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Eggs & Issues breakfast held Despite the rainy morning, there was a good turnout to the annual Eggs and Issues Breakfast, held at Emanuel Medical Center on Jan. 19. The breakfast allowed Sen. Jack Hill, Sen. J.B. Powell, Rep. Greg Marsh and Rep. Butch Parrish to speak to the citizens of Emanuel County and to answer any questions they might have. Sen. Hill introduced the major topics of the morning, including transportation, healthcare, education and a statewide water plan. He spoke of the $50 million infrastructure fund for transportation, as well as $25 million for new school buses in the state and $131 million in road bonds. He also spoke of the plan to implement VIP (Very Important Parent) counselors in schools to keep parents connected with their children's schools. Sen. Powell discussed the statewide water plan, speaking of how the actual plan is something that is in progress and can be amended. He cited interbasin transfers as one of the major problems facing the state of Georgia. He also talked about an economic development stimulus package that will bring jobs back to rural Georgia. Rep. Marsh continued the discussion of the water plan, but was more focused on the issue of taxes. He stated that it was bad economic policy to tax capital and income, and consumption tax was the fairest policy. He continued on to say that it stopped the policy of "rewarding the bad and punishing the good" that the current tax policies have. Rep. Parrish discussed the plan to keep rural hospitals in business, then moved on to cover the issue of taxes. He spoke of the move towards a service tax rather than ad valorem taxes, saying that, were those taxes eliminated, it would cut out $94 million in taxes- about $30 per household in Georgia. He also spoke of plans to stimulate the economy in Georgia, including incentives for filmmakers to come to Georgia as well as enticing video game developers to set up production and development companies in the state. During the question and answer session, the panel answered several questions involving HR 900 and DOT-local government relations. The breakfast concluded to applause and the panel stayed to allow individuals to speak with them before leaving.
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