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GriftDrift: 2009 Legislative Sine Die!

Sine Die! If it were only true. Wikipedia has this description of “sine die:”

It is often used with regard to legislative bodies whose terms or mandates are coming to an end, as in “The One Hundred Third General Assembly of the State of Georgia closed its second session today by adjourning sine die.” This would mean that it is anticipated that this particular body will not meet again; the next session of the legislature would have a somewhat different membership, as some members would not be standing for election again, while others might not win their seats back. However, a legislative body may be called back into special session.

A corporate board might adjourn sine die if the corporation were being sold, merged, or liquidated.

Can we sell the Georgia Legislature? Merge them? With what? Liquidate? I like how that sounds, a certain ring of finality!

According to GriftDrift, James Williams, the Republicans managed to accomplish little, nothing on the important issues like transportation, while at the same time, alienating all the county commissions in Georgia and disappointing the business community.

How does a modern, 21st Century legislative body pass legislation that places the control of roads projects in one man appointed by the Governor? How do they decide that each road project in the state has to be approved by a general assembly that meets 40 days ever year? Yep, that is the essentials of the legislature’s attempt to dismantle the DOT and politicize road projects in Georgia.

And, they are still dreaming up some of the dumbest taxing ideas, like a 7% one time ad valorem tax on vehicles. That’s 7% in addition to the sales tax. I am sure the car dealers need that one to boost sales in these economic times.

This is no way to run a state!

The question is whether or not Casey Cagle will own up to this failure or put a “spin” on the poor performance during his gubernatorial campaign.

When will the people of Georgia wake up and realize the current Republican leadership is not worthy of this great state. We are going backward, not forward.

 
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Cross Over Day With James Williams

I have just been out of it since the inauguration. What better way to get back than with the master or Georgia political analysis! Thanks Grift Drift!

This eclectic interview gives a sense of the subdued weirdness of the Georgia legislature this season. The shouting and brazen conflict of past legislative sessions has given way to conflicting agendas worked out in back rooms and committee meetings.

The Georgia Power bill to make taxpayers pay for the expansion of Plant Vogle brought the ire of conservative Republicans like Erick Erickson of Peach Pundit. Even with grassroots opposition, the bill passed anyway, and the cost, politically speaking, may not be paid until the 2010 elections.

The lame duck Governor had his misguided (actually corrupt) attempt to let drug manufacturers kill us without fear of consequences die in committee. His equally stupid idea of making losing litigants pay attorney fees passed after being gutted and field dressed. Just between you and me, I will be glad when “Perdue” makes me think only of real chicken.

With all the budget problems, the Republican legislators were saved by President Obama and the Democratic stimulus legislation. Were it not for those funds, the legislature might committed political suicide in cutting services, teachers and a whole bunch of other stuff. Even as it turned out, they may have alienated a lot of county governments just because they seriously contemplated leaving them out to dry by failing to reimburse them for the loss of revenue from the homestead exemption, Such a move would have put every county in the state in deep trouble.

The real question is what does all this mean for the 2010 elections? We may not know that until Roy Barnes announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor.

 
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Grift Drift on the Budget Wars: The Politics of 2010!

It is Thursday and only 4 days before Santa Claus sends the elves to the South Pole to live with the penguins. Who better to interview than Mr. Happy Feet himself, James Williams a/k/a GriftDrift. (Sorry James, it just came to me out of the blue!)

As Forrest Gump’s mother said, Happy is and happy does. If that is true, then the legislators of the 2009 Georgia General Assembly should not be happy for years, because one thing they will not be dispensing, beginning next week, is happiness. What is hard to predict is exactly what posture the slash and burn budget negotiations will take. Will the Republican insistence on control and obedience make it a quick attack and victory on the unsuspecting numbers of teachers, students, health care professionals, social services (like Rape Crisis), the sickly poor, and the faces of other programs? Will anyone know what hits them, until it is over and too late to do anything about it? Transparency or smoke as to the real meaning and impact on this or that?

Three things are for certain: (1) No Republican is going to allow the thought of raising taxes cross his mind. (Although James did say that one of them wanted to raise revenue by taxing “gentlemen” clubs.) (2) Something important is going to be cut. (3) The ripples of this budget fight will be felt in the political elections of 2010.

Georgia is proud that taxes here are lower than in all the other states of the Union except maybe one or two (Mississippi must be one of them.). Let me tell you what is wrong with that pride. Our tax plan came from the depression era. When these guys say they can’t raise taxes, in essence they are saying that the vision of Georgia has not changed for decades, since the last depression. They can’t raise taxes because they can say that and get away with it, but it is nothing more than an admission that they have no vision for this state that will survive this century. They live in the past. They tax in the past. They educate in the past. They plan in the past (more of the same). They punish in the past.

They talk about preparing for the future, but that future is limited to developing the state from border to border. They have no vision and if you read your Bible, you know that where there is not vision, the people perish.

