Nathan Deal served as
the Governor of Georgia from 2010 to 2018. His tenure included 6 years of Obama
and 2 years of Trump. We knew he would navigate the growth and end up with a
surplus. We also knew he would not endanger Georgia’s chances to get
Obama-Grants and Harbor funding. Georgia voters were subjected to Obama’s UN
Agenda 21 abuse with few objections from the Gold Dome.
The primary measures
for a political administration can be found in several places.
The first is State GDP
and measures economic activity in Georgia. In 2010, the nominal GDP of the
State of Georgia was $408.25 billion. In
2017 the nominal GDP of the State of Georgia was $478.97 billion. The $70.72 billion increase from 2010 through
2017 is a 17.3% increase or 2.5% increase per year. This is a solid
accomplishment for these 7 years. I
expect the average will be higher when we include 2018 to this data.
The next measure is
fiscal management and Governor Deal delivered a $2 billion surplus.
Georgia Tea Parties
had their battles with the Gold Dome after 2008 as we saw UN Agenda 21
implementation in Georgia and we were ignored by the Gold Dome and the
media. We opposed the establishment of
Regions with unelected boards. We were active in defeating the T-SPLOST in
2010. We opposed State laws that increased local government abuse in land use
plans, zoning, city charters, no government taxing restraint, bad property tax
estimates, conservation easements, developer subsidies, unnecessary tax
holidays, corporate welfare and unnecessary public transit, all to no avail.
Group-Think is the
rule in the Gold Dome as it is in most other State Legislatures. There is a
“Band Wagon” that must be filled. Legislators who resist are ostracized by the
other Legislators.
We continued to be
dismayed that sewer and water systems were rotting along with roads and
highways. We wondered why government funded construction with Bonds that cost
double. We were amazed that 60% of the State Budget went to Education and
Healthcare. We called the governor Bad
Deal.
We had no problem with
Deal’s establishing a surplus, expanding the Savannah Harbor and holding down
Medicaid and other questionable spending. Deal did a good job considering the
hand he was dealt. He leaves a lot of bad law to be repealed and excessive
costs to be reduced.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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