magnolia
Registered: 01/18/09
Posts: 9
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I couldn't agree more with Sen. Chapman. Why is the selling of bonds for funding the Jekyll revitalization being pushed through so quickly? At a time when our state is in economic crisis the state's solution of using JI as a revenue maker is reminiscent of Reba McIntyre's song Fancy. The state is sending "Fancy" out to catch someone with money, turning JI into the state's whore.
Will selling $50 million in bonds for JI redevelopment help address the serious problems that Georgia is facing? In education, teachers have already been told that there is no money for raises next year, class sizes have been increased, and now we are told that "social" promotion will stop and those almost 1,000 students that did not meet the standard will not move one to the next grade but will be retained. What will that do to the classroom? Where is the funding for the teachers and programs that will be needed to address this population? Will Linger Longer's development help in addressing the need for funding educational programs for parents, more teachers, smaller class sizes, and providing supplies and books for families that cannot afford them? The state government has decided this project needs support but as public schools are failing, the answer from Atlanta is increase the number of students that can be in one class. Anyone who has been in education knows that 28 1st - 3rd graders and 30 3rd - 5th if too many in a classroom to effectively teach. Especially if half (or more)of them cannot read on grade level.
And there are may other real problems; water usage, energy costs, pollution, loss of wetlands, lack of innovative industry.
Governor Purdue, Let's get our priorities in order. This is a time to put funding for leisure projects on hold. There are too many real issues that need attention. Private investors should use their own resources to make their projects viable, let's use state resources to fund the critical needs we have in our state.
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benjycompson
Registered: 02/08/08
Posts: 40
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Hey Magnolia,
Each individual in the universe has a different set of priorities. There is no such thing as "our" priorities.
I wholeheartedly agree with you that private investors should use their own resources to fund their own project- this is otherwise known as the free market. Therefore Jekyll Island shoud be sold to the highest bidder.
State ownership does not reflect your priorities, or my priorities, but the priorities of the individuals in charge of the resource-- in this case Sonny Perdue, his supporters, the JIA, and their supporters and employees, and other State agencies.
Instead of adressing "our priorities" as if they are some monolithic force to be reckoned with, I believe we should be asking ourselves exactly what it is that the State government has legitimite authority over-- ie, what is the purpose of Government, or more precisely, what is the purpose of the Law?
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