Georgia Pundit

via RN-T.com – Lumsden speaks to Kiwanis Club about written unwritten rules under the Gold Dome and how they are both important.

There are written rules in the halls of the Gold Dome, where state legislators craft laws that affect wide segments of Georgia.

But there are also unwritten rules that can be just as important, state Rep. Eddie Lumsden, R-Armuchee, told the Kiwanis Club of Rome at its Monday meeting.

“Understanding the unwritten rules is something that’s very important when trying to do the job,” Lumsden said. “This has been a learning curve.”

Lumsden, whose district includes portions of Floyd and Chattooga counties, finished his first session in the Georgia Legislature last month.

via The Daily Tribune News – Lindsey adds name to 11th Congressional race.

State Rep. Edward Lindsey made his first trip to Cartersville last week since announcing his candidacy for Georgia’s 11th Congressional District.

Lindsey’s entrance to the race was the second formal announcement behind that of former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr and about a week ahead of State Sen. Barry Loudermilk’s announcement made Saturday at the Republican Party District meeting.

The seat held by U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey will be vacated due to his candidacy for the open Senate seat of U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss who announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election in 2014.

Describing the state of current events as a “crossroads” for America, Lindsey points to economic issues as the nation’s biggest threats, including jobs and the national debt.

“The primary issues right now are economics and jobs, and we desperately need someone up in Washington who has a strong record of a problem solver and a conservative reformer. We have too many folks in Washington who want to step back and at 30,000 feet throw bombs. We need more folks with experience rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty,” Lindsey said. “There is a burden to governing, and in order to advance conservative principals, we have to engage. We can’t simply stand back and say ‘no.’ We have to come up with good, strong conservative pieces of legislation and principals. The No. 1 crises right now in our society is obviously the ever-increasing debt that our nation suffers under. The solution to that is fairly straight forward, but it’s going to be hard.”

via Proposed I-75 express toll lanes get mixed response – Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Some at the open house said it’s not right to add lanes that could require tolls of more than $6, when not everyone can afford such a fee, reported Atlanta Business Chronicle broadcast partner WXIA-TV. Others there said they are willing to pay the toll if that would trim driving time.

via Georgia high court declines to hear appeal of former commissioner’s perjury conviction | jacksonville.com.

After he had served five days, Tuten released him on an appeal bond but ordered him back to jail for a violation of the terms of his release. Tuten had ordered Grovner to not participate in any matters concerning elections.

Officials said that Grovner provided a election qualification form to a candidate in the Darien City Council election.

The jury had found that Grovner lied under oath in the January 2009 trial of an election contest. Grovner testified that county Board of Elections Chairman Bob Mucha had said during the tabulation of November 2008 election returns that he had found 500 to 600 uncounted absentee ballots.

Mucha and others testified Mucha did not make such a statement and that no additional ballots were uncounted at the time.

via Bernie Marcus has choice words for Obamacare | The Biz Beat | www.ajc.com.

Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus has choice words for the Affordable Care Act and its impact on small businesses and their employees: “Obamacare is going to kill off the small businesses. There’s no question about it.”

Marcus, who retired from Home Depot in 2002, made the comments recently to Newsmax TV while at a free-enterprise leadership summit sponsored by his Job Creators Alliance in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.