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Local Legislators Comment On Assembly
District 11, Hall, Forsyth and
jDawson Counties, three man
"delegation in the House of Re
presentatives believes when the
pmoke and haze of the recent
general Assembly has finally
Reared, the session may well
-have been one of the most sign
ificant in Georgia's history.
-■— Representatives Bill Will
iams, Bob Cooper and Joe Wood
jre unanimous that so-called
power struggles and political
-controversy that seemed to take
place almost daily in the
chamber were overplayed and
overemphasized in the press.
"This has really been a in
dependent legislature, ’’ smiled
Williams, the delegation’s dean.
"1 think after everything’s said
and done about this Assembly,
the people are going to realize
that just because we didn’t raise
taxes doesn’t mean we didn’t
do anything down here. As a
matter of fact, this has been the
hardest working session I've
seen in my 15 years as a Re
presentative.”
The big issue in this year’s
General Assembly was Gover
nor Maddox’s massive program
tied to a proposed sales tax
increase. The Governor trav
eled throughout the state prior
to the session in an effort to
muster grassroot support for
his program, but it floundered
in the House despite three se
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parate efforts to get it passed.
"The folks at home have made
it pretty clear to me,” Williams
added, "that they’re not in favor
of any kind of tax hike—either
local option or across the board
sales tax increases. And if I
have learned one thing in public
service it’s that governors don’t
elect legislators, but voters do.
The voters I answer to say ‘no’
to any tax boost.”
The District 11 delegation
in the House has been between
a rock and proverbial hard place
in the issue of funds for the
Lake Lanier Island Develop
ment project. Representative
Joe Wood, a member of the
House since 1966, stated the
delegation’s disappointment to
some recent criticisms that the
House members had not done
their part to secure funds tot
alling 1.4 million for the de
velopment of private enter
prise.
"Look, the people of our
District--and the rest of the
state, from what my fellow
House members tell me—just
don’t want a tax increase. That
means we must make do with
last year’s budget and this 1.4
million grant was not even in
last year’s budget. Somewhere
out of our hats, I guess- -we’re
supposed to come up with 1.4
million dollars to support a
totally new project. If the funds
were available, the three of us
would be the first in line at
the Appropriations hearing, but
I don’t think the people of the
District want to cut school lunch
programs, mental health, ed
ucational progress and other
vital needs in this state for
Lake Lanier. At least not this
year.”
Bob Cooper, the delegation’s
youngest member supported
Wood’s claim. "I think we did
just what our people wanted us
to do. We made the best of
what we could with what we
had for Lanier Islands, and we
did manage to scrape up SIOO,
000 for each of the next two
years out of the present budget
and that was no small ac
complishment.”
Sources in the House say that
recent criticisms from the Hall
County daily press has been
unfair. In the words of colorful
James "Sloppy” Floyd, Ap
propriations Chairman in the
House, recent comments about
the delegation’s efforts in the
Lake Lanier project are "tot
ally uncalled for.” Another
colorful representative, Bobby
Pafford of Lakeland in south
Georgia had a comment about
the group. Pafford sits direc
tly in front of the delegation
in the House and has often
differed with Williams, Cooper
and Wood on issues.
"Those folks up in District
II are getting their money’s
worth with these three boys.
They don’t miss any roll calls
and they don’t buckle under to
some of these high-powered
special interests groups. I
don’t always see eye to eye
with them, naturally, but I re
spect their point of view.”
There is considerable evid
ence that District ll’s delega
tion has been an effective force
in the legislature despite the
obvious bind of no money to
work with or appropriate. Loc
ally, the delegation pushed th
rough legislation that will allow
Lula to reset the salary of its
city clerk, as well as a refer
endum measure to incorporate
Murrayville. In addition, For
syth and Dawson Counties were
given legislation that will allow
home rule in the setting of sal
aries of locally elected county
public officials.
As for new highway develop
ment, Joe Wood, chairman of
- the Ways and Means Committee
on Gasoline Tax pointed out
that well over five million dol
lars in new roads had been
assigned to the Hall County
area. Forsyth and Dawson were
awarded $150,000 and SIBO,OOO
respectively in county road con
tracts and in Gainesville work
will soon begin on the West
Bypass, Mundy Mill Road to the
Junior College and plans have
been approved to relocate High
way 129.
The delegation also pointed
out it was successful in remov
ing the annual license require
ment for hatchery dealers and
substituting permanent license
instead. In addition, farming
and agriculture throughout Hall
County will also benefit from
the delegation’s effort to main
tain a tax shelter for local
fruit growers.
By far, the delegation con
siders the Assembly efforts in
developing a Bill of Rights for
the mentally ill as the major
piece of statewide legislation
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conning out of this session.
"It’s long overdue,” said Will
iams, "and I think it’s some
thing we can take pride in for
sometime to come.”
