Speaker: ‘Absolutely’ no connection between development and water shortage
November 15, 2007 at 4:50 pm by John F. Sugg in NewsGeorgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson is the villain du jour — due primarily to his proposed tax plan. That’s why I interviewed him last week, and you can read my take on Richardson’s plan in this week’s Metropolis column.
But it’s impossible to talk to a state official nowadays without mentioning water, as in the fact that we have a shortage of the precious liquid. To people with at least a slight grasp on reality, the reasons are obvious. We have a drought. We have a very small water supply for such a large metro area. Our population has exploded in recent decades, stressing the already meager sources of water, primarily the Chattahoochee River.
Knowing that Richardson is firmly ground in Republican politics — as in, adjust scientific facts to accommodate radical ideology — I didn’t anticipate an attack on development when I asked him about the causes of the water shortage. But I was a little stunned at his response.
My question: “Do you think development has contributed to the water problems?”
Richardson rose from his seat. He’s a pretty animated conversationalist to begin with. But he became even more so, raising his hands as he proclaimed: “ABSOLUTELY NOT!”
November 15th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Glenn was in Bbib County yesterday, he fit right in with our current elected officials:
http://www.lucididiocyblog2.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-state-department-on-water.html
RICHARDSON: I’m not going to pass legislation to tell people you’ve got to have a low-flow toilet. I’m quite convinced that all that causes is people to flush three times. … I’m sure the makers of low-flow toilets would disagree with that. … I certainly don’t know how you tell people that they’ve got to do that.
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