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Veterans Day 2023
Ceremony at Gwinnett Justice Center We had a wonderful Veterans Day Ceremony at the Gwinnett Justice Center. It was great to see my friend John, a World War 2 vet who turned 97 this year. Many elected attended the Veterans Day Celebration along with Miss Gwinnett...
Labor Day 2023
Today is Labor Day, a day we honor and recognize the works and contributions of laborers to the United States. Although Labor Day is not a union holiday, it is a national holiday and without unions it would not exist. The labor movement is largely responsible for...
Passover, Ramadan and Easter 2023
Every 33 years, a Christian, Muslim and Jewish holiday coincide in the spring. Wishing all celebrating today a Happy EasterHappy RamadanHappy Passover May we all come together in peace and freedom.
Sine Die 2023
Sine Die Sine die, the last day of the legislative session is this week. I and other Democratic legislators will be happy to see it because this session has been a tough fight for all of us. Two truly awful bills passed the Georgia House of Representatives this week...
End of session 2023
Thumbs down on SB 140 The legislative session will be over in a few days and we still have many bills to consider before Sine Die. There is one bill that has passed and the Governor has signed that disturbs me greatly and that is SB 140, better known as the Anti Trans...
The Budget 2022
There is a lot of news in the past week about what is known as “Cross Over Day”. A bill must be passed by one chamber by Cross Over Day to be considered by the other chamber, or it is dead until the next session, unless there is a bill that is germane and it can be...
Interview on GPB
We have completed five weeks of the legislative session and last week I, again, introduced a bill to raise the minimum wage in Georgia from $5.15 and hour to $15 an hour. It is an absolutely disgrace that our state minimum wage is so low. Our state leaders are always...
State of the State
Governor Kemp's State of the State Address Last week, starting 1/23/2023, we heard Governor Kemp’s State of the State address. A few things stood out for me. Education Governor Kemp seeks to dedicate an additional $1.9 billion in the current and upcoming budgets...
MLK Parade, The Budget and the New Session
MLK ParadeLast week started off with the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday and I had the pleasure of walking in the Martin Luther King March with the Labor community. The last 15 years I have been the MC for the Rally at the end of the March. I sure am proud to be able...