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May 30, 2014 Radio Commentary

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Micro-Units & Agenda 21

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, May 30, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim.  Two weeks ago I mentioned the SCADPad display in downtown Atlanta.  SCADPads are illustrations of micro-units already available for lease in the United States.  The 135 square-feet SCADPads are displayed in Atlanta on the top floor of the parking deck behind the Savannah College of Art and Design, at 1600 Peachtree Street, because SCADPads fit into a parking space.  The tour is free.  So, go and get a glimpse of what “high density” living means.

Micro-units are included in the plan adopted by five votes of the Arlington County Board of Commissioners in Virginia that set up a 40-year project to transform Crystal City into a high-density, pedestrian-friendly urban area with a streetcar line and major street grid changes.  The local civic association hoped to talk more about traffic and high-rise buildings that will be jammed up against single-family neighborhoods, but the board wouldn’t delay the vote.

At that meeting the largest private land holder in the area made this announcement, “This plan is the epitome of smart growth.”  He’s right, and this is serious.  Smart growth is another term for sustainable development, which is the goal of Agenda 21, which is the United Nations plan for global control of where we live, what we have, what we do and where we go.
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May 23, 2014 Radio Commentary

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Could’ve, Should’ve, Didn’t

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, May 23, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim.  The session is over, but several bills that should’ve passed didn’t.  For example, there’s no logical reason legislators will not pass a law designating English as our official language.  It’s a fact that we speak English, but some folks don’t want to put that fact in our State Constitution.

S.R. 808 and H.B. 895 would have prohibited the use of foreign law in Georgia courts, but for the third year in a row, that issue died in committee.  That’s disturbing, since the State Constitution and the U.S. Constitution provide equal protection in court, regardless of nationality.  Deciding some cases under Georgia law and other cases under foreign law is discrimination and unconstitutional, i.e. un-equal protection.

It seems strange that legislators, who are responsible for passing laws suited to our culture, won’t protect their legislative territory against the intrusion of foreign law that reflects foreign culture. Continue reading →

May 9, 2014 Radio Commentary

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Select Candidates Carefully

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, May 9, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim.  In eleven days we’ll vote in the Primary election and decide who’ll be on the November General Election ballot.  If for some reason you can’t vote in person on May 20th, there’s still time to get an absentee ballot and vote by mail or go to the polls for early voting.

I cannot express how important it is for you to vote in all these races.  In my county, eight men and one woman are running for sheriff.  All nine of them are in the same party, so party platforms can’t help me decide who should get my vote for sheriff.  That means, I need to learn the facts about each one, individually.

And remember, this is a critical mid-term election, when every member of the Georgia House of Representatives, every member of the Georgia State Senate and every member of the U.S. House of Representatives are up for re-election.  So, next year there’ll be a big change in Congress and the Georgia General Assembly.  That makes the May 20th Primary election extremely important, because voters will decide which Republican, Democrat and Independent candidate will run in November for all those seats. Continue reading →

May 2, 2014 Radio Commentary

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Abortion Funding Opt-out

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, May 2, 2014 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. During the session, I reported asking a friend how things were going for the pro-life bill she was working. At that point, she was waiting for her bill to be “tweaked” so it would pass.

But “tweaking” a bill is not as easy as it sounds. Adding a comma in the wrong place or putting “and” where an “or” should be is a big deal, because the tiniest amendment can dramatically change or kill a bill. But her waiting was rewarded; and the tweaking was successful. So, when S.B. 98 goes into effect, no insurance policy issued in this state will be allowed to provide coverage for abortion unless it is already allowed in Georgia.

Pro-life lobbyists got S.B. 98 passed. It does not create or recognize a right to abortion; it will not make legal any abortion that is currently illegal in Georgia; and it does not affect benefits for abortion already permitted under the state health insurance plan as approved by the board and existing on January 1st of this year. Continue reading →