Ethics Reform Transparently Lacks Will
Tweet Most items of consequence within the Georgia General Assembly happen during the final few days. This is sometimes because lengthy negotiations require the full allotment of time to come to a consensus of the interested parties in each chamber. Sometimes it is because positions require feedback that is part of an iterative process involving [...]
Read More →Ethics Reform On The Table; Must Be Watched
Tweet This week, the Legislature is finally expected to return its focus to ethics legislation. It is important that the Georgia voting electorate that angrily demanded ethics reform at the polls this past summer focus on this as well.
Read More →Ethics a Bigger Issue Than Gift Caps
Tweet Ethics, again, will be a much talked about topic around the legislature this session. Unlike other sessions, however, the legislature may not just limit themselves to just talk. Senators have started the ball rolling, adopting new Senate Rules that install a cap on lobbyist expenditures for any member of the body in excess of [...]
Read More →Endorsement for David Staples
Tweet Ethics aren’t a partisan issue. People like to know that the people they buy to represent them are actually…you know…representing them. Unfortunately, people of the Georgia Public Service Commission District 5 don’t really have that going for them. Luckily, there’s a chance to fix that.
Read More →Republicans Entering A Long Term Intra-Party Battle On Ethics
Tweet Georgia Republicans gathered in Columbus this weekend to pick delegates to the national GOP Convention and select some party leaders. They also fired the opening salvos in what is likely to be a long battle between elected Republicans and the grassroots of the party of ethical standards, practices, and enforcement of suspected [...]
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