Politics: Maybe the Mansion Makes You Crazy
Following in the footsteps of another loonie Georgia governor (you know my predilection with this state), Sonny Perdue has announced that in addition to cutting the budget, he wants to cut the waistlines of state workers. From the CQ mid-day update:
Perdue is challenging the 103,000 state employees to join him in a weight-loss program. "The governor has said for a long time the state needs to go . .. on a financial diet, but it also needs a healthy diet," Perdue spokesman Erin O'Brien told the Atlanta Constitution. "High health care costs are part of what's driving the state budget [shortfall]." The 56-year-old Perdue, a former college football player who O'Brien said is 5-foot-11 and tips the scales at 220, wants to shed 20 pounds himself. The Republican governor also is extending the challenge to department heads, state legislators, constitutional officers and Capitol reporters. Those who accept will receive a packet with an as-yet-undisclosed diet plan with weekly weigh-ins.
Remember, then-Governor and now Senator Zell Miller read a report that babies learn better if they listen to classical music in the womb, so he launched a program (gladly aided by some record label or another) to send expectant mothers in the state recordings of Mozart symphonies.
Can any of these guys focus on governor things like traffic and taxes or whatever? Just asking.
Following in the footsteps of another loonie Georgia governor (you know my predilection with this state), Sonny Perdue has announced that in addition to cutting the budget, he wants to cut the waistlines of state workers. From the CQ mid-day update:
Perdue is challenging the 103,000 state employees to join him in a weight-loss program. "The governor has said for a long time the state needs to go . .. on a financial diet, but it also needs a healthy diet," Perdue spokesman Erin O'Brien told the Atlanta Constitution. "High health care costs are part of what's driving the state budget [shortfall]." The 56-year-old Perdue, a former college football player who O'Brien said is 5-foot-11 and tips the scales at 220, wants to shed 20 pounds himself. The Republican governor also is extending the challenge to department heads, state legislators, constitutional officers and Capitol reporters. Those who accept will receive a packet with an as-yet-undisclosed diet plan with weekly weigh-ins.
Remember, then-Governor and now Senator Zell Miller read a report that babies learn better if they listen to classical music in the womb, so he launched a program (gladly aided by some record label or another) to send expectant mothers in the state recordings of Mozart symphonies.
Can any of these guys focus on governor things like traffic and taxes or whatever? Just asking.
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