Amendments and judicial elections on ballot

Does anyone have a list of the proposed amendments?

 

http://www.sos.ga.gov/Elections/ for election information

Amendments: http://qual.sos.ga.gov/BallotAmendments ... endums.pdf

 

an guarantee that I'll be voting against this backdoor tax:

 

No, no, no, no, no, and no.

 

Thanks!

 

Am I reading amendment 1 correctly that non-compete clauses in employment contracts would now be enforceable?

 

Boy, the ballot wording for the amendments sure hides a lot compared to the full resolution descriptions. That last amendment especially. Sure, you have the option to remove your property from an industrial area, but once you file the paperwork your property becomes irrevocably annexed to the nearest city.

 

Which is why I will be voting for it. It's tailored toward abandoned industrial sites like the GM plant along I-285, so it could easily be annexed into Doraville and revitalized. DeKalb Co has failed miserably at attracting developers and grants to revitalize the languishing site. The amendment would allow the property owner and the city of Doraville to take the site out of the incompetent hands of DeKalb Co in much the same way Dunwoody did when it incorporated into its own city two years ago.

BTW, the land owner still retains the right to downzone through the county zoning board and remain unincorporated. It gets transferred to the nearest city only if the owner files for a transfer certificate with a judge. It offers more choices/rights to industrial property owners than existed before - not a bad thing.

 

What a POS! That needs to be statewide! I suppose the GM plant will have to languish another 5 years until DeKalb gets its s*** together.

 

The wording of the amendments is so convoluted as to bear little relationship to the English language, thereby making understanding what they actually are saying virtually impossible to decipher by non-lawyers and probably by many of them as well...

However, I will (albeit reluctantly) vote in favor of Amendment No. 2.

No one ever starts a trip expecting it to end in the Emergency Room, but it does happen!

It has happened to my wife and it has happened to me. On separate occasions. It's not fun! Even if that particular ER is a Level One Trauma Center, which almost guarantees you will survive, it's still not fun. Not at all fun!!!

While driving to Disney World or wherever in Florida, once you get some distance south of Atlanta, the nearest Trauma Center is in Florida. I can't speak for anyone else, but that piece of knowledge tends to considerably increase my personal "pucker factor" while driving on that part of I-75.

I don't like increasing fees or taxes, but this one I can support. It absolutely will save lives. Maybe even one of our very own personal lives.....

Trauma Centers are rated at levels from three (five in some states) being the lowest to one being the highest. Level One centers have specialists on duty vs. on call.

The difference could very possibly save a victim's life. The more critical the injuries, the more critical obtaining proper care becomes. Having a neuro-surgeon down the hall vs. halfway across town could easily be the difference between life and death... Having that same surgeon several counties away almost guarantees the outcome.