McKoon to Lead “Ethics Express”
Statewide bus tour will hit 13 cities in 4 days to encourage primary voters to vote “Yes” on gift cap ballot questions
Atlanta, GA – July 11, 2012 – State Senator Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, the first of 130 legislative candidates to pledge to put a stop to unlimited lobbyist spending on gifts to legislators, will lead a bi-partisan group of advocates on a statewide bus tour the week before the primary elections.
“I am delighted to have this opportunity to join with leaders from across our state to highlight the opportunity voters have to send a message to the General Assembly that the time of unlimited gift giving is at an end,” said McKoon. “This new phase of the campaign to bring about ethics reform will allow ordinary Georgians from Dalton to Valdosta and from Columbus to Savannah to have their say on this critically important issue.”
Senator McKoon and members of the Gift Cap Pledge Alliance will hold a press conference announcing the bus tour tomorrow.
What: Press Conference Announcing Ethics Express Bus Tour
When: Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Where: In front of the Floyd Veterans Memorial Building (Twin Towers)
The tour will begin Tuesday, July 24 with a kick-off in Atlanta and end on Friday, July 27 in Athens. Tour stops will include Gainesville, Blue Ridge, Dalton, Macon, Columbus, Albany, Valdosta, Waycross, Brunswick, Savannah and Augusta.
The Ethics Express bus tour is open to all Georgia citizens and those in joining the tour should contact William Perry at 404-524-4598 or [email protected]. Further details will be released at the press conference.
Voters in both the Georgia Republican and Democratic Primary Elections on July 31 will have the opportunity to cast a vote on each party’s ballot to end unlimited lobbyist spending on gifts to legislators. Georgia is one of only three states that has no limit on gifts from lobbyists to legislators. The questions will appear as the second question on each ballot, just after the partisan offices and before the nonpartisan offices. Sample ballots are available on most county election office websites.
All Aboard the “Ethics Express”
McKoon to Lead “Ethics Express”
Statewide bus tour will hit 13 cities in 4 days to encourage primary voters to vote “Yes” on gift cap ballot questions
Atlanta, GA – July 11, 2012 – State Senator Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, the first of 130 legislative candidates to pledge to put a stop to unlimited lobbyist spending on gifts to legislators, will lead a bi-partisan group of advocates on a statewide bus tour the week before the primary elections.
“I am delighted to have this opportunity to join with leaders from across our state to highlight the opportunity voters have to send a message to the General Assembly that the time of unlimited gift giving is at an end,” said McKoon. “This new phase of the campaign to bring about ethics reform will allow ordinary Georgians from Dalton to Valdosta and from Columbus to Savannah to have their say on this critically important issue.”
Senator McKoon and members of the Gift Cap Pledge Alliance will hold a press conference announcing the bus tour tomorrow.
What: Press Conference Announcing Ethics Express Bus Tour
When: Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Where: In front of the Floyd Veterans Memorial Building (Twin Towers)
The tour will begin Tuesday, July 24 with a kick-off in Atlanta and end on Friday, July 27 in Athens. Tour stops will include Gainesville, Blue Ridge, Dalton, Macon, Columbus, Albany, Valdosta, Waycross, Brunswick, Savannah and Augusta.
The Ethics Express bus tour is open to all Georgia citizens and those in joining the tour should contact William Perry at 404-524-4598 or [email protected]. Further details will be released at the press conference.
Voters in both the Georgia Republican and Democratic Primary Elections on July 31 will have the opportunity to cast a vote on each party’s ballot to end unlimited lobbyist spending on gifts to legislators. Georgia is one of only three states that has no limit on gifts from lobbyists to legislators. The questions will appear as the second question on each ballot, just after the partisan offices and before the nonpartisan offices. Sample ballots are available on most county election office websites.
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