Tag Archives: Legislators

Has anybody bothered to read the Bible?

By Tom Crawford | Published: July 3, 2011

If Jesus were taking a stroll through the Golden Dome during a legislative session, he might be scratching His head in bewilderment . . .

It’s a cost of doing business

By Tom Crawford | Published: May 23, 2011

Delta Air Lines spent a lot of money last year on campaign contributions, but the legislative payoff was more than worth the expenditures . . .

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A Ponzi scheme to balance the budget?

By Tom Crawford | Published: March 19, 2010

Here’s how desperate Georgia’s financial situation has become: Legislative leaders have introduced a bill that would enable the state’s pension systems to buy what is known as “dead peasants insurance” to shore up the funding of the their plans. It sounds suspiciously like a Ponzi scheme could be in the works here.

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Awkward questions

By Tom Crawford | Published: January 11, 2010

The General Assembly kicked off a new session on Monday with much of the legislative leadership reeling from media exposes of scandals and ethics controversies, some of them involving female lobbyists

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