Going back to the effects of
the current General Assembly
and the apparent discontent on
the part of some citizens that
this has been a "do-nothing”
session, Cooper pointed out
some factors that have been
overlooked in all the talk about
power struggles and deadlocks.
"In this session, the news
media spotlighted controversy.
What it didn’t do, in my opin
ion, is point out that his
particular General Assembly
swept away the last vestiges
of the old county unit system
that ruled Georgia for so long.
Look around this General As
sembly and you’ll see more and
more urban legislators, fewer
rural legislators and now, even
more Republicans in the House
than ever before. For every
new urban legislator, he’s re
placed a rural one. This growth
of political power by urban de
legations made its first impact
on the House this year. It
doesn’t run the House, by any
means, but it’s not going to get
run over by the House, either.”
Capitol observers are slowly
beginning to agree with Coo
per’s analysis. Republicans,
urban groups and rural blocs
have enough to defeat any motion
but not enough to pass any leg
islation on their own. This
transition of power is clearly
evident with a look at some of
the voting alignments.
Cooper and his two associates
think it’s good for the state.
"One other ting,” Cooper
added, "the General Assembly
is no longer demand or get
is no longer dominated or fri
ghtened by the Executive branch
The Governor can no longer de
mand or get unquestioning obe
dience from the majority of
the House and Senate. The
General Assembly in years to
come is not going to do what it
used to do in the past; rubber
stamp all the Governor’s pet
projects and vote down anything
he doesn’t want. From now on,
the General Assembly is going
to look behind executive depart
ment requests to determine just
what the long term and immedi
ate effects will be.”
Williams, Wood and Cooper
all believe that Speaker of the
House George L. Smith still
wields the most influence in
state government, but he has
been extremely cautious in its
use. They agree the Speaker
recognizes the changing posture
of the House and is leading it
carefully and thoughtfully de
spite the charges of "lack of
leadership” in the closing
weeks.
One thing the delegation does
not agree on is the question of
a special session. The "white
thatched” Williams says be be
lieves the Governor will call a
special session and his signing
of the Superior Court Judge’s
pay raise was the tipoff. Joe
Wood, who gets high grades
from his House associates for
effectiveness in his duties as
Vice Chairman of Veterans’
Affairs, also thinks the Gover
nor must recall the General
Assembly if the Governor me
ans what he says.
Bob Cooper, on the other hand
disagrees. Cooper points out
that the General Assembly's
mood at having to return to At
lanta would just result in an
other stalemate for the Gover
nor and the people would only
lose.
In the last analysis, it would
seem the District 11 delegation
had been unfairly criticized in
the closing weeks of the session.
The delegation’s dean put it
this way, "We don't always get
the credit and that’s alright with
us. But when we get the blame
for something we can’t control
or know nothing about, that’s
not always easy to take.” One
tiling is certain. The District
11 delegation listens first to
the people. And that’s all any
taxpayer can ask.
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District Manager of the Gaines
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is an often-asked and frequent
ly-misunderstood question.
Mr. Collins stated the basic
reason for social security is to
provide partial replacement of
earnings lost due to the death,
disability or retirement of the
family breadwinner. During a
person’s working years he con
tributes a part of his earnings to
a trust fund alog with equal
contributions by his employer.
Then when death, disability or
retirement occurs, cash month
ly payments are made.
Mr. Collins further points out
that the most frequent misun
derstanding about social secur
ity is that it is a complete re
placement of earnings. Social
security payments were never
intended to replace all of a per
son’s earnings, but to replace
part of lost earnings. Social
Security is intended to be in ad
dition to private insurance,
company pensions, savings, and
other income.
Mr. Collins states that Con
gress recognized another social
security need in 1966 by passing
the Medicare Act. This pro-
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Sigma
Tri-Hi-Y
The Sigma Tri-Hi-Y Club of
Forsyth County High School met
March 19. The Club discussed
the Christian Life Conference
which is to be held April 25,26,
and 27 at Camp Glisson.
The Conference, as its title
indicates, is an inspirational
conference and is designed to
help teen-agers find direction
for their lives. Included in the
conference are group discus
sions of teen-age problems ,
speakers, and the election of
district officers. This is the
most important conference held
in the district each year and of
fers a rewarding experience for
those boys, girls, and adults who
attend. The fee is $ll.OO for
any Tri-Hi-Y or Hi-Y Club
member who wants to attend.
vides for medical treatment in
hospitals, payment of doctor
bills and many other medical
services for people age 65 or
older.
The contributions made dur
ing the working years by em
ployees, employers, and the
self - employed, thus provide
many different types of bene
fits for the worker and his fa
mily.
Mr. Collins invites anyone in
terested in WHY SOCIAL SE
CURITY, or who has questions
about Social Security or Medi
care, to visit, write, or phone
the local office at 425 Brad
ford Street in Gainesville.
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-APRIL 17, 1969
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