabs of $300 with lobbyists.
- Listen, the Glenn Tax is only 'great' if you, you know, enjoy stamping all over local control.
- Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey ...
- Jim Whitehead decides to concede, meaning we officially have an Athens congressman ... albeit a really, really conservative one.
- I'm with J.T. and the boys on this. Gary Anderson may very well be a 'crank' but that doesn't mean his allegations aren't valid. Someone with a better legal mind than me could help me out here, but it seems rather obvious that a political action committee designed to assist Gov. Sonny Perdue isn't a charity or a political party, which would mean this would appear to be a misuse of campaign funds. And the fact that an ethics panel handpicked by Perdue quickly dismissed the charge makes you wonder as well.
- That said, Bill Shipp continues to do nothing that would suggest to me that he isn't a baffoon. Is he actually questioning the need for a second medical college in this state? Despite the fact that we rank toward the bottom nationally in available doctors, but near the top in growth? And this is tied to the Grady Hospital mess? Really?
- Last night I listed five quotes to illustrate the difference between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Matthew Yglesias ultimately agrees with me.
- State Sen. David Shafer attempts to defend the lavish spending lobbyists do in efforts to woo legislators, and I'm still not buying it ... primarily because while I'll concede that, yes, a legislator from St. Simon's Island will have to eat dinner in Atlanta and not home, that doesn't mean he/she should be out ringing up tabs of $300 with lobbyists.
- Listen, the Glenn Tax is only 'great' if you, you know, enjoy stamping all over local control.
- Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey ...
posted by Jmac at 7:09 AM
7 Comments:
JMAC;
Your wired. I'll bet you have Heidi's cell phone on speed dial.
Find out about brown bagging. I'm too old to be concerned about getting coed's buzzed.
Ha!
No, no ... only Al. :)
Hi JMAC -
If you could expand a little on the "kinda bad" it would help me out! Thanks. And, btw, how the heck to you have time to do this considering your new "job?"
Elton
One thing that I'm not sure has been addressed is the difference between restaurants and bars under this proposal. I mean, what if you're working the bar in a restaurant? Can you be 18 or do you have to be 21? And does the requirement for education of staff place an undue burden upon owners of bars and restaurants (not to mention staff)? And are these regulations all that necessary when it seems like there might be other ways of cracking down on the Bourbon Streets of the world?
Heidi has JMAC's gonads in her safe deposit box - he sure BETTER have her on speed dial.
Speaking of which - we finally heave Elite Eltie joining us, live and in person. What a thrill. Here's something that might "help [you] out" - keep your runny little nose out of everyone else's business!!
Nice moniker. Saved me the effort.
In immortal honor of Eltie Ueoka!
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