Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
Roy Eugene Barnes is an American attorney, politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 80th Governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River.
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Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.
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Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn.
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As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.
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By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state.
We exchanged secrets, as friends always do, and I never worried,
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This is not about destroying heritage, ... This is about being united as one people.
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You can steal more with a briefcase than you can with a gun,
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Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels.
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We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.
want expansion prosperity
I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity
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Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth
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I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government
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One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it