Roy Barnes Quotes

• By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state.

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• But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.

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• Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest.

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• As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.

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• As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection.

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• And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

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• And one of the things I’ve tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians – reporters and members of the general public alike – a closer look at how their government works.

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• After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open… that government be accessible… and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

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Roy Barnes (28)

Birth:	11th March, 1948
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

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Roy Eugene Barnes served as the 80th Governor of Georgia from January 1999 until January 2003. Barnes was also a candidate for Governor of Georgia in the 2010 election.

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