Savannah Politics

Jack Kingston / Serving the 1st District of Georgia <http://kingston.house.gov/uploadedfiles/01-header.jpg> White House health care summit: more of the same… This week in Washington, President Obama convened a health care summit at the White House. In what could have been a useful summit, we see more of the same: another Washington photo op.  While it?s good [...]

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The budget was the focal point and our top priority this week.  Although the General Assembly was not in session, our time consisted of attending and giving input during the subcommittee meetings  of  the Appropriations Committee.  This week marks the end of the first two week recess.  Far from a recess or a break, much [...]

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40 Days at the Capitol- Installment 5                      To our readers:   State Senator Buddy Carter (R- Pooler) will be reporting each week during the Legislative Session.  The session began January 11, 2010 and is expected to last until the latter days of March.     Day 18 (Tuesday, February 16, 2010):  Although we were not [...]

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The Georgia General Assembly adjourned on Thursday, February 18th after day 20 of the 2010 legislative session.  The General Assembly has decided to take a two week break from the legislative session to work on the daunting task of balancing the Fiscal Year 2011 budget.  Although labeled a “break,” it is far from what will actually be taking [...]

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Political Notebook: Lester Jackson becoming a player at the capitol Posted: February 14, 2010 – 12:16am By Larry Peterson    Savannah Morning News http://savannahnow.com/column/2010-02-14/political-notebook-lester-jackson-becoming-player-capitol Buddy Carter pretends to be irked when Lester Jackson calls himself Chatham County’s senior state senator. Sure Jackson is, says Carter, a freshman Republican senator from Pooler – but only by about 11 [...]

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40 Days at the Capitol- Installment 4                      To our readers:   State Senator Buddy Carter (R- Pooler) will be reporting each week during the Legislative Session.  The session began January 11, 2010 and is expected to last until the latter days of March.     Day 14 (Monday, February 8, 2010):  As we head back [...]

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The General Assembly completed our 17th legislative session day on Thursday, February 11th.  One of our major accomplishments this week was the passage of the Amended Fiscal Year 2010 budget by the House.  Now the FY 2010 amended budget will be considered by the Senate. This allows the House Appropriations Committee to now focus our [...]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON D.C. 20515 JACK KINGSTON FIRST DISTRICT GEORGIA Dear Friend: Will you work with me to form a new agenda for America’s future?  It is my goal to bypass the Washington establishment insiders, the pollsters and the know-it-all pundits to go directly to the people.  I would like to take your ideas [...]

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40 Days at the Capitol- Installment 3                      To our readers:   State Senator Buddy Carter (R- Pooler) will be reporting each week during the Legislative Session.  The session began January 11, 2010 and is expected to last until the latter days of March.     Day 9 (Monday, February 1, 2010):  While our sessions normally [...]

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February 6, 2010 Following a full week of session, the legislature adjourned on Friday for our thirteenth legislative day.  The session is quickly picking up and we are anticipating many more important discussions regarding the House version of the budget as we continue to work through this difficult budget year. The amended 2010 budget will [...]

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