Mon 5 May 2008
Rep John Lunsford won a highly competitve and long drawn out election last Friday as no one qualified against him. But this is not the best news!
Rep Lunsford became a Grandfather on Saturday, Momma and baby are doing fine.
Congratulations Grandpa Lunsford and the family.
Mon 28 Apr 2008
Steve Davis
Georgia House of Representatives
Press Release
For Immediate Release Contact: Pam Lewis
April 28, 2008 404-656-0254
Representative Davis recognized by National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in May issue of National Magazine
Writer Nancy Mann Jackson with the NCSL State Legislature Magazine wrote an article in this years May edition about legislators around the country that run blogs to get more constituent involvement. Representative Davis was recognized, among others around the country, for his use of this method of communicating with his constituents. Mrs. Jackson wrote, “Not only do blogging legislators have opportunities to work through their ideas while blogging about the issues, but their openness allows readers to understand their thought processes and sometimes even influence the. Sounds like governing for the people, by the people.” Rep. Davis was quoted several times in the article, you can view it in its entirety here http://www.ncsl.org/magazine/articles/2008/08slMay08_Blogging.htm
Rep. Davis started his blog in June 2006 stating, “There is a new wave of voters and interested citizens that want to have better dialogue with their elected officials and I want to give them this avenue.” Rep. Davis says he has a loyal set of the same 300 readers a day, while the total readership reaches almost 30,000 hits in some months during session. In 2006, the site had 65,000 total hits and in 2007 it had 185,000 hits; however Rep. Davis said the site had over 65,000 in the first quarter of 2008!
This is not the first time Rep. Davis has been recognized for his efforts to find innovative ways to communicate with the citizens in his district as the AJC has previously reported on his blog. Rep. Davis is gaining notoriety not only locally and statewide but nationally, for his work on Eminent Domain and as an outspoken transportation reformer. Rep. Davis has recently been featured at the inaugural rally of the Georgia Property Rights Coalition in addition to the National Conference for the American Dream Coalition. “It is an honor to serve the citizens of Henry County and the State of Georgia, and my commitment to all of you is ongoing” commented Rep Davis.
You can view Rep. Davis’ blog at http://www.steve-davis.org/blog
Representative Steve Davis
District 109 - Henry County
GA House of Representatives
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Mon 28 Apr 2008
Update 10 am: As qualifying began everyone seems very energinized on the Republican side. As promised I was the first person to qualify followed up by Katie Dempsey from Rome. Others near the front included Sen Chapman (Glenn Cty), Rep Ramsey (Peachtree City), Rep Holt (Covington), and as I was leaving most of the House Leadership (Richardson, Keen, Burkhalter, and others) were coming in. Its official and its time to get the campaigns rolling!
You can view all of the state and federal candidates that qualify here.
Good morning. My tradition continues, I am sitting outside the Senate Chamber writing this post as the first person in line to Qualify for any State level or Federal level race. As in both 2004 and 2006 I have made the trek down here to be first to show my constituents that I want to be out in front of the pack with not only the issues but also my campaigning. Qualifying starts at 9am. Leadership is not something handed out but rather something earned!
The othere person here is sitting outside the House Chamber, and it is one of the most conservative Democrats in the House, Kevin Lavitas. I tried to get him to come over and sit with me but it didn’t work. Other early birds here at the Capitol are the House Majority Leader Jerry Keen and Senator Mitch Seabaugh!
Fri 25 Apr 2008
Hi, everyone. This years session is over and I needed a little break from blogging. We are making some changes to the site and starting a new campaign site over at www.votestevedavis.com
I have had several speaking engagements since the end of session, focusing on the high points of this years session. Just last night I spoke to a MBA in Public Policy class at Troy University. It was quite interesting as they had me video conferenced at other locations as I did a brief review of some bills as well as discuss the overall process. There was lots of questions and discussion and I felt it was a great experience for the students as well as myself.
Today I am going to be Judge in the State Finals for the Skills USA Extemporaneous Speaking competition for the 4th year. If you have ever attended one of these events it is amazing to see the level that the young students reach.
I am going to start blogging more often again as we enter into the campaign this year and I would love to hear from all of you.
Thank you in advance.
Wed 2 Apr 2008
Update 2:30pm: After a slow morning and only handling 4 bills the House broke for lunch. The Rules Committee met and added 26 more bills! This is defintely going to be an endurance day. No word on the budget conference or the transportation tax increase conference.
9 am: Should be a really long day! We have over 40 bills on the Rules Calendar, 47 bills on the agree/disagree list, 2 conference committee reports are on the desk, and we should have many more coming out today. I will try to do a couple of updates during the day.