April 2, 2019 9:11 AM
Morning Reads for Sine Die 2019!
Good morning! This may well be the longest day of the year for #gapol watchers. It’s sure to be a doozy!
- Sine Die is tricky (it’s tricky tricky tricky…)
- “Stop The Bleed” should be part of our rescue vernacular.
- I love The Strategist column, and now you can, too, now that you have this list of Shaq’s favorite things.
- The latest on the coastal delegation’s opposition to coastal drilling.
- Festivals and local economies: Cherry Blossom Edition.
- Downtown Rome is now smoke free!
- The AJC’s bill tracker is a handy tool!
- Five bills you may really want to watch – and remember, the way they look this morning is not, by any means, the way they may look this evening.
Happy Sine Die – and consider the comments on this post your Sine Die OPEN THREAD.
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Teri
Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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I hate to be that guy, but a recent quote from David Ralston regarding the passage of the “heartbeat bill” sticks in my craw (I read it again this morning and it reignited my frustration). Ralston stated, referring the the passed legislation, “is anyone shocked that Georgia is a conservative state?” And this rhetorical question from Ralston carried an air of arrogance, like “Duh, idiot. We’re gonna outlaw abortion in a state like this.”
This is a problem, because Georgia is no longer the conservative state that it once was. First and foremost, go to Clarkston, Athens, Decatur, ITP ATL (sans Buckhead), inner city Macon, inner city Columbus, inner city Savannah, etc. and you will see a majority of non-conservatives. There are many millions of non-conservatives in this state.
But the best evidence that Georgia is not this conservative state that Republicans seem to think comes from the gubernatorial election last year. Brian Kemp defeated the progressive Stacey Abrams by 54,723 votes. Take Sanford Stadium, fill it up halfway with spectators, and that’s the volume of votes in this entire state by which Kemp defeated Abrams. That ain’t much. And Abrams did not run as a conservative Democrat. She ran as an unabashed liberal.
I say it time and time again, we must demand that our politicians at least be honest. And it’s a lie to say that Georgia today is this conservative state that, duh, of course is going to outlaw abortion.
No. When the progressive Democrat loses to the Republican by less than 55,000 votes in a state of 10 million, this isn’t a conservative state, much less a state so conservative as to have passed one of the most conservative anti-abortion bills in the country, even less so a state that only an idiot could surmise wouldn’t pass such legislation.
This a tough issue for most people. I believe life begins at conception, it may not yet manifest as human life, but it is life. However, the question is rather or not I can impose my worldview on everyone else. Some people say yes as long as its MY worldview and no one else’s. I think criminalizing abortion is wrong but I don’t know what the right balance should be.
Take a look at this poll and you’ll see why this bill might cost the Republican party the majority in the house. The reason they’re doing this now is because they fear that they could lose power in 2020.
http://allongeorgia.com/georgia-state-politics/poll-nearly-7-of-10-ga-voters-in-swing-districts-believe-abortion-should-be-legal/
Glad to know there’s still a few honest democrats out there. https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/01/lucy-mcbath-georgia-resident-tax/ So if she claimed TN homestead at the same time would that be considered fraud?
If this is a legitimate gripe, take it up with the Secretary of State’s office or file a lawsuit. Until then, this looks like nothing more than talentless hack Karen Handel running and crying to Tucker Carlson’s blog because she can’t find any actual policy to run on.