Tag Archives: David Ralston

Political Notes – Ralston calls for war on business regulations

Speaker David Ralston instructs a House committee to see how many business rules and regulations can be done away with . . .,

Tags: Allen Barnes , business regulations , Cobb County transportation projects , David Knight , David Ralston , environmental officials , ethics revision , Joe Tanner , lobbyist expenditure limitation

Coalition makes another try at ethics law revision

A coalition of ethics advocates is making another attempt to get legislation passed that will place limits on what lobbyists can spend to influence legislators . . .

Tags: Common Cause , David Ralston , Georgia Watch , Josh McKoon , league of women voters , legislative ethics , lobbyists , Tea Party , Tommy Smith

Lots of talk, little action expected in new session

The Georgia General Assembly gets ready to kick off another session that is expected to incorporate a lot of talk about serious issues, but considerably much less action . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , charter schools , David Ralston , Education , General Assembly , immigration , Nathan Deal , public safety , tax revision , transportation

Political Notes — New committee chairs named in House

Speaker David Ralston appoints several new committee chairmen in the Georgia House . . .

Tags: David Ralston , Georgia Ports Authority , House committees , Nikki Haley , Paul Broun , Roger Williams , Savannah River dredging

Political Notes – It’s a Blue Christmas for Gingrich, Paul

It was a bad weekend, media-wise, for presidential contenders Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul; Georgia Tea Party groups may take a shot at House Speaker David Ralston . . .

Tags: conspiracy theories , Cox Media , David Ralston , Doug Collins , Jeff Mullis , Martha Zoller , Newt Gingrich , Ron Paul , Tea Party , Virginia primary

Politicians accept favors because the voters let them

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 . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: campaign contributions , Casey Cagle , CTCA , David Ralston , freebies , Glenn Richardson , junkets , lobbyists , Tommie Williams

Huckaby invested as University System chancellor

The new chancellor is feted by his colleagues, cites connections between a strong system of higher education and economic development . . .

Tags: Board of Regents , David Ralston , Hank Huckaby , Nathan Deal , University System chancellor

Political Notes — This gambling proposal probably won’t be a winner

Electronic gambling casinos could be a major source of new revenue for Georgia, according to a just-completed study, but don’t look for it to happen anytime soon . . .

Tags: AAA bond rating , casinos , David Ralston , Herman Cain , Nathan Deal , New Hampshire poll , State Patrol , video lottery

Political Notes – Heavyweights lining up behind Collins

Zell Miller and David Ralston are two of the names involved in early fundraisers for state Rep. Doug Collins as he ramps up his campaign for Congress; Gov. Nathan Deal on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks . . .

Tags: David Ralston , Denise Deal , Doug Collins , Martha Zoller , Nathan Deal , Robyn Lynch , Zell Miller

Political Notes — Immigration review panel appointed

The members of an immigration review commission are appointed; they will investigate citizen complaints that government officials are not enforcing all the provisions of the state’s immigration law . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , Darlene Taylor , David Ralston , Gene Maddox , GOP votes against redistricting plans , immigration review commission , Nathan Deal , Roger Lane , Sara Larios