Could Colonel Sanders do more for our roads than our politicians are doing under the "Gold Dome"?

EXHIBIT A: Sonny and the Georgia General Assembly

During this current legislative session, there have been two (2) competing proposals to create a special one-cent sales tax for funding transportation improvements. However, Governor Sonny Perdue has apparently decided that he wants more control over transportation and this may be holding the sales tax proposal hostage.

Read this blog from Atlanta Journal Constitution "Political Insider" Jim Galloway for more on this saga.

EXHIBIT B: Colonel Sanders Fixes Potholes

According to "ABC News Now", Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has kicked off a program helping Louisville, Kentucky, to fix potholes on their local roads and streets. KFC hopes to roll out this program in at least 4 more major cities across America.

In return for KFC's financial help, each fixed pothole has to be painted over with a simple message: "Re-Freshed By KFC".

Please click here to watch the Yahoo! News video.

After reading Mr. Galloway's blog and watching the "ABC News Now" clip, my verdict is that KFC is actually doing something that helps the motorists, while our politicians are doing little more than arguing and posturing.

As you may well know, I support the right for Georgia's voters to vote on the extra one-cent transportation sales tax. While the system of deciding road projects may not be exactly perfect, I urge Governor Perdue to step back from this matter and let Georgia's House and Senate strictly focus on the sales tax debate. Regardless of which one-cent transportation sales tax bill makes it through the General Assembly (and I hope it does before the 2009 session ends), I urge Governor Perdue to sign said passed bill into law and let Georgia's voters make that decision. After that's done, Governor Perdue and the House and Senate leadership can sit down and decide how to best restructure Georgia's transportation agencies in a way that can best serve those motorists who use Georgia's roads.

Could Colonel Sanders do more for roads than our politicans? From what I've watched and read, it looks like this round goes to Colonel Sanders for at least making an attempt to make our roads as "finger-lickin' good" (IMHO) as his legendary Kentucky Fried Chicken.

And finally, here's a "shout out" to my good friend Marjorie. We love you and miss you at Toastmasters and hope to see you back soon.

That's it for now. Thanks for reading and please tune into "GRG On BTR" tonight (Saturday, 3/28) at 9:30 PM EDT, where I'll be talking about "Obama and the ROADS!!!".

        

 

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