You just gotta love our elected officials.....

You know some things are just beyond belief. It seems that news has broken saying that our dear Gov. Perdue wants to make a drastic change to our state government. Sure, he has proposed some whoppers before, but this one takes the cake, literally. It seems that he no longer feels that we poor, ignorant, uneducated, tax payers are worthy or qualified to vote or campaign for four top level positions in our state government. He feels that it is best that these individuals be appointed by the Governor, instead of being elected at large. The four are state school superintendent, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner and insurance commissioner. Mighty funny how these positions are up for grabs in this election, and have active candidates whom the public can investigate and get to know before they give them that position. If the Governor has his way, you'll no longer have that chance. And you though cronyism was bad now, wait until those posts are given to the best friends or contributors of a sitting governor.

Now this change will require two-thirds approval in each house of the Legislature, and will have to be ratified by the state's voters. The governor elected in 2014 would be the first to appoint people to the four positions. Appointments would require confirmation by the Senate. But its just plain scary that, with all the things our State SHOULD be working on, this is what they come up with. Just whose side are they on anyways?