Georgia GOP County Leadership Changes, HB268 Concerns, and SB144 Veto Push

This pod­cast high­lights recent shifts in Geor­gia’s Repub­li­can Par­ty, prais­ing Union Coun­ty for a com­plete lead­er­ship over­haul and Chero­kee Coun­ty for over­com­ing chal­lenges with a promis­ing new chair, not­ing their strong Trump sup­port in past elec­tions. It rais­es urgent action alerts: HB268, framed as a school safe­ty bill but crit­i­cized as a “stu­dent con­trol” mea­sure threat­en­ing pri­vate and home­school­ing auton­o­my, urg­ing lis­ten­ers to con­tact Sen­ate lead­ers to oppose it; and SB144, a pes­ti­cide bill passed by both cham­bers, now need­ing Gov­er­nor Kemp’s veto. The episode also cri­tiques Georgia’s spend­ing, which exceeds infla­tion rates, and notes the rapid pas­sage of 75 bills on Crossover Day, ques­tion­ing leg­isla­tive pri­or­i­ties.

• Shout out to the Union Coun­ty Repub­li­can par­ty; they have switched every­one out from the chair all the way down. The Chero­kee Coun­ty Repub­li­can par­ty has had some bumps in the road but there are some excit­ing things to be expect­ed from the new chair. The peo­ple of Chero­kee coun­ty knocked doors in the pre­vi­ous elec­tion and brought the tick­et for Trump. The Chero­kee con­ven­tion was very repub­li­can and excit­ing to see. Video to come tomor­row. 
• We have some action alerts. We need action on HB268. It is under the guise of school safe­ty, but it should be labeled as a stu­dent con­trol bill. It is a bad bill. You have to call your sen­ate lead­ers to say no. It is a back­door into pri­vate and home­school­ing result­ing in gov­ern­ment con­trol. 
• This is where we are at SB144. It has been passed by the Sen­ate and the House. We can­not allow our farm­ers to use these pes­ti­cides. It is being sent to the gov­er­nor’s desk. Need to call Gov­er­nor Kemp to veto. When it comes to the elec­tion who will be the loud­est? Moms or Farm­ers. Atten­tion every­one! We need to pre­vent Chem­Chi­na and Bay­er from steal­ing our abil­i­ty to sue if we get sick from pes­ti­cide tox­i­c­i­ty. Farm­ers are say­ing they can’t be pro­duc­tive and prof­itable with this pes­ti­cide. This is not the same as alco­hol and tobac­co prod­ucts. There are cer­tain things that are gov­ern­ment over­reach. The peo­ple aren’t grow­ing the food but when the food is being pur­chased we shouldn’t have to wor­ry if it has any harm­ful effects to our health. The farmer sees the warn­ing not the mom pur­chas­ing the food. Burt Jones sup­port­ed SB144. In the sen­ate it doesn’t come to the floor for a vote if the Lt gov­er­nor doesn’t give it the green light. 
• Keep in mind the GA State House passed 75 bills on one day Crossover day. You didn’t real­ize that you were miss­ing that many laws in your life. This is not count­ing the bills that they had already passed. 
• Geor­gia Spend­ing vs Infla­tion. The rate of spend­ing for GA sur­pass­es the infla­tion. If we increase spend­ing with rate of infla­tion we would be below $30B instead we are at $38B