Friday, February 29, 2008
News Jekyll Island bills die in committee
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM
Remember those Jekyll Island bills I wrote about just the other day? Well, they're dead, killed in a committee yesterday afternoon. In a packed hearing held in the catacombs of the state Capitol -- in a room that is literally no larger or accommodating than an airport chapel -- members of the state Senate Economic Development Committee voted to scrap the bills of state Sen. Jeff Chapman, R-Brunswick, which would have limited development and ensured availability of affordable units to visitors. The legislators who voted against the committee's chucking of the bills were Democrats.
The meeting started off awkwardly enough when Sen. Chip Pearson, R-Dawsonville, coldly asked several anti-Linger Longer ladies to move from the first two rows in the tiny committee room to allow members of the Jekyll Island Authority, the governor-appointed board that oversees the state-protected barrier island, to sit down. "Is this the only room?" asked one of the ladies wearing "Save Jekyll Island" buttons. "This is all we got," Pearson replied. "If you want to wait until next week, we can do that." Not the best way to get things rolling.
Rep. Debbie Buckner, D-Junction City, has several bills speeding their way through the state House that are related to Jekyll Island. We'll be following those.
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