A biography for Roy Barneshasn’t been written yet.
“By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state.”
“We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.”
“Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn.”
“Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.”
“After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.”
“What I am proposing this year are not lofty concepts far removed form the daily struggle so of ordinary Georgians. They are proposals that directly effect the lives of the people we serve.”
“Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.”
“As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.”