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The Citizen NewsletterThe Conservative Voice of Henry County

In This Issue:

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Elitism by Erick EricksonLost a Facebook FriendSouthern Crescent RepublicansStanley for Henry BoET-SPLOST: Special Interest TrapTIA: About Mobility or Money?Rep. Steve Davis Cook OutChris Vaughn Campaign BreakfastNAIFA Golf TournamentRutledge seeks to oust Davis

0 The Chambers New Puppet

Issue # 339 April 15, 2012

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ELITISM

by ERICK ERICKSON

Hilary Rosen s specific point was that Ann Romney, not having been in the workforce outside the home, cannotreally relate to women in the workforce. I disagree. Here s why.

In my experience, with both a stay at home mom raising me, my wife a stay at home mom, and many of myfriends married to stay at home moms, the stay at home mother typically raises the kids, cooks the meals, cleansthe house, oversees homework, and on top of thatthe stay at home mom pays the bills, buys the groceries,handles the insurance hassles, knows the co-pay, haggles with the bank, etc. etc. etc.

The stay at home mom deals with many of the same issues the working woman deals with in addition to a hostof other matters. It is not that the working woman has it more or less difficult. It is that working women and stayat home moms have it differently difficult in different areas with some days better and some days worse. Andsingle parents, mothers and fathers, have it most difficult. But none are homogenous automatons of one singularthought or view on all topics.

Move past Hilary Rosen s remarks if you can. The amazing speed at which Democrats sought to distancethemselves from her remarks suggests they know that in all the talk about Romney s problem with women, theyhave their own.

After Hilary Rosen s remarks, a number of leftwing pundits came out seemingly upset that Hilary did not go asfar as they would have wanted her to. In so doing, these pundits, activists, and politicos have raised up the rawstench of elitism. Luckily, few smelled it because it was drifting in from MSNBC.

Nonetheless, there were people like Joan Walsh of the far left rag Salon. She thought it perfectly okay topronounce on Hardball yesterday that of course working women have it harder than stay at home moms. Of

course they do you women battling breast cancer and suffering from MS while raising five boys withoutnannies and cooks and maids contrary to what the left has been claiming is, was, and forever more shall be thecase with Ann Romney. Never mind that Mitt and Ann Romney gave away their inherited fortune to build theirown lives and fortune.

There is Chris Hayes, also of MSNBC and the even further left than Salon The Nation. He said if Republicansreally think that stay at home moms are workers, then they should be paid a wage. Seriously.

It went downhill from there. The most striking thing is the overwhelming presumption from so many on the leftwho waded into the waters who think only the wealthy can be stay at home moms. As a matter of fact, I knowscores of stay at home moms and not a single one s husband gets them into the 1%, let alone the top 10% for

most.

The myopic view of not just stay at home mothers as rich socialites with nannies, but of women in general too,highlights the problem for the Democrats. They talk about the GOP as the party of the rich when they areincreasingly a party of the elite. Many of them look on stay at home moms as inferior or second class. ConsiderChristy Hayes of MSNBC and the Nation who openly wonders if it can really be considered work if they are notgetting a salary.
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The Democrats seem to believe that all women believe what they believe and are the same. Instead of uniqueindividuals, they are a stereotyped class of women who care only about birth control, abortion, and governmentbenefits. Stay at home moms who fall outside this view are viewed as second class citizens who really can t berelated to and who cannot relate to women in the workforce. Liberal women who prided themselves on feministadvance into society and think of themselves as unique individuals go on twitter and television and radio toproclaim all women same thinking, same liking, same knowing, and . . . well . . . same.

Like black Republicans such as Condelezza Rice, Michael Steel, and Herman Cain who are ridiculed by the leftas Oreos, Uncle Toms, or worse, women who think differently are treated as second class citizens, inferior, orsomehow other.

As former Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer noted, in the 2008 exit polls only 30% of women classifiedthemselves as working women, a category of woman the left seems to think is all that matters or counts aslegitimate through their rhetoric.

This is precisely why the Democrats have their own problems with women. In thinking women only care aboutX, Y, or Z, they forget that in 2004 women were mostly concerned with who would keep them save and this

year will be mostly concerned with who will get them, their husbands, their children, their relatives, and theirneighbors back into jobs that make ends meet. This is the one area Barack Obama prefers not to talk about.

