Turner, Laurens Debate Ethics, Term Limits, Falcons Stadium
The two candidates in the Feb. 5 run off for the Georgia House District 21 seat faced off in a debate Tuesday night sponsored by the Cherokee County Republican Party.
A proposed new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons, ethics reform and term limits were on the minds of the two candidates who will be on the Feb. 5 run-off ballot to fill the Georgia House District 21 seat. Candidates Brian Laurens and Scot Turner participated in a debate sponsored by the Cherokee County Republican Party Tuesday night in downtown Holly Springs. Both Republican candidates spent a little more than an hour responding to questions asked by representatives from Cherokee's local media outlets and members of the Republican Party. The candidates touched on topics such as education funding, school choice, the Second Amendment, term limits and a proposal to use hotel-motel tax collected by the city of Atlanta to help fund a new …
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KELLI
9:50 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
First: ?Is Georgia so gerymandered that Democrats (or anyone else) can get a foothold there? I mean - it's like Florida where the Repubs won't relinquish power! I don't believe only or mostly Repub voters live in GA! How about term-limits on Party power! And yes, you should have to account to the people Mr. Laurens... for "every" penny .... Lobbyists should be buying NOTHING (not breakfast, lunch… more ›