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Monday, March 1, 2010 at 8:03PM
I knew it!
As I posted earlier today, when I heard about Congressman John Linder's annoucement that he would not see re-election in the 7th District, I wondered if MIke Beaudreau would throw his hat in the ring. Apparently, that is precisely what the District 3 commissioner has on his mind. As long as I have been observing him as a commissioner, Commissioner Beaudreau has had career politician written all over him. If you have been a reader of the Buzz for a while, you know that I have had some serious political differences, primarily in the area of property rights, with Commissioner Beaudreau. However, I have also felt that, were he in a higher office and not dealing with the day-to-day matters of local planning and zoning, he could very well be someone I could support. His votes on property rights concern me, but I do think there are plenty of bona fide conservatives that, regrettably, would vote similarly on such issues.
The good news is that we could see an opportunity to get Mike Beaudreau off the Gwinnett County Commission. The biggest question is whether he is conservative enough to be someone we should support as our next 7th District Congressman. John Linder has some big conservative shoes to fill and we should demand no less from his successor.
As I said earlier - things look to get very interesting in Gwinnett politics in 2010.
As I posted earlier today, when I heard about Congressman John Linder's annoucement that he would not see re-election in the 7th District, I wondered if MIke Beaudreau would throw his hat in the ring. Apparently, that is precisely what the District 3 commissioner has on his mind. As long as I have been observing him as a commissioner, Commissioner Beaudreau has had career politician written all over him. If you have been a reader of the Buzz for a while, you know that I have had some serious political differences, primarily in the area of property rights, with Commissioner Beaudreau. However, I have also felt that, were he in a higher office and not dealing with the day-to-day matters of local planning and zoning, he could very well be someone I could support. His votes on property rights concern me, but I do think there are plenty of bona fide conservatives that, regrettably, would vote similarly on such issues.
The good news is that we could see an opportunity to get Mike Beaudreau off the Gwinnett County Commission. The biggest question is whether he is conservative enough to be someone we should support as our next 7th District Congressman. John Linder has some big conservative shoes to fill and we should demand no less from his successor.
As I said earlier - things look to get very interesting in Gwinnett politics in 2010.
Reader Comments (2)
I was looking through my email to determine when we had this discussion about Beaudreau running for Linder's seat.
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