Tag Archives: Lynn Westmoreland

Political Notes – Cagle, a longtime opponent of tax increases, now backs a tax increase

The T-SPLOST referendum has even turned Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle into a politician who supports tax hikes . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , FDIC , Lynn Westmoreland , payday lending , Sam Olens , structured transactions , T-SPLOST , transportation sales tax

Political Notes — No tax break seen for Savannah hotel

Gov. Deal has some “concerns” about a tax break for a hotel project on Savannah’s Hutchinson Island; Atlanta airport prepares for the opening of its new international terminal . . .

Tags: Creative Loafing , Earl Ehrhart , Hutchinson Island hotel , Kasim Reed , Lynn Westmoreland , Nathan Deal , Ron Stephens , Scott Henry , tax breaks

Political Notes – Georgia, Ohio team up for GOP debate

The Republican Party leaders for Georgia and Ohio agree to jointly sponsor a presidential candidates’ debate as a leadup to the March 6 primary . . .

Tags: insider trading , John Lewis , John Wilkinson , Lynn Westmoreland , Nathan Deal , Republican primary , Sue Everhart

Georgia politicians react to Obama’s state of the union speech

A sampling of comments from Georgia political figures on the president’s state of the union speech . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , John Lewis , Johnny Isakson , Lynn Westmoreland , Maria Sheffield , state of the union , Sue Everhart , Tom Graves , Tom Price

House passes resolution calling for bank failure study

Congress gives final approval to a resolution sponsored by Rep. Lynn Westmoreland and Sen. Saxby Chambliss that calls for a study of the nation’s massive wave of bank failures . . .

Tags: bank failures , congressional study , FDIC , Lynn Westmoreland , Saxby Chambliss

Labor issue is front and center at Farm Bureau convention

At the Georgia Farm Bureau’s annual convention, the talk is of how farmers can find enough migrant workers to harvest their crops . . .

Tags: Georgia Farm Bureau , immigration law , Jack Kingston , Lynn Westmoreland , Matt Ramsey , migrant workers , Nathan Deal

They were for it, before they were against it

Several Georgia congressmen voted this week to repeal a tax law and bragged about killing a regulatory requirement that was “onerous” and a “burden” on small businesses; they neglected to say that they voted, twice, to pass that same tax law. . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Eric Cantor , Jeb Hensarling , John Barrow , John Lewis , Lynn Westmoreland , Phil Gingrey , tax withholding requirement , Tom Price , U.S. House

Congressmen applaud repeal of ‘onerous’ tax law – after voting twice to pass it

Georgia congressmen take credit for repealing a tax withholding requirement, but don’t mention that they voted to adopt it in the first place . . .

Tags: Eric Cantor , government contractors , Jack Kingston , Jim Marshall , John Barrow , John Lewis , Lynn Westmoreland , Phil Gingrey , repeal tax provision , tax withholding requirement , Tom Price

Political Notes – Macon lawmakers try again at consolidation

With some changes to the makeup of Macon’s local delegation, lawmakers will try again to reach an agreement on a referendum to consolidate Macon and Bibb County governments . . .

Tags: Allen Peake , Bibb County , blue ribbon schools , consolidation , David Lucas , Doug Moore , James Beverly , John Barrow , Lynn Westmoreland , Macon , Miriam Paris , Nikki Randall , Robert Brown

Political Notes – Westmoreland sees no problems with a default

Rep. Lynn Westmoreland isn’t worried about a U.S. default, maintains his stance against tax increases or a raising of the debt ceiling . . .

Tags: David Lucas , debt ceiling , federal default , Lynn Westmoreland , Macon elections , Miriam Paris , Mitch Seabaugh , redistricting