Welfare Watch, an email newsletter of the
Georgia Association of Homes
and Services for Children
as a public service.
http://www.gahsc.org
Normer Adams, Editor
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Welfare Watch - November 3, 2010 - Election Names New Leadership
We now know who is going to be Governor and will lead our State for at least the next four years. Nathan Deal-R won with 53 percent of the vote. Nathan Deal did not win on his positions on child welfare, but Roy Barnes certainly was certainly hurt by a careless remark in the 2001 debate for Governor. Nathan Deal used this to his advantage in some of his advertizing against Barnes.
The AJC quoted the Governor-elect as saying, "But tomorrow the work starts all over again, . . . It is a job that I have welcomed, that I have wanted, and I want to ensure I will put in my best effort. I will give you a full day’s work every day for the next four years. And we’re going to make you proud of what this state can be.”
Apparently, Deal has not wasted any time naming his transition team. He named T. Rogers Wade to head the transition team for him. Rogers is the chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The Foundation is an independent, non-profit, state-based think tank that proposes market-oriented approaches to public policy to improve the lives of Georgians.
Casey Cagle won over Carole Porter easily as did other Republicans. The Republicans are soundly in control of both Georgia's House and Senate.
John Barge will be the next Superintendent of Education. Barge, a school administrator from Bartow County, had 53.5 percent of the vote with 97 percent of precincts reporting. Joe Martin, the Democrat, has run three times unsuccessfully for this position.
The Trauma Center Tax that would have been created by Amendment 2 was rejected. It would have raised $80 million a year for more trauma care services.
Republicans kept most of their seats in the Georgia House and Senate. Those who control the Georgia House and Senate will be those who draw political boundaries after the census each decade. Child welfare lost several friends due to retirement or running for State Office. Former House Speaker Pro Tem Mark Burkhalter-R retired. Georgeanna Sinkfield-D, former chair of the House Children and Youth Committee, ran for Secretary of State and lost. Mark Butler-R, former chair of the Human Services Subcommittee of House Appropriations, ran for Commissioner of Labor and won.
New leadership at the top usually indicates new leadership will soon be coming to the middle. This is particularly true when there is a change in parties in the Governor's Office. We have no indications what changes may be forthcoming. We hope they build upon our successes, learn from our mistakes and lead us to a better future for children and families.
The more things change, the more they remain...
insane. - Michael Fry and T. Lewis, Over the Hedge
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution
which rejects progress is the cemetery. - Harold Wilson
Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. - Robert C. Gallagher
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Welfare Watch, an email newsletter of the
Georgia Association of Homes
and Services for Children
as a public service.
http://www.gahsc.org
Normer Adams, Editor
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