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Political activism is a meaningful endeavor. It is the public discourse that makes our country great. In ourcounty it helps create thriving and viable communities.

The Other Side too often withdraws from the conversations, wall themselves away from other people and

somehow think they are taking the high ground. In truth they are admitting they have nothingmeaningful to say.

Today a local preacher un-friended the Citizens editor and opted out of receiving the email newsletter. Hiscomment was, The "spin" and the vitriolic comments towards those you oppose are tiresome. My onlyresponse is to say goodbye.

Several years ago a county commissioner launched an agenda that included using eminent domain to takeproperty, hiring outside consultants to validate false claims of local history, and appointed a friend andsupporter to a county position to give credibility to the agenda. Of course there was backlash. A document wasproduced disproving the false historical claims. Uproar was raised over use of eminent domain. A louder voicerang out over spending in excess of $8 million from the county s general fund.

That outcry and factual presentation was (and is) called an attack. It was (and is) called vitriolic, mean andpersonally demeaning. That commissioner has a following including the local preacher mentioned above.

Now a virtual nobody, backed by liberal and elitist political wanna-be pundits, announced candidacy against ourconservative 4-term state representative. The press release was chocked full of false statements and negativeinnuendo, which was ably refuted and the truth was published.


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Refuting lies, telling the truth, and calling a spade a spade thatis called "spin" and vitriolic comments.

Please be aware of Henry Countys political environment. Do not heed the advice of know-nothing wanna-be elitists. Go to the source of campaign announcements and ask questions. When the candidate, or hissupporters, cannot provide clear and factual answers that is when the false and accusatory rhetoric comesout.

Southern Crescent Senior Republican Network

Friday, April 20th

at the Henry County Moose Lodge, Hwy 155 in McDonough.Join at 7:00pm in the ballroom.

Bring your family and friends for an End of the Year Legislative Update from

Representative Steve Davis.

Also hear Candidate for District 1 Board of

Commissioners, William Bo Mossspeak about hisplatform and plans for District 1.

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Visit & Like on Facebook:HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PAGES/STANLEY-FOR-HENRY-BOARD-OF-EDUCATION/284100898334521Campaign Committee:Stanley for Henry Board of Education260 Oak Leaf Drive, Stockbridge GA 30281Larry Stanley, Chairman

Dear Friends,

Thanks to each of you for your words of support. My running for the open District 2 post on the HenrySchool Board is truly an effort to serve Henry County in a positive and meaningful way. It will be anhonor to serve with the other members as an advocate for Henry s students, parents and schoolsystem staff.

I need your help. This campaign will operate on a minimal budget using email, social media and TheCitizen Newsletter. But some costs must be covered and your donation will allow me to run aneffective campaign.

Please consider a contribution to Stanley for Henry Board of Education. The campaign committee isformally established with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commissionat 260 Oak Leaf Drive, Stockbridge, GA 30281.

It is my desire to provide

Hands-On AccountabilityI will not join any effort to increase the Henry County school millage rate AND will always stand to protect Henry Countytaxpayers.

I will not join any effort to create bonded debt that is not absolutely, 100% necessary

Continued Pursuit of ExcellenceThe Georgia Constitution requires that an elected school board oversee each school system. Members of a localschool board are to manage and control and to make decisions on almost every aspect of public school operations

Your help is appreciated.

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Special interests have turned TSPLOST into a future taxtrap

By Ron Sifen

Cobb legislators are calling the TSPLOST projects list a bait-and-switch. (In a previous column I described it by

saying that the TSPLOST had been hijacked by special interests.)Last week, the Cobb Legislative Delegation had a series of meetings with local officials in Cobb. As the MDJreported Nov. 16 ( Lawmakers befuddled by Lee s list for TSPLOST ), several of our legislators expressed theidissatisfaction over the TSPLOST bait-and-switch. Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) said, We have a $6 billion bait-andswitch. It was sold as traffic relief. It s being delivered as economic development and transit transformation foAtlanta. Rep. Rich Golick (R-Smyrna) had this to say: Cobb County in late March produced an unconstrained lisfull of projects that would help get people from Point A to Point B. Between late March and Oct. 13, somethingchanged. The priorities of some local officials went from relieving traffic congestion to something very different.

