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By: Mae

Mae — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:02:05 +0000

The last line of Jim Galloway’s piece says a lot – “Somebody didn’t get money from Mercer Reynolds.” Too often developers looking to profit from building on public lands find willing allies in the political arena, more often than not of the Republican stripe. Case in point – Jekyll Island State Park, where developer Mercer Reynolds has recently sealed a deal giving his firm free use of state-owned oceanfront land in order to build $160 million worth of time-shares, while the taxpayers of Georgia get stuck with $50 million in bond indebtedness to pay for the infrastructure that supports the Reynolds project. Gubernatorial candidates DuBose Porter, as well as David Poythress, clearly recognize that deals such as this are fiscally irresponsible and bad public policy. Our Republican candidates for Governor, on the other hand, seem to be keen on giving away land in Georgia’s only barrier island staee park. Eric Johnson, who is an ex officio member of the Jekyll Island board of directors that has been pushing the Reynolds project and scrambling for taxpayes dollars to subsidize it, is leading the pack in this regard. Coincidentally(?), Jamie Reynolds, who heads up the Jekyll development project, is co-chairing Johnson’s campaign finance committee.

By: Zeb

Zeb — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:33:40 +0000

Go DuBose!!!! Speak truth to the greedy morons who want to pave and pillage this beautiful state. Keep it up. Kick some butt!!! Say what needs to be said and keep saying it! Lordy how this state needs an honest leader.

By: Daedalus

Daedalus — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:41:01 +0000

If we’re waiting on Sonny Perdue to show leadership on infrastructure (any infrastructure, with the exception of ramps for bass fishing) then we are better of praying for rain and reservoirs to store the water.

I remember the all-GOP governors of Alabama, Georgia and Florida promising to end the water litigation and work out a deal. They didn’t even try. Now Sonny’s a lame-duck heading back to Bonaire. His ‘vow’ to appeal just means more litigation (he’ll be out of office before his appeal is ruled on) and the Georgia Republicans in Congress don’t have ANY friends across the aisle…what with calling Obama an uppity muslim terrorist-socialist commie and all.

BTW, deal isn’t level-headed, he’s block-headed. It looks similar from the top, but the flat sides and blank face are dead-giveaways….

By: GSU

GSU — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:42:40 +0000

Deal appears to be very level-headed. I like that he immediately tries to resolve the issue instead of pointing fingers

By: The Snark

The Snark — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:05:07 +0000

The Snark most assuredly does not blame Republicans for the tri-state water problem. Lord knows it’s been going on for a long time. But the current Republican officeholders in this state have completely failed in their duty to solve the problem. If they are replaced by Democrats who likewise fail to solve the problem, be assured that I will be the first to skewer them in this august blog.

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By: BPJ

BPJ — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:16:07 +0000

I hope that (after filing an appeal, to give Georgia some leverage), the three states can work out a deal. Whatever the three states can work out, Congress will pass (although we might have to promise the Tennessee delegation that we won’t go after the Tenn. River).

Whatever is worked out, part of the solution will be water conservation. This doesn’t have to be odious. Here are two things that would make an enormous difference in metro Atlanta’s water consumption”

(1) everyone with a “running” toilet should get it fixed. It’s amazing the amount of water this saves. Another helpful thing is getting the dual-flush toilets (these have two buttons, one for “number one”, and the other…well you get it). We replaced our old toilets with these last year, got a nice rebate, and saw our water bills go way down!

(2) Don’t water your garden in the middle of the day! It’s amazing to see people running sprinkler systems at noon in July. Water early in the morning or in the evening; if you have a system with a timer, water at 3am. And plant things which are drought-tolerant – there are plenty of choices.

There will have to be some strict rules about water efficiency in new developments – that’s the new reality. Deal with it, or move to Alabama or Florida!

By: Matilda

Matilda — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:44:56 +0000

It’s true that many of Georgia’s woes began before the total Republican rule at the hands of many ineffective Democratic legislators and officials. Sure. It’s also true that Gov. Barnes tried to address our water issues with plans for N. Georgia Water Planning Commission and three new reserviors. He was also initiating plans that would incent local water jurisdictions to shore up their systems and fix leaks, reducing pointless waste. After ousting Barnes with his swagger and flag rhetoric, Gov. Perdue didn’t give one rat’s fuzzy behind about this issue until Lake Lanier — the source of his own drinking water — was about to run dry and the media stuck cameras in his face. Then what did he do? He hollered for the lawyers! And you call ME an idiot? Please.

Let’s all insist our next governor ditch the partisan ego BS and actually get something done for a change.