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Tolleson supports Governor’s Go Fish Georgia plan
Special to the Journal
ATLANTA - State Sen.
Ross Tolleson (R-Perry),
chairman of the Senate
Natural Resources and
Environment Committee,
applauded Gov. Sonny
Perdue today after the gov
ernor unveiled his Go Fish
Georgia initiative, a sl9 mil
lion investment that will cre
ate world-class resources for
fishing and boating enthu
siasts. The plan includes
ramps across a bass trail
that will include 15 sites on
Georgia’s major rivers and
House urges Congress to make up for Peach Care shortfall
ATLANTA (AP) - The
Georgia House unanimous
ly adopted a resolution
Thursday urging the U.S.
Congress to fund a sl3l
million shortfall in federal
funds that covers the chil
dren of some 260,000 low
income families.
The resolution asks
Congress to fill the funding
gap for Georgia’s popular
Peach Care health insur
ance program, which could
end in less than 90 days
unless federal lawmakers
take action, said state Rep.
Mickey Channell, the bill’s
sponsor.
“This is one of those things
and it’s a scary thought
_ but Pm not aware of any
other alternative we have
as a state other than for the
federal government to come
through,” said Channell, R-
Greensboro.
Unless federal lawmakers
act quickly, Channell said
the state may be forced to
send out letters in February
to all enrolled families tell
ing them their children’s
health insurance coverage
will end in March.
That means families could
be receiving these letters
while lawmakers are still in
session, Channell warned
his colleagues at a commit
tee meeting Wednesday.
Georgia is one of 17
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reservoirs capable of hosting
large bass tournaments.
“Georgia has some of
the most beautiful natural
resources in the nation,”
Sen. Tolleson said today fol
lowing Governor Perdue’s
State of the State speech
at the State Capitol. “It
is important that we pre
serve our natural beauty
and enhance it so that we
can share it with the rest of
the world.
“Bringing fishing tourna
ments to our state is a great
way to let the rest of the
world see what Georgia has
states facing a similar cash
crunch.
Gov. Sonny Perdue urged
federal officials to plug the
gap Wednesday during his
annual State of the State
address. “I call on the
President and Congress
to meet their obligation
to the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program
the program we all know
as Peach Care,” he said to a
rousing ovation.
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to offer - and it also will be
a great economic boon to our
state. Some of these tourna
ments can bring as much as
S2O million each to our state
through Go Fish Georgia.
We have the resources to
compete with our neighbor
ing states, and we need to do
just that.
“We have rivers, streams
and reservoirs all over our
state and bringing people
here to fish in them will ben
efit all of our citizens - those
who fish in them and those
who will reap the benefits
from the dollars that will be
rary fix just before depart
ing for the holidays, shift
ing some funds from states
with surplus federal child
health insurance dollars to
others, like Georgia, that
have a shortfall. But a Dec.
12 report from the nonparti
san Congressional Research
Service found that even
with that help Georgia is
still among the biggest los
ers in the nation and will
receive just $1.2 million in
additional funds.
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Perdue proposes $20.26 budget
ATLANTA (AP) - Gov.
Sonny Perdue, fresh off his
resounding re-election win,
proposed a $20.2 billion
budget plan on Wednesday
which boosts salaries for
teachers, pours money into
land preservation and begins
to make good on a campaign
pledge to eliminate the state
income tax on retirees.
In his annual State of the
State address, Perdue told
a joint session of the state
Legislature that Georgia “is
poised for greatness.”
He painted the state’s
economy as strong.
“Georgia is a changing,
dynamic action video that
is moving at the speed of
a NASCAR race,” Perdue
said.
Perdue offered no sweeping
new government programs
in his half-hour speech.
Some of the loudest applause
from legislators came when
he unveiled a sl9 million
program to encourage bass
fishing in the state’s rivers
and reservoirs.
Perdue’s budget blueprint
boosts spending by 8 percent
from the current year’s $18.6
billion. His amended bud
get proposal for the current
fiscal year would increase
spending by s7ll million to
$19.3 million.
State revenues have
been anemic in the last six
months. Alan Essig, execu
tive director of the nonpar
tisan Georgia Budget and
Policy Institute, said tax col
lections will need to pick
up in the coming months to
meet the governor’s projec
tions.
“This is a highly optimis
tic state budget,” Essig said.
“It’s out of character (for
Perdue).”
Perdue continued to focus
on education, the corner
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stone of his re-election win.
“Education the single
most important factor in
the future prosperity of our
state,” Perdue said.
He is recommending a 3
percent pay raise for teach
ers and another round of
SIOO gift cards for educa
tors. Librarians would also
be eligible for the gift cards,
which can be used for class
room supplies.
Perdue repeated his cam
paign pledge to add gradu
ation coaches to the state’s
middle schools at a cost of
$21.3 million.
Officials with the Georgia
Association of Educators
praised the governor’s
speech as good news for
teachers. But after seeing the
state budget they noted that
Perdue was still not fully
funding the state formula
for schools, shortchanging it
in the coming fiscal year by
almost $l4O million.
“You show what your pri
orities are by at least fully
funding the formula,” GAE
lobbyist Jody Grogan said.
State employees would also
see a 3 percent raise under
the spending plan. And the
state would pour $176 mil
lion into health insurance
for state workers to keep
health care premiums down.
The budget begins the five
year phase in of the $142
million retirement income
tax cut Perdue has promised
for senior citizens.
Perdue’s plan makes good
on another campaign pledge
to add more law enforcement
officers to combat meth
amphetamine and Internet
sex predators. It would also
call for roughly sls million
to build more than 1,200
new prison beds to house
the state’s swelling inmate
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