U.S. Rep. Karen Handel, R-Ga., told the monthly Fulton County Republican Party breakfast at the Rivermont Golf and Country Club on Saturday that she is “100 percent in support” of the U.S. air strikes against Syrian chemical gas facilities.
At an event attended by state legislators, candidates and party activists, Handel also said Georgians “will get bigger paychecks” due to GOP congressional tax cuts, called for passage of a balanced budget amendment and noted Congress initially “put in money to get the (border) wall going.”
The breakfast also featured reports from various Fulton County state GOP lawmakers about accomplishments during the recently-concluded General Assembly.
“A number of bills passed this legislative session that could let Fulton Countians vote on measures that could reduce their property taxes. Those bills affect property taxes in Atlanta, Alpharetta, Mountain Park, Milton, Johns Creek and Roswell,” a Fulton party media release quotes party chairman Trey Kelly. “They could also reduce property taxes paid to Fulton County and Atlanta public schools, and this legislation would be on the November ballot for voter approval.”
State Rep. Scott Hilton, who represents part of Fulton and Gwinnett County, pointed out that he spearheaded a parental school choice bill that passed in the Legislature. State Rep. Betty Price of Alpharetta said the GOP-controlled Legislature finally could pass full Quality Basic Education Act funding which will help translate into “400 new buses for school children” in Fulton County. State Sen. Brandon Beach of Alpharetta said he helped push legislation with state Sen. John Albers to create a 13-county regional transportation governance framework that would unify separate transit agencies into one “consolidated and coherent governmental unit— the ATL.” Participation of counties “would be voluntary,” Beach said.
