| 12.10.07:
Dick Yarbrough: Porter, Democrats don't play to finish last To
read more click
here 11.29.07: Putting Georgia's kids first is priority
for Democrats To
read more click here (Athens Banner-Herald) 11.26.07: Democrats
have become the sense of reason in state government To
read more click here (AJC) 10.26.07:
House Democrats
from North Georgia speak their mind on Glenn Richardson's tax shift To read more
click
here 10.20.07:
Water crisis is
a failure of state's leadership. To read more click
here 8.31.07: House Democratic Leader DuBose Porter
responds to Sonny's SAT Spin To
read more click here (AJC) 8.27.07: Progress on Health Care
Will Require Reason, Political Courage By State Representative Rob Teilhet (D-Smyrna)
To
read click here 8.25.07: "House Democratic Leader DuBose
Porter speaks out on Global Warming. Chairman Lewis's next committee meeting is
going to be on how the moon is made of cheese." To read the press
release click here and article
click here" 8.20.07: Larry the Cable Guy 's vision for Georgia
To
read more click here 8.13.07: Leaders butt heads, little
guys get trampled To
read more click here 7.25.07:
Sonny's legacy as
governor is not pretty To
read more click here 7.9.07: State Rep. Al Williams, D-Midway,
chairman of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, weighs in on the Genarlow Wilson
case. To
read more click here (Athens Banner-Herald) 6.29.07: Republican
lawmaker joins House Democratic Leader DuBose Porter in speaking out against the
ever increasing gas tax. To
read more click here 6.19.07:
Letter to Mike Jacobs
from Rob Teilhet 6.7.07:
House Democratic
Leader DuBose Porter wants to see relief at the pumps by lowering the gas tax.
To read more click
here 5.8.07:
"Democrats believe
that K-12 education has already endured too much of a decline in funding. The
FY 2008 budget contains a $140 million cut to the QBE formula that funds K-12
education which was recommended by Governor Perdue. Under Governor Sonny Perdue’s
first term as Governor, K-12 school funding was cut by $1.25 billion. Gov. Perdue’s
school cuts have shifted the burden to local taxpayers driving up property taxes
in nearly 100 school districts around the state. Joe
Martin has an excellent editorial in the Athens Banner Herald on how our Republican
leaders are starving Georgia's public schools click
here to read 5.6.07:
Tifton Gazette:
Where are the adults? click
here 4.27.07:
Rome News Tribune:
They did nothing To read more click
here 4.23.07: Republicans are unfit to lead. Even Jim
Wooten agrees. To read more click
here 4.20.07: House Democrats sent a strong message to the Speaker
and Governor on PeachCare for Kids click
here to read 3.23.07: "State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur)
says there are no women in positions of leadership in the Genreral Assembly and
very little bi-partisan participation on the major issues" click
here to read 3.21.07: "Trying to limit accessibility and accountability
for Representatives to the press was a priority on a busy legislative day of Speaker
Richardson. On top of that House Democratic Leader DuBose Porter was not even
givin the opportunity to respond." Read
the article here 3.18.07: "So, in the not too distant
future, when you're sitting in traffic during rush hour, or mired in a road construction
slowdown during a vacation drive to the beach or simply dodging orange construction
barrels and cones on any given day of the week, remember that Richardson is among
those you've got to thank for it." Read
the article here 3.17.07: "Read what this Georgian has to say
about recent comments made by Speaker Richardson describing the proposed Atlanta
to Athens commuter rail line as a train from "nowhere to nowhere" click
here 3.14.07: "The Governor and Republican Legislative Leaders
adopt language from Representative Nikki Randall's HB 236, which allows the state
to fully fund PeachCare fo Kids. This could have been done weeks ago." To read
the articles click
here 3.11.07: Bill Shipp raises some very interesting questions
about the U.S. Attorney in Atlanta's lack of movement on any investigations that
might reflect poorly on the state's Republican leaders. Read
the article here 3.1.07: Here is another example of our Govenror's
commitment to Georgia's environment. Ten days after Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed
him to the state environmental board, Joe Hatfield's family-owned poultry operation
received a major fine levied by one of the agencies he helps oversee. click
here 2.16.07: Republican legislator sides with group that beleives
""the earth is not rotating ... nor is it going around the sun." To read more
click
here 2.16.07: Another example of Georgia Democrats making education
a top priority To read more click
here 2.12.07: Teilhet pushes ID theft measure 2.4.07:
"Future looks bright for Georgia Democrats." To read more click
here 1.31.07: Senator JB Powell (D-Blythe) sponsors legisaltion
to guarantee veterans get into the state university of there choice" To read the
article click here 1.29.07: "This is great"
http://savannahnow.com/node/219350
1.26.07: "Georgia workers could see there first minimum wage hike
in more than a decade under a bill introduced by Senate Democratic Leader Robert
Brown (D-Macon). To read more click
here 1.25.07: Perdue
gives metro area no respect 1.24.07: "Department of Natural Resources
Board backs down on developer backed marshland regulations after Brian Thomas
(D-Lilburn) introduces legislation." To read more click
here 1.24.07: "Rep Brian Thomas (D-Lilburn) works to protect
Georgia's marshlands along the coast." To read more click
here 1.10.07: Sen.
Robert Brown's State-of-the-state response | 
