Comments on: A great summary of the uproar over the new water plan http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/ Keeping you informed about the Georgia drought. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: RichS http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2159 RichS Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:05:49 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2159 Not at all Andrew. I wish they had built the thing even if everybody in the state house got rich from it. Honestly it looks like what happened is that it was a good idea which wasn't going to get done unless somebody powerful got his pockets lined. That somebody was the late Speaker Murphy. When Sonny took over, we were at the bottom of a recession and Georgia was hit hard. He had to cut to balance the budget. This was one of the things that got cut. In hindsight I'm sure he wishes he hadn't. Maybe if it was a powerful republican getting his pockets lined it might not have been axed. Who knows - I've been done taking up for Sonny for a while now. I just like to see a little balance in the blame game. Not at all Andrew. I wish they had built the thing even if everybody in the state house got rich from it. Honestly it looks like what happened is that it was a good idea which wasn’t going to get done unless somebody powerful got his pockets lined. That somebody was the late Speaker Murphy.

When Sonny took over, we were at the bottom of a recession and Georgia was hit hard. He had to cut to balance the budget. This was one of the things that got cut. In hindsight I’m sure he wishes he hadn’t. Maybe if it was a powerful republican getting his pockets lined it might not have been axed. Who knows - I’ve been done taking up for Sonny for a while now. I just like to see a little balance in the blame game.

]]> By: Andrew S. http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2141 Andrew S. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:20:24 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2141 RichS, are you saying it was proper to starve the state of Georgia of water in order to stick it to the Democrats? I don't doubt what you say it true, and sure maybe a location with less conflicts of interest could have been chosen but the fact is, there was a reservoir planned and it was canceled by Perdue. RichS, are you saying it was proper to starve the state of Georgia of water in order to stick it to the Democrats? I don’t doubt what you say it true, and sure maybe a location with less conflicts of interest could have been chosen but the fact is, there was a reservoir planned and it was canceled by Perdue.

]]> By: RichS http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2115 RichS Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:19:41 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2115 Pretty cynical post Andrew. I actually like cynicism when directed at government - so I applaud that. I'm wondering if your cynicism also extends to the fact that the proposed lake would border several hundreds of acres owned by Georgia House Speaker Murphy and his family. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940414/posts I'm sure that was just a coincidence - totally innocent right? No need for cynicism there. Those are Democrats and they are good guys. Pretty cynical post Andrew. I actually like cynicism when directed at government - so I applaud that. I’m wondering if your cynicism also extends to the fact that the proposed lake would border several hundreds of acres owned by Georgia House Speaker Murphy and his family.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940414/posts

I’m sure that was just a coincidence - totally innocent right? No need for cynicism there. Those are Democrats and they are good guys.

]]> By: Andrew S. http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2106 Andrew S. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:08:22 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2106 "Still, the state government didn't mobilize behind something as simple as building reservoirs. The present administration actually took a planned and funded reservoir off the table calling it a boondoggle for former Speaker of the House Tom Murphy. The reservoir was to be located in his district, but now those words are bitter with nothing to abate the taste of a missed opportunity to have avoided the present crisis." It's a little bit comforting to see I'm not the only one who feels this way. Calling any project you don't like a pork-barrel spending project in order to kill it is an old trick. The current federal administration has used this quite a bit since the Democrats gained control of congress. It seems like in every debate in this country, the winners are the ones who are the best at screwing their political opponents and changing the nature of the debate to something misleading rather than the ones who show the most responsible governance. “Still, the state government didn’t mobilize behind something as simple as building reservoirs. The present administration actually took a planned and funded reservoir off the table calling it a boondoggle for former Speaker of the House Tom Murphy. The reservoir was to be located in his district, but now those words are bitter with nothing to abate the taste of a missed opportunity to have avoided the present crisis.”

It’s a little bit comforting to see I’m not the only one who feels this way. Calling any project you don’t like a pork-barrel spending project in order to kill it is an old trick. The current federal administration has used this quite a bit since the Democrats gained control of congress. It seems like in every debate in this country, the winners are the ones who are the best at screwing their political opponents and changing the nature of the debate to something misleading rather than the ones who show the most responsible governance.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2104 Jay Randal Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:10:46 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2104 The drought situation in Georgia is bad enough, but the politics makes it worse. The drought situation in Georgia is bad enough, but the politics makes it worse.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2099 Jay Randal Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:06:58 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2099 rkolter > the 3 GOPer Governors could care less about the drought. As long as themselves, their power plant pals, and wealthy chums get water, then everyone else can go to Hell. rkolter > the 3 GOPer Governors could care less about the drought. As long as themselves, their power plant pals, and wealthy chums get water, then everyone else can go to Hell.

]]> By: rkolter http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2087 rkolter Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:42:29 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20071218/a-great-summary-of-the-uproar-over-the-new-water-plan/#comment-2087 How awesome is that? Free press. They didn't mention my predictions. Darn them to heck! The latest is that after the three governors met, they agreed to come to terms on March 15th. That's quite a ways away. I was hoping for something sooner. How awesome is that? Free press.

They didn’t mention my predictions. Darn them to heck!

The latest is that after the three governors met, they agreed to come to terms on March 15th. That’s quite a ways away. I was hoping for something sooner.

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