By Phillip Ramati and Becky Purser
Staff Writers
The Macon Telegraph
October 26, 2010
With Election Day drawing near in Georgia’s bruising gubernatorial battle, Democrat Roy Barnes made a whistle-stop tour through three midstate cities Monday.
Barnes spoke to about 100 people Monday morning at Macon City Hall after attending a law enforcement breakfast in Forsyth. He met with farmers in Fort Valley in the afternoon.
With chants of “We Want Roy!” and “Make Georgia Work!” in the background, Barnes encouraged anyone who hasn’t voted yet to head to the polls before Nov. 2.
“Make some time in your life to go to the polls this week,” he told the crowd. “This election is going to be determined in a very close way.”
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Deal And Seven Other Candidates Campaign In Downtown Newnan
By Winston Skinner
The Newnan Times-Herald
October 26, 2010
Gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal -- and seven other state Republican office seekers -- stopped in Newnan early Monday afternoon as part of a bus tour.
About 100 people met Deal -- lining the sidewalk outside the Republican Party headquarters on Madison Street and later squeezing into the storefront to hear the candidates speak. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh, of Sharpsburg, who has no opposition, rode on the bus with Deal, U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Sam Olens, Mark Butler and Dr. John Barge. U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, Tim Echols and non-partisan judicial candidate Stan Gunter also were present.
While the immediate focus was on the Nov. 2 General Election, it was clear that Republicans have 2012 on their minds, as well.
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The Newnan Times-Herald
October 26, 2010
Gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal -- and seven other state Republican office seekers -- stopped in Newnan early Monday afternoon as part of a bus tour.
About 100 people met Deal -- lining the sidewalk outside the Republican Party headquarters on Madison Street and later squeezing into the storefront to hear the candidates speak. State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh, of Sharpsburg, who has no opposition, rode on the bus with Deal, U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Sam Olens, Mark Butler and Dr. John Barge. U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, Tim Echols and non-partisan judicial candidate Stan Gunter also were present.
While the immediate focus was on the Nov. 2 General Election, it was clear that Republicans have 2012 on their minds, as well.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
NAACP, Tea Party Forum Draws Hundreds
By Doug Walker
Rome News-Tribune
October 22,2010
It was a historic evening.
America’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), hosted a political forum in Rome, with cooperation from one of the youngest political movements in the country, the Tea Party.
And the event went off without a hitch.
The conservative group canceled a forum of its own so citizens of Rome and Floyd County could cross political lines to hear from candidates for state and local office.
Rome’s Civic Center on Jackson Hill was packed with 200 or more people, and many were almost as interested in seeing how the two organizations would blend as they were in hearing from the candidates.
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Rome News-Tribune
October 22,2010
It was a historic evening.
America’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), hosted a political forum in Rome, with cooperation from one of the youngest political movements in the country, the Tea Party.
And the event went off without a hitch.
The conservative group canceled a forum of its own so citizens of Rome and Floyd County could cross political lines to hear from candidates for state and local office.
Rome’s Civic Center on Jackson Hill was packed with 200 or more people, and many were almost as interested in seeing how the two organizations would blend as they were in hearing from the candidates.
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Huckabee Rallies GOP Faithful For Deal Campaign
By Aaron Gould Sheinin and Jeremy Redmon
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
October 21, 2010
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Thursday called on the Georgia GOP faithful to make Nathan Deal their governor, calling the party's nominee a "good and decent man."
Huckabee, who won Georgia's 2008 Republican presidential primary, said Deal will balance the state's budget without raising taxes.
"He uniquely understands that when you are in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging," Huckabee said to a crowd of about 150 outside the 57th Fighter Wing Restaurant near Peachtree-DeKalb Airport.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
October 21, 2010
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Thursday called on the Georgia GOP faithful to make Nathan Deal their governor, calling the party's nominee a "good and decent man."
Huckabee, who won Georgia's 2008 Republican presidential primary, said Deal will balance the state's budget without raising taxes.
"He uniquely understands that when you are in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging," Huckabee said to a crowd of about 150 outside the 57th Fighter Wing Restaurant near Peachtree-DeKalb Airport.
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President Urges Georgia Democrats To The Polls
By Jeremy Redmon and Aaron Gould Sheinin
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Augusta Chronicle
Friday, Oct. 22, 2010
Georgia Democrats have unleashed a new weapon in their campaign to recapture the Governor's Mansion after eight years of Republican control: President Obama.
Republicans, meanwhile, are giddy at the thought of their opponents advancing the GOP strategy of tying every Democratic candidate to a president who, overall, is quite unpopular in Georgia.
Obama has recorded an automated phone message urging Georgia Democrats to turn out and vote Nov. 2. His picture is also included in a mail piece showing up at Democrats' homes. Both were paid for by the Democratic Party of Georgia in an effort to rally the party's base.
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The Augusta Chronicle
Friday, Oct. 22, 2010
Georgia Democrats have unleashed a new weapon in their campaign to recapture the Governor's Mansion after eight years of Republican control: President Obama.