I do not want to raise taxes as an answer to anything. But it seems to me that government is best that accurately evaluates the needs of the people (health care, education, trauma centers, assistance to elderly) and then decides what it will take, in taxes or whatever, to provide those necessities. If that evaluation resulted in a 1% tax increase, would that be so bad. The error of the Republican party of today is that it does not want to plan and find out if that 1% raise needs to be passed into law.

Don’t get me wrong. This economy may not be the place to raise 1% in new revenue. I don’t know. But neither was it the time when times were good, when times were better. It has never been the time, even when we could have afforded it. The 1990s. Yes, the Democrats are probably just as responsible because nobody wants to raise taxes, but back when the Democrats were in power the question was not as pressing as it going to be this year and next year and the year after that.

The Republicans are in charge and the current failure to use these times to plan and evaluate and overhaul the tax system (not just eliminate property taxes as they wanted to do last year) is their failure alone. It is there failure because good business sense will tell you that when you cheat education and health care year after year, the people do not progress, they suffer.

I predict that one day Georgia will come into the 21st century and when it does it will raise taxes. It will not be this year and may not be next year, but the towers of a cheap society will not stand long. It will all come crashing down around them and us. Maybe it will be when China buys us out. Maybe it will be when crime convinces us that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

My point is this. I do not fault them for not raising taxes. I fault them for exalting their mantra about not raising taxes to the point it prevails over reason and common sense.

 
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Grift Drift and Me The Morning After The Election After

After is a word I use to describe Democrats in Georgia. I am sure many Democrats in leadership positions are wondering what happened

    after

yesterday. And that, my friends, is the whole problem. To win an election you have to be before the curve, not

    after.

You have to do things that are new and inspiring, not the same things again,

    after

they have not worked time and time before.

    After

can also be positive. You can go

    after

the future. You can only begin to build

    after

demolishing.

More, later, after I have pondered this further. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this interview with GriftDrift.

 
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Election Analysis 2008 With GriftDrift

Here it is! Hot off the airwaves!!!

James Williams, GriftDrift, does a great election results analysis–early in the morning, at that. State, National, you name it, we got it.

In order to get this to you, I am foregoing any attempt to summarize.

If you want to see the vote tallys, go to the Secretary of State’s website.

UPDATE:

It looks like we will have several run-off elections December 2, 2008.

U.S. Senate: Saxby Chambliss (R) (49.8%) vs. Jim Martin (D) (46.8%) This is still close with 96% of precincts in.

Public Service Commission-District 4
: Lauren McDonald (R) (47.3%) vs. Jim Powell (D) (47.8%)

Court of Appeals: Sara Doyle (22.5%) vs. Mike Sheffield (20.9%) (There were 5 other candidates that split 57% of the vote. Just the top 2 will be in the run-off.

The Libertarian candidate in the U.S. Senate race (Allen Buckley 3.4%) and the Public Service Commission (Brandon Givens 4.9%) captured enough votes to bring about the run-off.

 
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Counting It Down! GriftDrift on the Election!

Once again James Williams (GriftDrift) and I, engage in vain musings about the ups and downs of politics, national and state. If our predictions turn out to be correct, America will be as surprised as we are! But there is hope, hope this will all be over in 12 days.

Summarizing an interview with James is like walking through a chicken coop, there is just too much stuff out there to see it all. Thus, I suggest you listen to this one, if you really want to get the flavor of James’ keen insight into all things political. Me? I am just there for the ride, mostly.

We do cover the implosion of the McCain/Palin campaign, if it can still be called a campaign. It’s just too bad that somewhere between this year and last year, McCain lost his mind. The interview with Brian Williams ought to be interesting.

And then there is the Georgia political scene with hints of a massive voter turnout. Everyone reports that early voting lines are heavy and seem to favor the Democrats. Obama has a chance to carry Georgia, but McCain still leads in the polls. The question is how accurate are the polls this year? It may all depend on voter turnout and the under 30 voters. At least Georgia is not a “red” state. On most maps we are now pink, which doesn’t exactly please any of us.

James thinks Jim Martin has a slightly better chance to beat Saxby Chambliss than Obama has to carry the state. James commented on Martin’s aggressive campaigning this time around, something that he has not been know for. According to Pollster.com, it is dead even. It is just too close to call.

And then there are 3 Congressional races: Jim Marshall (D), the incumbent, went out on a limb when he voted for the baleout. His opponent, Rick Goddard (R), made it a big issue in their debate. James attributes Marshall’s vote on the baleout as a vote of consceince, something he thought was best for the country even though he might suffer for it in the election. I regret that I was not able to get interviews with either Marshall or Goddard.

In the 10th we have Republican incumbent Paul Broun, whom James believes will win against his Democratic challenger, Bobby Saxon. I interviewed both Broun and Saxon. Broun is a sound bite Republican, who does not, in my opinion, understand the function of government.

James did not have much to say about the 12th Congressional District. He believes that John Barrow, the Democratic incumbent (who voted against the baleout), will prevail over challenger John Stone in a “not as close as last time” race.

There is plenty more in the interview, but in an effort to get this posted timely, I will just have to let you listen for yourself.

 
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Drifting With the Grift After the Primaries!

