I moved to Georgia in 1993. One thing I noticed after moving here was that the legislature was only in session for 3 months of the year. I thought this was strange. (coming from Ma, where they stay in session all year)Then I started to read about some of the bills they would try to pass, and I am truly grateful they are only in session for three months.
Our first Republican governor in 100 years decided the best way to prepare the state for the drought was to go to the capitol steps and pray for rain. That didn't work.(who could've guessed?)
The legislature, now run by Republicans has decided to simply move the Georgia border 1 mile north into Tennesee so they can have access to the Tennesee river.
Here's the story in the AJC
The Georgia Senate unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a claim that the south side of the river —at least— belongs to Georgia. The Georgia House passed a companion resolution, though with some dissent. House members approved the measure by a 136 to 26 vote.
Is it me or does this seem totally insane? We didn't prepare for the growth in our own state so we'll just start a border war with Tennesee?
Now there are probably several ways of dealing with a drought. I don't blame the legislature for a natural phenomenon. But it's not like it was a surprise. Atlanta has almost doubled in size since I moved here. Our former governer had long range plans to create another reservoir to accommodate the growth, but our new governer didn't seem to think it was necessary. (I guess he thought the free market would take care of the problem?)But simply trying to move the border that has been in place for 200 years?
Maybe we should pass a resolution that the Georgia general assembly should only be in session for one month to pass the budget and then go home so we won't have to deal with their insanity anymore.
Georgia went completely Republican for the first time in 2002. With their record so far, I don't think it is really that much of a stretch to think Dems can take it back.