Republicans, meanwhile, are giddy at the thought of their opponents advancing the GOP strategy of tying every Democratic candidate to a president who, overall, is quite unpopular in Georgia.
Obama has recorded an automated phone message urging Georgia Democrats to turn out and vote Nov. 2. His picture is also included in a mail piece showing up at Democrats' homes. Both were paid for by the Democratic Party of Georgia in an effort to rally the party's base.
To read further please see the story on the link: http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/georgia-elections/2010-10-22/president-urges-party-polls?v=1287727017
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Donors to Deal, Barnes Have Interest In Casino, Sunday Sales
By Margaret Newkirk
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
October 21, 2010
A little more than a year ago, backers of a proposed casino at Underground Atlanta quietly acknowledged that they weren’t going to get anywhere as long as opponent Gov. Sonny Perdue was in office.
Now they're pouring money into both sides of this year’s governor’s race, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of business giving from July 1 through Sept. 30, based on the candidates' first campaign finance filings of the general election.
The analysis found that the Underground gambling group -- including developers Dan O'Leary, John Aderhold and their businesses, employees and family members -- gave $36,600 to Republican Nathan Deal in the past few months, and another $30,900 to Democrat Roy Barnes, in a sign that the dormant gambling issue may be poised to come back.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
October 21, 2010
A little more than a year ago, backers of a proposed casino at Underground Atlanta quietly acknowledged that they weren’t going to get anywhere as long as opponent Gov. Sonny Perdue was in office.
Now they're pouring money into both sides of this year’s governor’s race, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of business giving from July 1 through Sept. 30, based on the candidates' first campaign finance filings of the general election.
The analysis found that the Underground gambling group -- including developers Dan O'Leary, John Aderhold and their businesses, employees and family members -- gave $36,600 to Republican Nathan Deal in the past few months, and another $30,900 to Democrat Roy Barnes, in a sign that the dormant gambling issue may be poised to come back.
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Experienced Candidates Making Play For House District 125
By Mike Stucka
The Macon Telegraph
News-Politics-Election 2010
October 21, 2010
House District 125 needs a replacement for Rep. Jim Cole, who was Gov. Sonny Perdue’s floor leader.
With Republican Susan Holmes and Democrat David Gault, voters will select from two experienced political figures.
Holmes, 68, was Monticello’s mayor for a dozen years. Gault, 67, of Haddock, began as a political activist in Jones County in 1991 and was elected three times as a Jones County commissioner. Both say voters should elect them because their experience will make them effective in Atlanta.
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The Macon Telegraph
News-Politics-Election 2010
October 21, 2010
House District 125 needs a replacement for Rep. Jim Cole, who was Gov. Sonny Perdue’s floor leader.
With Republican Susan Holmes and Democrat David Gault, voters will select from two experienced political figures.
Holmes, 68, was Monticello’s mayor for a dozen years. Gault, 67, of Haddock, began as a political activist in Jones County in 1991 and was elected three times as a Jones County commissioner. Both say voters should elect them because their experience will make them effective in Atlanta.
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Voters To Decide On Questions Nov. 2
The Brunswick News
October 21,2010
When voters go to the polls Nov. 2, they will decide more than who will be the next governor or the next state senator for this coastal Georgia district.
They also will decide whether to strengthen the state's non-compete law, whether to charge themselves $10 extra for the sake of trauma care and whether Georgia transportation officials can tackle projects on a pay-as-you-go basis.
All totalled, voters will cast "yes" or "no" ballots on five state constitutional amendments and one statewide referendum.
The League of Women Voters of Georgia urges voters to become familiar with the questions. Constitutional amendments that pass are difficult to overturn, the league notes.
The league even provides a break-down on the amendments on its internet site, www.lwvga.org/
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October 21,2010
When voters go to the polls Nov. 2, they will decide more than who will be the next governor or the next state senator for this coastal Georgia district.
They also will decide whether to strengthen the state's non-compete law, whether to charge themselves $10 extra for the sake of trauma care and whether Georgia transportation officials can tackle projects on a pay-as-you-go basis.
All totalled, voters will cast "yes" or "no" ballots on five state constitutional amendments and one statewide referendum.
The League of Women Voters of Georgia urges voters to become familiar with the questions. Constitutional amendments that pass are difficult to overturn, the league notes.
