Well, blogger was acting like a little bitch yesterday, at least for me, and I couldn't even read comments, much less post.
And on top of that, the fun police at work (also known as the CIS dept.) have decided not to let us post on blogs from the work computers.
So I'm kinda jonesin' to post. Since my co-editor has promised a post on redistricting, I'll let that lie for now. Here goes:
GOTD - A profile of Athens on Budget Travel Online.
Cathy Cox goes on her Tour de Georgia.
UGA shows Richt the money (and the long-term contract).
The Clarke County split passes out of committee.
Query: How many people will Tom Chasteen piss off in the process of trying not to piss anybody off?
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how many people will Chasteen piss off...? Great question!
My answer: All of them.
UGA gets its share by being fully funded according to the state formula? Oh wait. No. There's a lot of big talk, occasionally a fancy building, and no money for the rest of the damn school.
The only way Athens/UGA is really going to get a piece of the pie is with a Democratic representative and a Democratic state government.
In theory, a resolution from a local government should send a message to a higher level of government. The local officials are the democratic representatives of an area with views likely to be closer to the actual views of the electorate since the voting districts are smaller. If the state officials feel "distanced", then they share much of that blame.
Didn't Athens have a Democratinc representative and a Democratic government, and didn't Georgia have a Democratic government, up until a few years ago?
What good did that do? What has changed?
What has changed? Dude. You clearly don't work for the university otherwise you'd understand a bit more how different things are. The university actually used to be funded. Now, not so much, resulting in continual tuition raises (which in turn make people antsy about using up all the HOPE money) and staff being squeezed wherever possible. It also results in far fewer jobs in Athens. Whenever the university puts a hiring freeze on, it has a decently sized impact on the area.
Also, I'd appreciate it if everyone would stop assuming I'm a Democrat. I do think the university system was better off when the state government was run by the Democrats, but that's not the same thing.
This is not about tough times versus good times. It's about what you spend your money on as a state.
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