Comments on: Public agencies hit with ethics complaint over Amendment 2 support http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/28/public-agencies-hit-with-ethics-complaint-over-amendment-2-support/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave Walker http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/28/public-agencies-hit-with-ethics-complaint-over-amendment-2-support/comment-page-1/#comment-100123 Dave Walker Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8060#comment-100123 Now we see that the crowd which has been violating the State Constitution for last 20 years by illegally diverting school taxes to subsidize private development (and who were caught with their hands in the cookie jar last February by the Supreme Court) is now violating State ethics laws by accepting illegal campaign donations for purposes of advocating in favor of Amendment No. 2. Any chance I had of voting yes on Amendment No. 2 just went out the window, based on this illegal campaign stuff. These people are just crooks. No doubt now. Vote "No" on Amendment No. 2. Now we see that the crowd which has been violating the State Constitution for last 20 years by illegally diverting school taxes to subsidize private development (and who were caught with their hands in the cookie jar last February by the Supreme Court) is now violating State ethics laws by accepting illegal campaign donations for purposes of advocating in favor of Amendment No. 2.

Any chance I had of voting yes on Amendment No. 2 just went out the window, based on this illegal campaign stuff.

These people are just crooks.

No doubt now. Vote “No” on Amendment No. 2.

]]> By: PalinWho? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/28/public-agencies-hit-with-ethics-complaint-over-amendment-2-support/comment-page-1/#comment-100100 PalinWho? Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:44:44 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8060#comment-100100 I voted No to all the amendments. I want to fund greenspace and think the belt line needs to be built. But when they proposed a TAD for the sembler project on Druid Hills in DeKalb, hardly a depressed area, and when I read about funding pots for enviornmental issues - such as the returned tire fee - being raided for the general state budget, I can't trust GA's government or any metro Atlanta government's to do the right thing so I say no. And a tax break for 20 years to preserve greenspace? again don't trust it. If we want to preserve green space and/or develop properly we don't need more tax loopholes or tax funding gimmicks we need metro wide development standards that set benchmarks. We need to stop counties from zoning for their short term tax base and creating metro wide zoning and development standards that lead to sustainable development that will serve future generations. What was Tom Brokaw talking about the greatest generation ever? Haven't they been running the governemnt? Deficits and unsustainable development? future generations are going to look at this past two decades as the most selfish generation ever. I voted No to all the amendments. I want to fund greenspace and think the belt line needs to be built.

But when they proposed a TAD for the sembler project on Druid Hills in DeKalb, hardly a depressed area, and when I read about funding pots for enviornmental issues – such as the returned tire fee – being raided for the general state budget, I can’t trust GA’s government or any metro Atlanta government’s to do the right thing so I say no. And a tax break for 20 years to preserve greenspace? again don’t trust it.

If we want to preserve green space and/or develop properly we don’t need more tax loopholes or tax funding gimmicks we need metro wide development standards that set benchmarks. We need to stop counties from zoning for their short term tax base and creating metro wide zoning and development standards that lead to sustainable development that will serve future generations.

What was Tom Brokaw talking about the greatest generation ever? Haven’t they been running the governemnt? Deficits and unsustainable development? future generations are going to look at this past two decades as the most selfish generation ever.

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