Words matter. These are the best Roy Barnes Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.
We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.
The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.
The time has come to end social promotion in our schools.
So today I say, the outlook in Georgia has never been brighter.
Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest.
After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open… that government be accessible… and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.
By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state.
Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn.
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.
We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.
We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River to the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.
One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it’s tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it.
Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.
And one of the things I’ve tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians – reporters and members of the general public alike – a closer look at how their government works.
As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.
