1. My, How They Do What They Do!!!

2.  Making laws…  Making sausage…

3.  Politics outweighs “the public good”  The “MY BILL” syndrome  Bills voted on (and laws made) by legislators who have ZERO knowledge of the contents of the bills

4.  Bridge bill (HB400) –Attached on last night of session to SB278 –Never discussed by a Senate committee, but approved by them anyway  Elimination of future payments to holders of administrative certificates who remain in classroom (Never discussed by the House, but approved by them anyway)

5.  HB251 –Mandates intradistrict transfers for students –Includes Senator Tommie Williams’ nepotism language (from SB84)  SB44 –Mandates that local boards “give consideration” to Georgia companies when making purchases –Urged by a Georgia company that failed to win a competitive bid

6. The Crystal Ball

7.  SB84 (School Board Governance)  HB100 (Donations to organizations providing “neo-vouchers”)  SB90 (Vouchers for all, a cornerstone of Senator Eric Johnson’s campaign for Governor, as well as that of John Oxendine)

8.  HR1 (Caps the annual growth on the assessed value of property)  The end of the “birthday tax” on cars???

9.  NO ONE need pay taxes (Apparently, public services are free!)  Impact of 2010 gubernatorial campaign (and, campaigns for other statewide offices) will have major impact in next session

10. QUESTIONS???