It’s hard to fault the logic behind Governor Sonny Perdue’s proposal of a constitutional amendment to protect Georgia Lottery revenue from being funneled into other projects, except for one thing: why on earth does EVERYTHING have to be a constitutional amendment now? My understanding of what a constitution is supposed to be is a document that frames the structure of a government, not one that delves into the minutiae of day-to-day expenses. I’d love for there to be a law with clear wording that’d be difficult for legislators looking to dip their grubby hands in the lotto pot to weasel around, but all these amendment proposals seem excessive.

It’s a transparent attempt to take a campaign issue away from Mark Taylor anyway, since that’s been a big part of his shtick for a long time. I guess they’re worried about the dough his campaign has brought in so far.

UPDATE: God, they’re all hypocrites. First of all, past governor Roy Barnes had already pushed a constitutional amendment through in 1998 assuring HOPE got first dibs on all lotto revenue. Obviously, I wasn’t aware of that when I wrote my original post. So Perdue’s amendment is 100 percent unnecessary.

Next, both Taylor and Perdue are guilty of spearheading and/or voting for non-school programs with lotto money: Perdue with his $1.7 million gaeducation411.com website, and Taylor with a $2 million education center in a park in his hometown of Albany.

Anyway… I don’t think I’ve ever seen more arrows than there are on that website (screenshot). It’s comforting to know Georgia taxpayers got their money’s worth out of that arrow template.

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