Saturday, May 24, 2008

Dunwoody testimony at the Capitol is a bit different than what the public has heard


Rep. Jill Chambers sent this email as a response to a question from a cityhood supporter. Jill, did you vote for HB 264?:

Voting for HB 264 was a mistake on my part, but at the time I still thought that the cityhood sponsors were being honest about their legislation.

The 2007 Attorney General's letter on HB 264 describes the possiblility of at least one lawsuit against the state and city regarding the HOST tax disbursement. This is why I handed out copies of the letter along with the original statute and referendum language that states HOST is for COUNTY purposes only.

If the AG advisory letter states that HB 264 can be challenged as unconstitutional, can we expect the state to vigoriously defend the legislation?

Just because I voted for it does not exempt it from legal challenges!

Watch Rep. Fran Millar's 2007 House floor testimony on HB 264 here - it is about 1 hour and 40 minutes into the video clip:

http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=ga%2Dleg%2Dhouse%2D3%5F27%5F2007%2D3%5F34%5F35%20PM&link=mms%3A%2F%2Fmediam1.gpb.org%2Fga%2Fleg%2F2007%2Fga%2Dleg%2Dhouse%2D3%5F27%5F2007%2D3%5F34%5F35%20PM.wmv

Now go watch what Rep. Fran Millar says this year in House committee about the Attorney General's letter. This testimony was one day after he wrote me a letter stating he did not want to discuss the lawsuit in a public forum. Well, why not?

Fran testifies about 15 minutes into this video, Finance Director Mike Bell testifies on HOST next, and then the author of the CVI study is about 1 hour and 23 minutes into the same video:

http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=gaff013108&link=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.legis.ga.gov%2Fhav%2F08%2Fcomm%2Fgaff%2Fgaff013108.wmv


Editor's note: Enjoy the videos as you learn the Truth About Dunwoody!

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