Rep. Pat Gardner | Legislative Report | March 25, 2013 Monday, March 25, is the 38th legislative day of the 2013 session of the Georgia General Assembly. We will also be in session Tuesday, March 26, for Day 39 and Thursday, March 28, for the 40th and final day of the session. Please contact me …

Rep. Pat Gardner | Legislative Report | March 11, 2013 Monday, March 11, is the 31st legislative day of the 2013 session of the Georgia General Assembly. In the final 10 legislative days of the session, the main focus for the House of Representatives will be finalizing the annual state budget for fiscal year 2014 …

Rep. Pat Gardner | Legislative Report | March 5, 2013 Thursday, March 7, will be the 30th legislative day of the 2013 session of the Georgia General Assembly, which is the “cross-over” deadline for legislation to pass the House of Representatives in time to be considered by the Senate, or vice versa, this year. As …

Lawmakers make step toward privatization at MARTA By Steve Visser The Atlanta Journal-Constitution MARTA, the backbone of public transit in metro Atlanta, on Thursday moved a step closer to privatization in an effort to put the troubled agency on a firmer financial footing. Legislation was passed by state representatives that required the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid …

Rep. Pat Gardner | Legislative Report | February 25, 2013 Monday, Feb. 25, will be the 23rd legislative day of the 2013 session of the Georgia General Assembly, meaning we are now past the halfway point. The next week will be very busy as we get closer to the 30th day of the session, which …

House Democrats opposed GOP efforts to expand the role of the government into the management of MARTA.  State government intervention in a system largely funded by local and federal dollars and almost no state dollars is the focus of HB 264 which passed the House on Thursday and is on the way to the Senate.  …