Got this yesterday from the GCO...
Political Insider Reporting Good News
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/sh...008/05/06/a_slip_of_the_tongue_could_mea.html
Mr. Jim Galloway, AJC Political Insider column is reporting that the Governor intends on signing HB89:
A slip of the tongue could mean Perdue will sign the gun bill
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 03:08 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sonny Perdue apparently intends to sign H.B. 89, the bill that would let permit holders carry concealed weapons on public transportation, in restaurants that serve alcohol and in state parks.
The governor let it slip during a signing ceremony for legislation to toughen Georgia’s prohibitions against dogfighting.
Perdue doesn’t usually talk in advance about whether he’ll sign this piece of legislation or that one. And at first, when questioned about the bill, the governor was properly wishy-washy.
“Actually, we were going line by line over lunch, on that legislation. There are certainly some ambiguities regarding employer and employee rights in the bill, that I’m a little concerned about,” the governor said.
But likewise, he declared himself “moved by the fact” that this law would only apply to license holders who have submitted themselves to fingerprinting and criminal background checks.
Then he said this:
“I do think it will be litigated and tested very soon after signing, because of the craftsmanship of some of the semantics in the language that creates some latitude and interpretation.”
Whoops.