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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What I am proposing this year are not lofty concepts far removed form the daily struggle so of ordinary Georgians. They are proposals that directly effect the lives of the people we serve.
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to rise above party and division to heal our people.
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Those people came onto my property like they just got pumped for a football game and they started calling my tenants names.
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We must be willing to change the way we do business if we hope to live up to the responsibilities that go along with being public servants.
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Finally, we all benefit from an economy that has been the envy of the Southeast, and in fact, the envy of most of the nation, for several decades.
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This one focused on instead of asking God for things to benefit just us as individuals, we should look around more and see what we can do for him.
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Maynard Jackson was a bear of a man. But he had to have a body that's big to house the heart that beat within his soul.
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My daddy used to say, 'Have you ever wondered why two stores sit side by side, and one makes money and the other doesn't?' And at 14 or 15 I didn't care, but he'd always tell me anyway. It was management. And what's true for a store is true for the governor.
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Now, we are already in the process of developing tests that measure students' ability at different grade levels in reading, language arts and math.
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People of the quality of Cory many times are attracted to business and other areas instead of public service. I was impressed by his interest, and I sent a contribution.
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I think it was a great program, ... It was one of the things I'm proudest of.
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My whole life I've been an advocate for open records - transparency in government - because I think it brings with it greater accountability.
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My very presence here, as governor of this great state... is testament to the power of an individual to fight for truth and clear his own good name.
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Last, but certainly not least, we must continue to cut the taxes that Georgians pay, by increasing the homestead exemption on homes and family farms.