I had a great morning today. My friend Chris and I carpooled over to the Paulding Republicans HQ for the monthly meeting, followed immediately by the county convention.
Phil Gingrey was on hand to speak for a few minutes about what’s going on in Washington and to answer some questions from the crowd. I was excited to hear him and to finally get a chance to meet him. I told him that I appreciated him voting against the EESA last year and how disappointed I was in Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson when they voted for that atrocity of a bill. Gingrey is one of the good guys in Washington, and I’m proud to have him representing me in Washington.
In the county convention, Speaker Glenn Richardson was with us. He had some good things to say, and though I’m not sure how crazy I am about all of his ideas, it is refreshing to hear politicians thinking outside the box looking for ways to cut spending. After he spoke, Richardson sat in the empty seat next to us, and we got to chat with him at various points during the convention.
(Did you know that every school day costs the state of Georgia $50 million? That number is startling, but it’s not even as startling as something else the Speaker said – 80% of Georgia’s budget is for education and health care. That’s 4 out of every 5 dollars the state spends!)
We finished up the convention and then had lunch. I had to leave without speaking to some folks. If you’re one of those, I’m sorry. We’ll catch up at the next meeting.
