Why is everyone getting so exercised about Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle accepting a junket from a bunch of lobbyists? It’s not like this doesn’t happen every year with dozens of legislators . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal raised more than $550,000 in campaign contributions during the first six months of 2011, a somewhat quiet year for political fundraising in Georgia . . .
Delta gave frequent flyer upgrades worth thousands of dollars, on top of campaign contributions, to influential legislators; the airline got tax breaks worth $30 million in return . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal signs legislation that will allow regulated utilities to make contributions directly to candidates for the General Assembly . . .
Georgia’s electric membership corporations have done well on major legislation that would affect their operations . . .
Senate passes legislation that will give the politically influential utilities even more political influence . . .
Sen. Don Balfour introduces legislation that would allow regulated utilities to contribute directly to political candidates . . .
It was Will Rogers who is credited with saying, “We have the best Congress money can buy,” and the passage of time has shown us that Will was, sadly, all too accurate in his assessment.
