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February 26, 2008
Needlessly Driving a Truck 118 Miles to Encourage Georgia to Practice Conservation or "Swallow This, Georgia!" or Things Government Does Poorly, Inefficiently, and Expensively #8,436: Being Funny
(Sorry, after scanning the airwaves today, I had to add to my header...)
So, a misguided surveyor has caused a misguided legislative actions in Georgia, resulting in a misguided use of city time and resources in Chattanooga. For a humorous publicity stunt, the action is, well, kinda lame:
"The city of Chattanooga, facing a possible Georgia land grab as part of an effort to get access to the Tennessee River, is sending a truckload of bottled water to Atlanta.Mayor Ron Littlefield said the water will be delivered on Wednesday by his aide Matt Lea wearing a coonskin cap.
The mayor has officially proclaimed Feb. 27, 2008, as 'Give our Georgia Friends a Drink Day.' The proclamation comes as a result of the Georgia Legislature passing a joint resolution that seeks to pursue reestablishing the boundary between Georgia and Tennessee.
The truckload of bottled water along with the proclamation will be delivered to the Georgia Legislature Wednesday morning.
'Please know that we are willing to help our neighbors to the south with this complimentary truckload of water,' said Mayor Littlefield. 'And along with this water, we want to send Georgia legislators a message that focusing on conservation efforts would be much more productive than an ill-conceived land and water grab.'"
Wow. Zinger.
While only slightly funnier, at least Gerald McCormick had the decency to simply call them "idiots" and not take up any more time or money with the matter.
On the flip side, I will be more interested in seriously considering State Sen. David Shafer's desire to stick a big straw in the Tennessee River when -- oh, I dunno -- Georgia seriously considers, say, the history of Forsyth County.
Political Pronouncements | By colrus | 03:36 PM
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Posted by: joe lance at February 26, 2008 02:28 PM
