EDITORIAL: Kemp for Secretary of State

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EDITORIAL: Kemp for Secretary of State

Wednesday, June 23. 2010

We’re in the heat of the summer and people are thinking about vacations, July 4th fireworks and where to find good babysitters for the kids while school’s out.

But in a few short weeks on July 20, there will be a primary election at which some important candidate decisions will be made
Among those will be for the Republican nomination for Georgia’s Secretary of State.

We believe Brian Kemp is the best candidate in that contest.

Kemp currently holds that office after having been appointed earlier this year to fill the unexpired term of Karen Handel, who resigned to run for governor.
Kemp is well-known in Northeast Georgia, having represented the area for several years in the State Senate. His bid for Agriculture Commissioner in the last election gave him a statewide profile and built a base from which he is now seeking the Secretary of State’s seat.

Kemp’s strength in the race is that he is levelheaded in his approach to issues and he has the ability to bring people together rather than to polarize around ideological concerns.

The Secretary of State’s office has a lot of diverse duties, everything from overseeing the state’s elections, to maintaining corporate registrations, to coordinating the various professional boards in the state.

Georgia needs more leaders like Brian Kemp and we endorse his candidacy as the Republican candidate for Secretary of State.

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#1 tom on 06/24/10 at 10:37 AM [Reply]

And to be clear, Kemp is the same guy that worked his way around the building code requirement that a new development have windows facing the street by installing concrete windows in flagrant violation of the intent of the building code. His "windows" really were solid concrete! Is that the kind of guy you want as Secretary of State? He acted in bad faith then, and would likely do so again. Beware of the ethically-impaired.

#2 Michael McCarthy on 06/25/10 at 03:03 AM [Reply]

We need ideologically driven men and women. Enough of this pandering to special interests and working with the extreme left-wing. Let's restore America one county at a time with folks who will reduce (not slow the growth) the size of government. If your politician will not promise and deliver smaller government then find someone who will. Enough of these thieving politicians!

This is not and endorsement or a non-endorsement of any politician. Find out Americans! You owe it to your children.

#3 Fed up on 06/25/10 at 12:36 PM [Reply]

We need to stop pandering to the special interests of the extreme right wing like you Mr. McCarthy.

#3.1 Michael McCarthy on 06/25/10 at 11:05 PM [Reply]

I'm sure you would think George Washington or Abraham Lincoln were extreme right wingers too. I plead guilty. FDR, LBJ and whiners like you are what has made a mess of this country. Get a job and stop living off your neighbor's labor.

#4 Dian Woodall on 06/29/10 at 10:31 AM [Reply]

Hold on neighbor McCarthy, do you know how many unemployed families are living off your labor? They must be living better than you do-in better houses and making more money. Maybe I'm missing something. I don't see all the jobs out there and I don't see the generous unemployment checks you think the state provides. You should do a little research on the unemployment issue before you make a glib statement about getting a job and quit living off your neighbor. Believe most people want to support their families and the unemployment benefits is only part of the salary you had to make before you got laid off. For your information I've worked ever since I was a teen and I'm close to sixty but this is the first time I've been unemployed. Count your blessings that you never get laid off in your later years.

#4.1 Michael McCarthy on 06/29/10 at 11:51 PM [Reply]

I'm sorry for your particular problems. I meant not to attack anyone person. There are a whole lot of people who think the government should guarantee success. This is the problem, not an individual that happens to be layed off due to the recession. The government caused this recession by insisting banks loan money to people who could not pay it back. There is a significant number of people that think the answer is more of the same. We need to move, as a nation, back to a more sustainable economic model. We are killing ourselves with left-wing lunacy. Hope you are able to find a job soon. But with the current administration, I doubt your job will ever come back.

#4.2 Emmett Delaney on 06/30/10 at 08:44 AM [Reply]

Dian,
You are who the unemployment compensation system was originally set up for.

The problem is, as you are no doubt probably well aware of, is that the abuse of the system drains our resources. I think this is what MM was referring to. He's a passionate fellow who sometimes slightly overstates his opinions.

Being in my fifties myself and having had no job since my thirties other than a family business, I too fear the day that I would find myself unemployed. Good Luck to you, I hope you land on something soon.

#5 Ashley Brown on 06/29/10 at 10:37 AM [Reply]

Mike, you certainly missed the mark in endorsing Kemp for Secretary of State. e is an opportunist who only wants to be Governor. His recors in the senate wasn't exemperly. He jumped at the chance to run for higher office. I wonder how much research you did on this. We certainly don't need to vote for someone just because he is the incumbent. Look at the mess sonny and the republicans including our state representative have made in Georgia in the last eight years.

#5.1 Mike Buffington on 06/29/10 at 01:42 PM [Reply]

All people who run for public office could be called "opportunist." The question is, who is best qualified for a particular position given the candidates on the ballot? In this case, we believe Kemp is the best candidate.

#6 Jurasic Jack on 06/30/10 at 01:15 PM [Reply]

Mr. Buffington believes that Brian Kemp is the best candidate for SOS, and I may vote for him myself.

But not because he is “… levelheaded in his approach to issues and he has the ability to bring people together rather than to polarize around ideological concerns.” That stuff is good, but better is that he is a small-businessman.

It is better that he is a small-businessman because small businesses create jobs. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 65 percent of new jobs come from small businesses. It is new jobs that Georgia needs now, right now, and Mr. Kemp ought to know something about that.

I read the CNN article today that said more than 55 percent of adults in the U.S. labor force are feeling the impact of the economic downturn. And reader comments to Mr. B’s editorial tell me that the burden of the bad economy is hard felt right here at home. Shall we trust our own State or the federal intelligentsia to lift that burden?

I believe that the administration’s stimulus program is not working. That program is not creating the jobs Georgia needs. Let a small-businessman from Georgia work from state level to fix that. Or wait for the Feds. Jack

#7 Ashley Brown on 07/08/10 at 01:49 PM [Reply]

Mike I respect your opinion but I disagree with it. I've always respected your journalism efforts. The only question I have is how much research you did. Do you know the other canditates or their positions? Shalom.

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