Addendum to Action Request on GA Bills

[Tom B.]

E-mail messages to the Senators and Representatives would also be
welcomed. Go to
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/house/alpha.html for e-mail
contact info.

Also, here's a shortened version of the talking points:

For House members: Please Vote NO on House Bills 1365, 1368 & 1370
The bills:

For Senate Members: Please Vote NO on Senate Bills 486 & 492
The bills:

• favor government bureaucrats over average citizens. These bills
unfairly tilt the playing
field in favor of the government bureaucracy and against the citizen—
the citizen who will be most
impacted by the government's decision.
• are special interest bills. They’re designed to benefit one company
with one project, but it would
result in the overhaul of the entire administrative review process.
It’s special interest legislation that’s contrary to fair and
democratic government.
• eliminates the requirement that licensed professional engineers must
review permits.
That would include even nuclear plants, major dams, and giant
stadiums.
• undermine judicial independence. An Administrative Law Judge would
be required to defer
to any DNR employee’s opinion. That’s antithetical to the notion of
judicial independence. Judges would become little more than rubber
stamps.
• hurt businesses. These bills would impact any entity in Georgia
seeking an environmental permit.
These bills would make it much more difficult to question an
environmental regulation or decision, even if that decision is
detrimental to a business. This is not what Georgia needs in the
current economic climate.

- Tom Barksdale
770-715-1218