He’s out, then he’s back in
April 20, 2007 at 5:44 pm by Scott Henry in NewsState Rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton — twice a CL “Arnie” winner — has shown himself numerous times to be a man of principles, a fact that often puts him at odds with the House leadership. This morning, that delicate balance came to a breaking point when Scott had a committee chairmanship yanked away by an irate Speaker Glenn Richardson, R-Hiram, when Scott broke ranks to post one of the handful of dissenting House votes on overturning the governor’s veto of the supplemental budget.
Scott later told CL that he had promised Sonny face-to-face that he wouldn’t vote against his veto and didn’t feel that he could break that promise — even if it meant facing Richardson’s trademark wrath.
However, Scott made up with the speaker once Richardson listened to his voice mails from the night before and realized that Scott had left him a heads-up explaining his planned vote. Scott regained his chairman’s badge for the Governmental Affairs Committee shortly thereafter.
Still no word on how the Great Budget Battle of ‘07 will shake out, but the night is young.
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