Tom Price Addresses GOP Breakfast

October 15, 2005 - Tom Price, U.S. Representative from Georgia's 6th District addressed the first Cobb County Republican Breakfast of October with a report on what was going on in Washington D. C. He said the following issues were the top priorities of the Republican Congress and would have serious effects on the citizens of Cobb County.

1. War on Terror
2. Taxes and the Fair Tax. - The Fair Tax movement has taken Washington by suprise according to Congressman Price, who says he has been inundated with requests for the Fair Tax book. Appearantly the grass roots movement has resulted in serious consideration being given by the Congress. Congressman Price said that President Bush's Commission on Tax Reform charged with fundemental reform dropped the ball and just wound up "tweeking" the system. The results of the Fair Tax movement will be evidenced in a fair tax vote on the House Floor sceduled for April 15th 2006.

3. Illegal Immigration - Congresssman Price has said Immigration Reform will be the button issue in '06. Look for passage of H.R. Bill 3693 and other legislation related to the Hostettler letter sent to President Bush on October 4.

4. The Budget Process - Congressman Price simply stated that the budget process was out of control and advocated a return to the Gramm - Rudman balanced budget approach.

Meeting Of The Mouths

Meeting of the Mouths - October 1, 2005


October 1, 2005 – WSB hosted a potpourri of talk show entertainment last Saturday at the Cobb County Civic Center. The 90 minute forum started at 10:30 AM and drew a crowd so large that parking spilled over to the Lockheed Credit Union and the ballfields.

The show featured legal expert John Carlson, Hollis Gillespie of Creative Loafing, consumer advocate Clark Howard, talk show hosts Neal Bortz and Sean Hannity, CNN’s James Carville and Neal Cavuto of Fox News.

Gillespie and Carville worked the issues from the left, Sean Hannity from right, and Neal Bortz stirred the pot with his Libertarian viewpoint.

Carville was especially entertaining as he relished wearing the black hat like some WWF bad boy. He continually taunted the largely conservative crowd by declaring Bill Clinton “The Best President Ever!”. I found myself laughing most of the time as he and Bortz and Hannity traded barbs while still managing to cover relevant political topics.

The audience was treated to photo ops and book signings after the show. This was part of a nation wide tour to encourage political discussion.