Comments on: Perdue gives an unprecedented briefing on water fight to eight candidates out to replace him

By: Marietta

Marietta — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:44:59 +0000

This is a serious situation-for adults only. Perdue is way over his head in this. His staff, which once included Karen Handel, is out-manned in every way by their counterparts in Alabama and Florida. I think the litigation results show this very well. I still can’t get over that his “counsel” has been a lawyer for a whole 6 years. Indefensible.

Likely Barnes and Deal are the only two capable of handling this situation come January 2011.

By: GatorBait

GatorBait — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:59:50 +0000

Leave it up to Porter to start the political fighting again. Every other candidate applauded the bipartisanship because they realize we ALL are going to have to solve this. Porter still sees it as Democrats vs. Republicans; Us vs Them; Good vs Evil. I am tired of it. GROW UP! And I’m a Democrat!

By: NM

NM — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:29:40 +0000

Imagine this! Perdue could not fix in eight years problems that were created over one-hundred fifty years (most of it due to growth) AND it is all because he is a Republican. I hope that Georgia has an Independent candidate in the next election. I am tired of “bi”-partisan politics.

By: pd

pd — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:56:23 +0000

As of right now, I am still leaning on voting for David Poythress, but I have to admit that a couple of these other guys are catching my attention from both parties.

I can rule out any vote for Oxending. From being in the insurance industry, I feel that I have a good idea of who he is, and I feel that he is a power hungry typical politician. He does favors for those who contribute to his campaign.

By: Mae

Mae — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:46:35 +0000

Mari is right, we certainly need to ensure that there is water available to fill the bucket, whether from Lake Lanier or elsewhere. However, policies geared toward wise and efficient use of the water, as Chapman points out, should promote the odds of a favorable Congressional decision on Georgia’s continued use of Lake Lanier as a water source and should encourage the cooperation of neighboring states in this regard. The point is that we need a multi-pronged approach to resolving the water problem, with conservation and water efficiency programs taking the lead rather than lagging behind the more costly approaches being pushed by some Georgia lawmakers and gubernatorial contenders.

By: renem

renem — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:44:06 +0000

If you look at this meeting in the context of Perdue’s other actions (appointing Georgia Power’s CEO to lead his negotiating team, threatening to bring up archaic cases and irrelevant environmental records to use against Alabama and Georgia, and continuing to pay for pointless litigation) then it seems clear that Perdue is trying to make himself look like Georgia’s strong “war” time leader. However, his actions really just reveal ineffectiveness … and yes – kicking the can down the road. Appointing Georgia Power’s CEO to such a key state position might seem like a strong move, but really it just lets corporate interests sneak into a position of influence. His threats against other states just shows that he cares more about his ego than actually coming to a reasonable agreement. Perdue’s fuding for pointless litigation is only effective at making Perdue appear to be pro active on the issue. Lastly, this last meeting he had just reveals that he knows he’s not going to be able to make any real progress in the water wars.

By: The REAL GodHatesTrash, Superstar

The REAL GodHatesTrash, Superstar — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:44:24 +0000

Getting a briefing from Goobernor Perdoofus is like getting a briefing from the dining room table. Barnes is too smart for that.

By: Mari

Mari — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:10:55 +0000

If the bucket gets taken away, it doesn’t matter if you conserved the water in it. Unless something changes in the next three years, we won’t have a bucket anymore.

By: Base

Base — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:24:11 +0000

Sonny leaves a mess for another incompetent to take up like water,transportation, employment and the economy.In fact Sonny has accomplished nothing for eight years.Kick the can down the road.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:10:49 +0000

I intended to write a few about the wisdom of Sonny Perdue’s effort to bring to the “water table” all of the gubernatorial contenders, but after reading Mae’s posting on Sen. Chapman’s press release, I decided to take a look at what the Senator had to say about our water supply problem to see if there’s anything to what he says. What I found is a down to earth, common sense proposal on how we can help to get ourselves out of the water fix we have stumbled into over the past half century. With the exception of Teddy Roosevelt, I’ve not heard of a Republican leader turning to conservation as a viable means of dealing with man-made problems, but that’s what Chapman does. He speaks of smart use of water as a first and best step to dealing with our water supply problem. He speaks of avoiding the waste of millions of taxpayer dollars on legal fees in pursuit of a no-win court appeal to the Magnuson decision and of eschewing costly reservoir construction as a first course of action. Proposing that we do all we can to make better use of the water we have before turning to ways to increase the water supply, Chapman’s thinking is fiscally responsible, environmentally friendly, and consumer smart. Not bad for a guy who wasn’t sitting at Perdue’s “water table” today…..