The league even provides a break-down on the amendments on its internet site, www.lwvga.org/
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Press Release: State, Justice Department Reach Agreement on Mental Health Plan
STATE OF GEORGIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sonny Perdue
GOVERNOR
For Immediate Release
October 19, 2010
State, Justice Department Reach Agreement on Mental Health Plan
Agreement avoids direct federal control, lays out measurable benchmarks
ATLANTA — Governor Sonny Perdue today announced that the State of Georgia and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have reached a settlement agreement that avoids direct federal control of the state’s services for people with developmental disabilities and mental illness and adds concrete goals to Georgia’s current plans to expand services in communities. Under the agreement, the state will stop admitting people whose primary diagnosis is a developmental disability into state hospitals by July 2011 and instead place them directly into community services. By July 2015 it will attempt to place any who remain in state hospitals into community services as well. The agreement also provides for expanded community-based services for approximately 9,000 individuals with mental illness. The new agreement lays aside a DOJ lawsuit brought earlier this year under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“We’re happy that, after long and frequent negotiations, we now have an agreement with measurable goals that preserves Georgia’s ability to make decisions on how best to serve Georgians,” said Governor Perdue. “I have always said the state needed to provide better services to our most vulnerable citizens, and the Department of Justice has played a helpful role in spurring change in Georgia. I am confident we finally have an agreement that moves us towards our common goals of recovery and independence for people with mental illness and developmental disabilities”
The new agreement is part of a series of actions that have sought to reform Georgia’s behavioral health and developmental disability services. In its 1999 Olmstead decision, the US Supreme Court found that people with mental illness and developmental disabilities in Georgia and other states have a right to receive services in community settings instead of being segregated into state hospitals. The new settlement agreement furthers the State’s commitment to comply with the Olmstead agreement, replacing and expanding upon an existing voluntary compliance agreement that was entered into in 2008. It reaffirms, and does not replace, a separate agreement that seeks to improve the safety and effectiveness of the state’s psychiatric hospitals.
“The staff members at our hospitals and regional offices have worked long and hard to make the people we serve safer,” said Dr. Frank Shelp, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD). “This agreement would not have been possible without their dedication, and it’s that commitment to the people we serve that will make it a success.”
In 2009, Governor Perdue and the Georgia General Assembly created DBHDD to focus solely on policies and programs for people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders. In its first year of operations, the agency improved the safety and effectiveness of the seven state hospitals, expanded community-based services, built innovative partnerships with several medical schools in Georgia, and forged strong alliances with Georgia advocacy and consumer groups.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sonny Perdue
GOVERNOR
For Immediate Release
October 19, 2010
State, Justice Department Reach Agreement on Mental Health Plan
Agreement avoids direct federal control, lays out measurable benchmarks
ATLANTA — Governor Sonny Perdue today announced that the State of Georgia and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have reached a settlement agreement that avoids direct federal control of the state’s services for people with developmental disabilities and mental illness and adds concrete goals to Georgia’s current plans to expand services in communities. Under the agreement, the state will stop admitting people whose primary diagnosis is a developmental disability into state hospitals by July 2011 and instead place them directly into community services. By July 2015 it will attempt to place any who remain in state hospitals into community services as well. The agreement also provides for expanded community-based services for approximately 9,000 individuals with mental illness. The new agreement lays aside a DOJ lawsuit brought earlier this year under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“We’re happy that, after long and frequent negotiations, we now have an agreement with measurable goals that preserves Georgia’s ability to make decisions on how best to serve Georgians,” said Governor Perdue. “I have always said the state needed to provide better services to our most vulnerable citizens, and the Department of Justice has played a helpful role in spurring change in Georgia. I am confident we finally have an agreement that moves us towards our common goals of recovery and independence for people with mental illness and developmental disabilities”
The new agreement is part of a series of actions that have sought to reform Georgia’s behavioral health and developmental disability services. In its 1999 Olmstead decision, the US Supreme Court found that people with mental illness and developmental disabilities in Georgia and other states have a right to receive services in community settings instead of being segregated into state hospitals. The new settlement agreement furthers the State’s commitment to comply with the Olmstead agreement, replacing and expanding upon an existing voluntary compliance agreement that was entered into in 2008. It reaffirms, and does not replace, a separate agreement that seeks to improve the safety and effectiveness of the state’s psychiatric hospitals.
“The staff members at our hospitals and regional offices have worked long and hard to make the people we serve safer,” said Dr. Frank Shelp, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD). “This agreement would not have been possible without their dedication, and it’s that commitment to the people we serve that will make it a success.”
In 2009, Governor Perdue and the Georgia General Assembly created DBHDD to focus solely on policies and programs for people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders. In its first year of operations, the agency improved the safety and effectiveness of the seven state hospitals, expanded community-based services, built innovative partnerships with several medical schools in Georgia, and forged strong alliances with Georgia advocacy and consumer groups.
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Chambliss: Administration's Debt Is 'Totally Unsustainable
by Doug Walker
Rome News-Tribune
October 20, 2010
“People are angry all across America,” said U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., during a lunch session at the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. He said Americans are mad for all the right reasons.
The senior senator from Moultrie told the business group that between 1776 and 1990, the United States incurred a debt of $3 trillion dollars.
“From Jan. 20, 2009, until Oct. 15, 2010, this administration has incurred a debt of $3 trillion. That is totally unsustainable,” Chambliss said.
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Rome News-Tribune
October 20, 2010
“People are angry all across America,” said U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., during a lunch session at the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. He said Americans are mad for all the right reasons.
The senior senator from Moultrie told the business group that between 1776 and 1990, the United States incurred a debt of $3 trillion dollars.
“From Jan. 20, 2009, until Oct. 15, 2010, this administration has incurred a debt of $3 trillion. That is totally unsustainable,” Chambliss said.
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