Rep. Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs) expressed similar concerns.

Over the last few weeks, several other Cobb legislators have also strongly criticized the TSPLOST projects list.

Some TSPLOST opponents are trying to blame the legislators for passing such an imperfect bill in the first placeWhile I agree that the legislation has imperfections, and I hope the legislators will amend the legislation in theupcoming session, I really do not agree that the legislators are to blame for the misguided projects list.

Local elected officials plus the chambers of commerce around the region plus the influential CIDs were all pushingthe legislature to provide some sort of new funding source to alleviate traffic congestion in metro Atlanta. Thelegislature had no reason to expect bad faith.

The legislation allowed economic development projects, because that was relevant and appropriate for the other 11regions in Georgia. In metro Atlanta, the outcry was for funding to alleviate traffic congestion. Legislators did notanticipate that the TSPLOST would be hijacked by special interests and that billions of dollars would be divertedaway from projects that would alleviate traffic congestion.

The legislator who may have the best and most workable answer is Sen. Chip Rogers (R-north Cobb).

Rogers has pointed out a different problem with the TSPLOST, and it is a problem that is perhaps the mostdevastating problem of all. He says that the biggest mistake the legislature made in the TSPLOST legislation wasnot prohibiting new projects that would have large future operating costs.

So, even if some of the TSPLOST money is being set aside for 10 years of transit operations, there is still absolutelyno realistic, identifiable source of funds to continue operations once the TSPLOST funds run out, without huge taxincreases for taxpayers in the region.

The TSPLOST projects list has morphed into something that is not really just a 10-year tax to pay for specialprojects. More than half of the projects list will require huge ongoing operating costs forever, and absolutely noidentifiable source of funding, other than imposing huge new permanent taxes on the region s taxpayers.

The TSPLOST has turned into a future tax trap.

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Transportation Tax: About Mobility or About Money?

By Benita M. Dodd

The "Untie Atlanta" commercials on radio and TV are nothing if not clever. Frustrated commuters can

relate to the visual onslaught on TV of roads tangled in a giant knot and the radio announcement,

accompanied by blaring horns, that says "Traffic in metro Atlanta is tied up in knots Lets untie the knot.

Vote yes for the July 31 Regional Transportation Referendum.

Without a doubt, inadequate transportation spending has led to congestion and reduced mobility in this

state. If voters in each of the 12 regions support the referendum, a penny transportation special local

option sales tax (T-SPLOST) will fund its tailored list of projects. Some of them most notably,

Savannahs port-area improvements are good transportation policy and long-overdue, cost-effective

measures. Unfortunately, others won't move the needle toward mobility while still others are massive

boondoggles that will put this state at a disadvantage for decades to come.

The prime folly, of course, is metro Atlantas list. The TV commercial is at least honest in admitting the list

will be unclogging a fewroads:52 percent of the $6.14 billion funding goes to transit in a region with 5

percent transit use. It includes a push for fixed-guideway transit instead of more flexible bus rapid transit

options that could move with population demographics, plus it would commit the region to wasteful

spending on questionable projects for long past the 10-year sales tax. In Denver, Colo., where voters

approved a 0.4 percent sales tax for their 12-year regional transit plan in 2004, officials are back this yearseeking a doubling of the tax and delaying the project completion date.

The project lists, especially Atlantas, have been discussed and debated ad infinitum. But the problems run

deeper, first being the voter education effort. The Foundation has long held that Georgias

transportation policy must be geared toward increasing mobility and limiting congestion, not livability,

sustainabilityor other liabilities to congestion relief. Proponents, however, are focusing their education

effort on economic development,jobs and public safety,not on promising that Georgians and freight

will be able to travel from Point A to Point B as quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

Second is the decision to use a sales tax funding mechanism. With a sales tax, unlike the motor fuel

tax paid by road users and dedicated to roads and bridges, the burden is borne by all Georgians instead ofallocating more of the costs to users of the various modes of transportation. Its essentially a subsidy to

users and a bad model that dilutes efforts to price roads and transportation appropriately.

