From Insider Advantage:
The Democrat hoping to unseat Republican Rep. James Mill in November in HD 25 says he’ll vote for David Ralston as Speaker of the House against Glenn Richardson if he gets that chance. It’s the first sign we’ve seen so far that Democrats may be hoping to use the pending inter-party fight among Republicans in their fall campaigns.
Chris Strickland, a 33-year-old teacher from Flowery Branch, commented over the weekend, just hours after Ralston confirmed rumors that he planned to challenge Richardson for the gavel when House Republicans gather following the general election to nominate their candidate for the post…
Mills, chairman of the House Banks and Banking Committee, was noncommittal when The Gainesville Times asked him who he would support in the Speaker’s race.
He said his top concern was getting re-elected. “I think it’s very unwise to commit who you’re going to support until you know who all the candidates are.”
July 23, 2008 at 2:00 pm
What do you expect from someone like this?
from http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=453703
The Fear of a Brown, Kangaroo-infested Georgia Award
Rep. James Mills, R-Gainesville: Who’s keeping you safe from illegal immigrants, pesky abortionists and man’s biggest nemesis, the marsupial? Mills is! He’s the one who tried to sneak a “human life begins at conception” clause onto an unrelated bill (Speaker Richardson ruled the amendment out of order). Mills is an idea man. In one of many bills this session aimed at harassing illegal immigrants, he proposed police be allowed to seize a vehicle if the driver violated a traffic law or was in an accident. Where are the illegal immigrants coming from? “Iraq, Iran, Irania, Jordan,” he was quoted in the AJC as saying to members of the House. Yes, “Irania” – the make-believe home to many of the marsupials Mills targeted by another of his WTF bills: It would require owners of marsupials – “dangerous animals,” he says – to buy insurance and get a permit if they want their companionship.