Conservative Buzz

NOTE: This is on a Tuesday not Monday

From the Georgia State Assembly Website:
Representative Edward Lindsey is an Atlanta native. He is a graduate of the
Atlanta public schools, Davidson College (B.A. History 1981) and georgia Law School (J.D. 1984) [And we'll forgive him for that].

Representative Lindsey was first elected in 2004 to the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the Buckhead and Sandy Springs communities in Fulton County. In the State House, he serves as House Majority Whip and is on the Appropriations, Industrial Relations, Education, Ethics, Judiciary, and Rules Committees. In addition, Representative Lindsey has been appointed as one of Georgia’s Commissioners to the Uniform Law Commission and is Vice Chairman of the Georgia Child Support Commission.

Legislative Accomplishments:

Charter School Reform (HB 881):The bill provides for a dual track chartering system between the local school board and the state and insures that state and local education dollars follow the child.

Georgia Development Impact Fee reform (HB 232): Requires local governments that collect impact fees for transportation purposes to actually use the funds collected in the area impacted by the new development.

Georgia False Medicare/Medicaid Claims Act (HB 551): Provides for a State Medicare/Medicaid False Claims Act to provide for civil remedies to sue those entities which engage in fraudulent Medicare/Medicaid activity.