Bill Text: GA SR1304 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Blogger Day; recognize March 29, 2012
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-29 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1304 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1304-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1304
By:
Senators McKoon of the 29th, Orrock of the 36th, Shafer of the 48th, Bethel of
the 54th, Albers of the 56th and others
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Georgia's political bloggers for their continued, consistent, and constant role
in promoting openness, transparency, and accountability in government at every
level and recognizing March 29, 2012, as Blogger Day at the capitol; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
blogs offer countless Georgians a vehicle to assert their constitutional rights
of free speech and free press; and
WHEREAS,
blogs promote an interest in government and the political process;
and
WHEREAS,
blogs are extremely vital to the public discourse as they provide attention to
various issues facing government at every level; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia's bloggers frequently receive and accept invitations by traditional
media outlets to pen opinion columns in newspapers, appear on talk radio
programs, and participate in panels on television news networks;
and
WHEREAS,
elected officials frequent Georgia's blogs to communicate with concerned
citizens about the work being done on the people's behalf in the halls of
government; and
WHEREAS,
through their issue advocacy, Georgia bloggers steer the debate in the halls of
government; and
WHEREAS,
the growth of political blogs in Georgia fosters democracy and holds the state's
elected officials accountable, and their contributions to this state are worthy
of recognition.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this
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commend Georgia's political bloggers for their continued, consistent, and constant role in promoting openness, transparency, and accountability in government at every level and recognize March 29, 2012, as Blogger Day at the capitol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the public and the press.
commend Georgia's political bloggers for their continued, consistent, and constant role in promoting openness, transparency, and accountability in government at every level and recognize March 29, 2012, as Blogger Day at the capitol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the public and the press.