There are times when there are just not enough hours in a day. This is one of those days or weeks or months or years, but I just had to do whatever it took to get this interview with James Williams (alias GriftDrift) posted. You will just have to listen to it to appreciate two country boys shooting the breeze about the state of politics after the primaries. From the Senate race and the Democratic runoff between Jones and Martin, to Rep. David Ralston’s announcement that he plans to challenge the Dark Knight for his position as Speaker of the House, we drift into the national scene with Obamaitis and end up casting our lot with T. Boone Pickens’ energy plan which is only 30 years late. If you could make as much money speculating about politics as oil, James and I could buy the Middle East and give the oil away.

Thanks James.

 
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Lazy Thoughts: GriftDrift and Me!

In an effort to be timely, here is an interview I did April 3rd with James Williams a/k/a GriftDrift. Back from fishing in a secret place in the Gulf of Mexico, we share thoughts on the leadership of Barack Obama, before heading into a general discussion about the Georgia legislature and the Georgia Senatoral campaign.

BTW, James just had a birthday and after a not so subtle hint, I guessed the year he was born. I was a junior in high school.

 
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Politics: Drifting With the Grift!

Talk about gambling, predicting the outcome of presidential politics is pure fantasy, but also fun. James Williams always gives me hope that someday I will understand something–anything about politics, that is. Which is a lot more than I can say about those TV pundits who take the insignificant, blow it up, out of proportion and not only predict winners and losers, but cast eternal judgment (condemnation) upon the poor candidate who happens to be in their sights at the moment. And 4 hours later, they completely reverse their predictions and damnations. James, you are a breath of fresh air.

I wish I could do this interview justice, but I am afraid I am still pressed for time, so if you want to hear two guys chew the fat, this is a good listen. The first half focuses on the presidential race, who we like, whose up and whose down and whether that means anything. The last half jumps into Georgia politics and the hot items at this legislative session like property tax reform.

Gotta go!

 
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GriftDrift Says It All: Holy Water on a Vampire!

What do you not talk about when you talk to James Williams a/k/a GriftDrift? From water rationing to development to the ‘08 Senate race to presidential politics, we cover the gamut, including holy water and vampires.

As you may know, Governor Perdue was in DC last week meeting with the Secretary of the Interior in an effort to resolve the water war with Alabama and Florida. As James points out, the farmers in South Georgia have known there was a water crisis for years. However, the farmers (developers) in Atlanta probably knew the problem existed and was much worse than the general public was aware. They just didn’t want to deal with the issue because any legitimate discussion of the future of water in Atlanta should include a discussion about controlling development. As James notes, talking about restricting development in Atlanta is like throwing holy water on a vampire.

The problem with the water crisis is the worst is yet to come! The economic impact of water rationing could impact North and South Georgia. Water restrictions have already had an impact on those businesses whose economic viability depends on water and plenty of it. The question is how long can they hold on before they go under, file bankruptcy or otherwise significantly impact employment levels. The sad truth is that there probably is no solution that can be put into effect in time to solve the problem unless the rain returns and soon.

A few comments about Rep. Jim Marshall (GA 8th) and his recent vote against SCHIP funding. Marshall is apparently confusing the Democrats with his Republican leaning votes. According to James, Marshall probably believes the program is a good one, but just doesn’t need the level of funding the Democrats are pushing. Either way he is confounding both parties.

As for the Senate race, Chambliss is polling at 58% according to the most recent Strategic Vision poll. I wonder if the election will end up being a referendum on Chambliss’ unwavering support for Bush and the Iraq War.

As for the Democrats, of course, Vernon Jones, the DeKalb County CEO, is ahead of the pack in fund raising. Some people think he already has it sown up, but Josh Lanier from Statesboro, a Talmadge Democrat, has recently formed a committee to look into the possibility of making a run.

As for presidential politics, Hillary is the Democratic favorite in Georgia, Thompson the Republican. Hillary does appear to have sown up the Georgia vote recently getting Civil Rights leader Rep. John Lewis’ endorsement.

James thinks Romney will ultimately win the Republican nomination. If it ends up with two New Yorkers, Hillary and Rudy, opposing each other, the question may be how many Georgia voters will just stay home during the primary. None I hope. However, by the date of the Georgia primary on February 5th, the winner of both the Democratic and Republican nominations may be sown up.

Fred Thompson appears to be the dog that caught the car and now that he has it, doesn’t know what to do with it. While Thompson may still be the number one choice of Georgia Republicans, I think he has little chance of getting the nomination. One minute Fred sounds great and the next he looks old. As James points out, Fred is a good example of the difference between the type of politician we say we want and the type we will actually vote for. We don’t want Slick Willie until we see unslick Willie and then we prefer the slick one.

Let’s face it. In these days and times, politics makes little sense, but it is even more important to be involved.

At least capitalism is still alive, even if it is thirsty. James and I are both thinking about renting out our trailer (mine) and cabin (James) to people from North Georgia that might want to move someplace where they can take a bath 3 or 4 times a day and not worry about running out of water.

 
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