The law should be a shield for the weak and powerless, not a club for the

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions

So today I say, the outlook in Georgia has never been brighter.

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.

We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.

Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth