Endorsement: The Big Guy Has Big Shoes to Fill, but Sonny Don’t
In the final analysis, people should vote for Mark Taylor to be the next Governor of Georgia. He is more likely to develop regional rail. He is more likely to fully fund educational progress in this state. He’s more likely to veto silly bills from the legislature, and PeachKids is a good idea. He’s better than the current Governor.
That being said, Taylor is running a lousy campaign. He never mended fences with Cathy Cox. His idea for eliminating parole is crazy. He has not talked about how he will fund his new initiatives and he never put the muscle behind registering the 100,000 new voters he challenged Georgians to register.
Still, unlike the current Governor, he has not lost 3 car plants. He did not promise a regional train line and fail to put his political muscle behind it, nor did he have his friends in the legislature pass a law specifically designed to benefit him. He was always for changing the flag and did not deceive the people who elected him after he won.
There is also the larger sense. Sonny Perdue has no vision. That’s why his campaign is based on “What’s on Your Sonny Do List”?
That’s followship, not leadership!
Georgia needs a strong hand at the helm. Roy Barnes was certainly bombastic, loud, and perhaps even a little arrogant, but he had a vision and a plan. Perdue won precisely because he didn’t have a plan. His has been a governorship of minding the store not making it stronger and more vibrant.
Mark Taylor wants improved educational access to schools, affordable prescriptions, and comprehensive health care for all Georgian Children. Like it or don’t like it, but the guy has an agenda. You know what benchmarks he’s using and how to measure them. He believes he knows how to make Georgia better and that confidence alone sets him ahead of Perdue.
November 5th, 2006 at 10:05 pm
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November 8th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
It looks like the primary came back to haunt The Tick.
The most suprising thing to me was that all the referendums passed by no less than 2:1 margins. “Protect the traditions of hunting and fishing?” Good grief.
November 15th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Check out Creative Loafing’s post-election story:
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A155337