abolish the state income tax like our neighboring states Florida and Tennessee

Allow a controlled high class gambling casino to keep this revenue in the state of Georgia rather than sending the money to Cherokee and Biloxi, etc. Then there would be more money for HOPE and taxes could be reduced.

Amend the Georgia Smokefree Air Act of 2005 to prohibit smoking in all establishments that serve food, including bars that serve food.

Let's start with no gifts ethics legislation, adjust the gas tax to inflation (since they don't have the balls to do anything else), water, and MARTA .

Decriminalize pot, then tax it as per tobacco.
Legalize gambling casinos.
Ban all gifts to legislators, Executive, and Judicial.

Take Jesus off the public agenda... Substitute simple human decency.
...or, alternatively, represent Him as He would wish to be represented rather than as the nest of silly preachermen, papists, and old scroll worshippers make pretense to representing Him.

Hold parents accountable for crimes of their children.
Cut the crap, and the toys, out of school curricula. Read; write; compute by hand; history, history, and more history. Dress codes for all public schools. Expectations of courtesy and respect for teachers, and severe consequences for violations.

These.. Just the start.

They always start the session discussing more fun places to carry guns. If they introduce legislation to improve our schools and transportation I will be pleasantly surprised.

Support our public schools. Truly support them. "Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."
(James A. Garfield (1831 - 1881), July 12, 1880). Support public schools with respect; support them with adequate funding to at least the national level, if not higher. Children spend more of their weekday awake hours in school than anywhere else. Fight our grownup political battles at the policy level, not at the level of books, pencils, teachers in children's classrooms.

Enact comprehensive water conservation legislation including maximum efficiency for all indoor fixtures and requirements for drought tolerant vegetation on all landscaping. Fund repair of infrastructure leaks and deterioration. Raise the 'full pool' level of Lake Lanier to 1073' to prevent the rush to build expensive and unnecessary additional reservoirs. Enhance enforcement structure for stream buffer encroachment and storm water contamination.

Unless somebody has an idea on how to get by without adequate water resources.

Ethics reform! Restore the Ethics Commission's name and funding, then end unlimited gifts from lobbyists to lawmakers.

jimmie, which version of the 10 Commandments? You realize there are multiple versions don't you. If you really believe this horse dookie than go with the Jewish Ten Commandments...been around much longer than the others. While we're at it, which version of the Bible? There's about 900 to pick from fella.

jimmie, hopefully you get Raptured sooner than later...you need some relief.

jimmie...the notion of Ratpture is a myth. Sorry to burst your bubble. Oh, you said the version given the Moses. Was it the first set or second version? If the second (Jewish translation) the Commandments trying to get placed in public facilities are a different Christian translation. By saying you want the Jewish translations is a good thing IMHO. More authentic. So I take it you don't believe in the separation of church and state?

jimmie, stay with your local education concepts. You've gotten side tracked with your clueless brand of hateful theology. BTW, I don't believe your Republican Party platform would fit the WWJD standard. I suggest you stay out of the judgement business.

JamesMichael, nicely stated. By the way, jimmie's "overeducated" reply was a very nice compliment. He just doesn't realize it was one IMHO. Happy New Year JM.

valedictorian??

The @dunwoodyduma**?

ROF-LOL

jimmie,
If your view should accidentally hold sway, I fear our esteemed legislature will have the same lack of accomplishment they have demonstrated for the last DECADE.

jimmie...practicing good old fashion Christian love are you? My, my, my. It appears you've lost your way behaviorally.

JamesMichael, I also believe love transcends race, religion, sexual orientation, socio- economic barriers.

Eddie E., you are again being logical.

Tax reform as recommended by special panel, fund the ethics office, eliminate gifts from lobbyists except $10 for lunch and $25 for dinner, mass transit

The best thing they could do for the state is stay home and do nothing, Everything they do is for their benefit and not ours anyway, so we could probably save a lot of money if they were at home with their hands in their own pockets.

They of course have no concept of ethics and right and wrong. It is not : Is it legal? ,does everyone do it? or Will I likely get caught?

Y'all need to leave Jimmy alone.