Tag Archives: Sonny Perdue

Georgia Aviation Authority crashes and burns

Less than three years after it was created to administer the state’s aircraft fleet, the Georgia Aviation Authority is being dismantled . . .

Tags: Butch Miller , Department of Public Safety , Georgia Aviation Authority , Nathan Deal , Sonny Perdue , Terry England

‘Go Fish’ goes south

Walter Jones takes a look back at the grandiose “Go Fish” program instituted by former governor Sonny Perdue; what he finds isn’t pretty . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: bass fishing tournaments , boat docks , Go Fish , Sonny Perdue

The ’65 percent rule’ for schools could be junked

Sonny Perdue’s ’65 percent rule’ for school system expenditures could be extensively modified or abandoned altogether . . .

Tags: 65 percent rule , Brooks Coleman , John Barge , school system expenditures , Sonny Perdue

The year in politics: follow the money

You can tell who were the winners and losers in Georgia politics in the year 2011 — they’re the ones who wound up with the money . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: bank loan default , Bartow County Bank , Chip Rogers , deadbeats , Eric Tanenblatt , Kasim Reed , Nathan Deal , Nick Ayers , Nikki Haley , Savannah Harbor expansion , Sonny Perdue , Tim Pawlenty , Tom Graves

Deal highlights pep rally for Gingrich

Newt Gingrich’s comeback in the Republican presidential race is saluted at the Georgia capitol . . .

Tags: Nathan Deal , Newt Gingrich , Republican presidential race , Sonny Perdue

The contradictions at EPD

While there’s a new director at the state’s Environmental Protection Division, there won’t be much if any change in the way the agency operates . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: air quality permits , Allen Barnes , coal-fired power plants , EPD , Jud Turner , Plant Washington , Ronit Walker , Sonny Perdue

Political Notes – Is Georgia shrinking?

Geographical data released by the U.S. Census indicates that Georgia’s land area decreased by nearly 400 square miles over the last decade . . .

Tags: Buddy Carter , Census , Georgia land area , Nathan Deal , Nikki Haley , Savannah River dredging , Sonny Perdue , Sunday sales

Political Notes — For Shorter, “transparency” means “not gay”

Shorter University creates a media stir by adopting a new policy that requires employees to sign a “personal lifestyle statement” denouncing homosexuality . . .

Tags: Board of Regents , Donald Dowless , Donald Leebern , gubernatorial appointments , homesexuality , Kasim Reed , Nathan Deal , personal lifestyle statement , political contributors , Shorter University , Sonny Perdue

Political Notes – Perdue’s school board case goes to Supreme Court

The decision by then-governor Sonny Perdue to remove three members of the Warren County school board in 2010 has been appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court . . .

Tags: 9th Congressional District , Doug Collins , Georgia Conservancy , John Barge , Mark Abner , Martha Zoller , SACS , Sonny Perdue , Warren County school board

State treasurer, Tommy Hills, will retire

Tommy Hills, the chief financial officer and state treasurer during the Perdue administration, retires next month from state government . . .

Tags: chief financial officer , Dan Ebersole , Sonny Perdue , state treasurer , Tommy Hills