After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.

Publications such as Forbes and Fortune continually rank Georgia cities as among the best places to live, work and run a business.

As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

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.