Sales tax revenue also fluctuates with the economy, a painful lesson learned in Denver during the

recession and one of two major reasons for its proposed new tax. And adding the special sales tax for

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in order to implement personal income tax rate cuts (eventually eliminating it) that enhance Georgias

competitiveness and hold far greater promise ofeconomic development and jobs.

Third is T-SPLOST advocates insistence that there is no Plan B. Planners and policy-makers who

maintain that the T-SPLOST is the end-all are exhibiting a serious lack of leadership. What happens if,

despite the millions of dollars spent on advocacy, voters reject the tax increase? True leaders would be

examining the alternatives, including:

Is a penny tax necessary, or would a portion of a penny be more realistic and give regions moreflexibility with other tax changes?

What projects would truly improve mobility, relieve congestion and save taxpayers from aheadache?

Who should make project decisions and how should they be prioritized to avoid the horse-tradingthat taints the current list?

Would a user fee, such as more tolls on roads and an inflation-tied increase in the motor fuel taxbe a more consistent, reliable and responsible funding mechanism?

Focusing more on the needs of transportation users commuters, freight or casual users would have

produced a far different mix of projects than the current list of wants. Georgians need less congestion andimproved mobility. Do you want it now or do you want it right? Is this a prudent use of tax dollars overthe next 10 years or relegating Georgia to gridlock again? This is what voters must answer on July 31.

Benita M. Dodd is vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation (WWW.GEORGIAPOLICY.ORG)

Rep. Steve Davis Cook Outwith Speaker Ralston

and Ag Commissioner Black

I would like to invite everyone to join the Speaker of the House David Ralston, AgricultureCommissioner Gary Black, and myself for a nice family friendly steak dinner with live entertainment.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 -- 5:00pm until 8:00pm1042 Millers Mill Rd Stockbridge, GA 30281

$10 Steak and Potato dinner(Kids eat free and we will have some choices for them)Salad, corn, bread and dessert and teaLive Music Family FriendlyLots of playground area for the kids

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Campaign Breakfast Fundraiser onMay 1st

in Conyers, GA

You are invited to attend A full Country Breakfast with ChrisVaughn: Fundraiser & Rally for Georgia's 4th Congressional Seat.

On Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, at Glenn's Barbeque 1377 Old McDonough Highway, Conyers, GA

30094 (Phone 678.964.2475) from 7 am to 9 am!

Where: Heron Bay Golf and Country ClubWhen: Thursday, May 10, 2012

Time: 10:30 am Registration, 11:30 Lunch, 1:00 Shotgun Start

For Benefit of: People First of Henry County

Please come out and support our Special Needs Community. If you can'tplay, maybe you can sponsor a hole.

ContactEleanor Toppins: [email protected]

Rutledge seeks to oust Davis from state legislature

HTTP://WWW.HENRYHERALD.COM/NEWS/2012/APR/13/RUTLEDGE-SEEKS-OUST-DAVIS-STATE-LEGISLATURE/The Henry Daily Herald used the campaign announcement as an article. They did not seek commentfrom Rep. Steve Davis. They did not seek to verify whether candidate Rutledge opened his campaignwith lies and innuendo. He did just that.
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The Henry Citizen has this comment: When a candidate opens his campaign with lies and

innuendo, he shows he has nothing to offer but puppetry arts.

Please note The Chambers New Puppetbelow. Re-Elect Rep. Steve Davis - a real

Conservative with no strings attached!

The Chambers New Puppet

The Henry Chamber of Commerce has a new Puppet who announcedcandidacy for State House District 109. His announcement told us nothing about hisqualifications or what he will do for the citizens of Henry, Newton and Rockdale counties.Instead the announcement was yet another attack piece on our 4-term Conservative

Republican incumbent Rep. Steve Davis.

If you want to run against an incumbent conservative it seems there would be truthfulgrievances against him. Instead The Chamber's Puppet pursued the personal vendetta launchedby the Chamber of Commerce and their other puppets over the last couple of years.

FALSE: Davis made $25,000 off of the Obama bailout money. The money a company that Rep Davisworks for as a Broker earned commissions paid by private banks over a 5-month period at the end of 2009, notwith government funds. Those commissions were honestly and legitimately made for standard real estatetransactions and the money earned was distributed appropriately to licensed real estate agents within the firmand not to Rep Davis personally. The Puppet did not say anything about the wife of a Henry Commissioner whocontinues to work in the NSP real estate program in Clayton County, or the wife of a different and currentHenry County State Representative who continues to work in the NSP real estate program in both Henry andClayton counties.

Additionally, by the Puppet s standards many elected officials from Henry County would have to cease theirpersonal law practices, civil engineering, environmental services, real estate and car sales businesses due to thestandard of not doing any business with government entities. Does the Puppet not understand that the General


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Assembly is a citizens legislature and that it is not illegal to do business with a government entity so long asyou are not in a personal decision making capacity for the government entity providing with the project?

So why is this old issue coming up again? The Chamber of Commerce and a handful of elected officialslaunched Political Opposition to Rep. Davis because he continues to oppose commuter rail and the expansion ofMARTA into Henry County, he protected a small business and private property owner from government seizure

of their property for non-governmental purposes (eminent domain), and he protected taxpayers against the fiberoptic fiasco by refusing to pass a flawed Technology Authority. And Rep. Davis opposed Tax AllocationDistrict s which was placed to a referendum in 2010 and lost voter approval just as Rep Davis predicted itwould.

FALSE: The Puppet says after years of virtually no real accomplishments from Steve Davis, our communityis demanding change. The only thing Georgians and citizens in District 109 want is strong conservativeleadership in the State House AND WE HAVE IT with Rep. Davis. Apparently the Puppet believes personalproperty rights, education, and transportation improvements are NOT important. Apparently thePuppet doesn t believe representation of individuals is important. Apparently the Puppet doesn t believethat tough criminal justice reform and tough sexual predator laws are important. Apparently the

Puppet doesn t believe protecting the life of the unborn or traditional family values are important.

Apparently the Puppet doesnt know what he is talking about or he is simplyjust doing what he is told. I cant wait to see a debate of real issues with thePuppet and Rep Davis.

Since Rep. Steve Davis took office he has refused to simply do as he is told by the high-and-mighty. He hasconsistently served and protected taxpaying citizens regardless of the attacks he has received because of thesestances. The Double Standard from Chamber and their puppets is appalling. Rep. Davis s conservative votingrecord and his tireless efforts on behalf of taxpayers are simply not accepted by the Gimme-Your-Tax-Dollarsfor our agendas leadership at the Henry Chamber. Ironically, Rep Davis has 100% rating with the

Georgia Chamber of Commerce that has praised him for his work to reduce taxes and regulations on thebusinesses of this state. He has also had the support of National Federation of Independent Business(NFIB) for his positions to protect small business.

The Puppet says we need a Representative who will put taxpayers first. He says he is active in the Chamber ofCommerce, but has served on no committees, and has shown no community leadership through any of theirprograms. He says he is a Conservative Republican, but he is a stranger at the Henry County GOP or RWHCevents and meetings.

As a newcomer to the political arena the Puppet should be cautioned in taking the approach he has just startedas those that live in a glass house shouldn t throw stones. I am now hearing all kinds of rumors on the type of

person the Puppet is and I will undoubtedly get more information and be able to share with all of you over thecoming months.

FALSE: In other press releases written by a local pundit Rep. Davis is lambasted saying he has not filedcampaign disclosure reports and owes money to the state. For technical issues with the filing system at theGeorgia Ethics Commission Rep. Davis s son appeared on a list produced by that office and has been promptly


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corrected by the younger Davis as all of his reports have been filed accurately and on time. Rep Davis himselfhas paid fees for some minor technical filing errors over the years that many campaigns fall prey too.

However, Rep Davis was never charged or censured and he has been completely exonerated of any wrongdoingfrom the multiple attacks from the Chamber and his opponents over the last couple of years. These nonstopfailedcomplaints were filed not only with the State Ethics Commission but also the House Ethics Committee

and the Georgia Real Estate Commission and all of them have been dismissed.

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