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THE MUSINGS OF A TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT

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Sid in his law office where he sits when meeting with clients. Observant eyes will notice the statuette of one of Sid's favorite Democrats.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Bill Shipp writes: "Georgia has the least influential congressional delegation in its modern history."

Yesterday's post entitled "Georgia's share of federal pork this year embarrassingly low. - Rep. Kingston, a member of the Appropriations Committee, is in a ticklish position," noted that Rep. Jack Kingston defended the clout and influence of the majority-Republican delegation's ability to bring home federal dollars.

We know not to expect anything but the straight talk from the Dean.

In one of his columns this week he writes:

"Georgia has the least influential congressional delegation in its modern history. Georgia ranks 49th among the states in per-capita federal funding of local projects. It once ranked near the top."

(4-20-05, The Athens Observer.)

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