What's real story on Price's votes on schools, GRTA?

What's

real story on Price's votes on schools, GRTA?

Re: State senator's

voting record still distorted.

In Wednesday's May 31,

2000, letters to the editor, Mr. Pfeifer attempted to

clarify state Senator Rick Price's voting record on the

education bill and the Georgia Regional Transportation

Act (GRTA). Unfortunately he did not tell the whole

truth.

If anyone checked the

record as Mr. Pfeifer had challenged, one would find that

Mr. Price voted for the first education bill presented in

the senate. This vote came after a four-hour

meeting with his other Republican senators and state

School Superintendent Linda Schrenko. Mr. Price informed

Superintendent Schrenko at the end of that meeting he

would vote for the education bill and he did.

His vote against the final

version was a vote against a better bill than the one he

voted for. Hopefully, Mr. Price will supply us the true

answer to why he voted for the first version.

With regard to GTRA, Mr.

Price had a golden opportunity to fight against this bill

since it came from his committee. In committee is where a

senator can affect legislation the most. But, Mr. Price

said not a word and voted for it out of committee

and consistently voted for the first version on the

senate floor.

Mr. Pfeifer would like for

us to believe that Mr. Price voted on principle against

these two egregious pieces of legislation, but Mr. Price

picked and chose his loyalties and principles as he

thought would suit him the best - not the voters of

the 28th District.

Come on, Mr. Pfeifer and

Mr. Price, let's tell the whole story to the people of

this district. You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

Mitch Seabaugh

Candidate, State Senate

District 28

Newnan