Referendums are unconstitutional

in Georgia. Sonny Perdue knew that during a campaign. The referendum the

governor is recommending has no legal meaning or authority. The result

of such a referendum has no role in the choice of a state flag, so why

waste the money for such a "public opinion poll." We can have

a traditional public opinion poll conducted less expensively. It will

give a better scientific result than what the governor is suggesting.

Politically it is unconscionable

for the governor to recommend spending millions on such an illegal poll

at the same time he is asking for a tax increase. He is showing politics

means more to him than the financial well-being of the taxpayers of Georgia

or the state government itself. Shame on Sonny Perdue!

I encourage the lawmakers from

our county to vote against the governor's political referendum. The lawmakers

need to show they care more about our hard-earned tax dollars than Sonny

Perdue does.

S. Christopher Hagin

Fayetteville