Monday, December 19, 2016

Georgia Legislation Planning 2017

The Trump victory in 2016 should send a signal to the Georgia Legislature to put voters first. Over the past 8 years, we’ve seen Georgia buckle under Obama’s bribes and threats and engage in the “top-down” style of government imposed by the Obama administration.  Georgia needs to prepare for a change.  The following list has remained unheeded for the past 8 years and it’s time to stop abusing Georgia voters.

Rein in government abuse of voters
Sharia law should be outlawed in Georgia. 17 other States have banned Sharia law as incompatible with US law. Islamic training camps should be closed and weapons seized.

Voter lists should be cleaned up annually to remove names of voters who have died.  E-Verify should be used to ensure that voters are citizens.  Non-citizens should either not be given Georgia Drivers’ Licenses or these licenses should indicate their non-citizen status. Foreign drivers’ licenses should be honored for visitors.Precincts with high concentrations of refugees and immigrants should have votes audited to correct voter fraud.

The fines being imposed for minor traffic violations have become unsustainable. Fines that were $75 not long ago are now $500. This is predatory price-gouging. The legislature needs to look at their open-ended approach to letting municipalities do whatever they want.

Public school failure will be addressed by the Trump administration using vouchers to create competition, especially in failed schools. The Georgia legislature needs to begin to plan for this. This appears to be isolated to inner-city schools.

The Refugee Program will come to a close, but there will be criminal illegals and illegitimate refugees to identify and round up.  “Sanctuary” status will be outlawed.

Protests should require permits and should be restricted daytime hours and be held in easy to isolate sections of city parks, away from highways, streets and buildings. Police should supervise these protests. Simultaneous counter-protests should not be allowed. Protesters should not be allowed access to highways or roads to disrupt traffic or commerce.

The Georgia Legislature continues to be packed with “Chamber of Commerce Republicans”. They do a good job for commercial real estate developers and contractors using federal grant money for mal-investments like even more shopping venues at a time when demand is dropping due to less disposable income for consumers. 

They do a good job for municipalities with legislation that enables city councils and county commissions to continue to borrow and spend and give away tax holidays without voter approval and impose unnecessary permits, fees and fines.  

The State allows Agenda 21 implementation through regional commissions.  They do nothing to protect citizens from federal and local government abuses.

There are several initiatives that would benefit regular voters.  These are populist moves that would rein in laws that cut voters out of the decision-making process and allow elected officials to ignore voter wishes. Some of these laws need to be repealed.

Georgians need well maintained roads, sufficient water supplies, affordable electricity, stronger property rights, better voter fraud control, jobs, protection from unconstitutional federal laws and regulations, protection from local government abuse and protection from future inflation caused by wasteful government spending. 

Georgia taxpayers do not need to subsidize commercial development, public transit, new urban planning, on-street bike lanes, trollies, more parks, multi-use trails, wildlife preserves, unelected governance or matching tax dollars for Obama squander-grants.

Georgia taxpayers have been plagued by UN Agenda 21 implementation pushed by the Regions and the ICLEI trained consultants dictating costly cookie-cutter Master Plans and Land-Use Zoning Plans. City Managers and consultants run the cities. City Council Reps operate by “group think”. County government is insular with a few exceptions. Local government spends twice as much as it should and nobody is preventing this waste.

We ask that you consider the following:

End Government Abuse
Pass Georgia Sovereignty Laws to protect Georgia citizens from unconstitutional federal laws and regulations and protect property owners from federal seizure, interference and abuse.  Pass Georgia Property Rights Laws that protect property owners from government abuse at all levels.

Ban all Agenda 21 implementation in Georgia. Alabama did this already. It’s time to get ready to reject federal bribery grants aimed to make us squander tax money on low priority, unnecessary, stupid things.  It’s time to stop abusive federal agencies at the Georgia border.

Repeal Regionalism: Repeal HB 1216 that created regional commissions for “economic development”.  Repeal HB 277 that allows Regional sales tax votes violating “home rule”. 

Stop “conservation easements”. Provide property owners with ways to reduce excessive easements.  Require local governments to pay “fair value” for easement taking. Enact strict private property rights.

Nullify Obamacare totally to end the job-killing 30 hour rule and allow healthcare providers to dump costly and unnecessary regulations and lower costs.

Remove Common Core from Georgia and assert that federal involvement in education is unconstitutional.

Cancel Georgia’s application to the Article V Convention of States.  It’s too dangerous to do this with the bad guys in charge.

Free Up Jobs
Discourage further job-killing illegal immigration by removing all taxpayer supported benefit eligibility for illegals and “refugees” in Georgia. Remove eligibility for all tax funded benefits from refugees and illegal aliens including drivers’ licenses, public schooling, medical care, in-state tuition and discrimination rules. Missouri did this and illegals moved out-of-state.

Discourage excessive job-killing legal immigration. We need to allow our high unemployment to subside.  Ensure that Georgia farmers have an efficient, successful “guest worker” plan, remove “guest worker” work permit status from all other occupations.
Increase employment of citizens by restricting legal and illegal immigration

Ensure Basic Needs
Ensure that reservoirs are built and water supplies are ample for homes and farms.
Keep Energy Prices Low: Nullify EPA Carbon Rules. The State can protect electric power consumers from the global warming hoax by refusing to comply with unconstitutional federal regulations.

End Slush Funds
Restrict all “economic development” funds and activities to remove subsidies for commercial development. Economic development should be focused on returning manufacturing to Georgia.

Limit property tax increases to 3% per year to avoid large increases like those experienced by Hall County in 2014. Ensure that property appraisals are honest and conservative and reflect the coming lack of first-time buyers. Protect taxpayers from speculator-driven housing bubbles.

Limit government borrowing power from 10% of the tax registry to 100% of the government entities’ assets.

Require voter approval for all tax holidays and Bonds that all government entities wish to sell. The legal trickery used by Cobb to approve $400 million in Bonds for the Braves Stadium is a travesty.

Enact Reform
Restrict campaign contributions to be made by registered voters and only for candidates who would appear on their ballot. Reduce special interest influence in handling Bills through the legislative process.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Posted on NTL Conservative Blog (ntlconsulting.blogspot.com) July 9, 2014, Reposted August 18, 2014, September 22, 2014, January 5, 2015

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