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Ethics Express rolls against expensive lobbyist gifts
Common Cause seeks legislators' pledge on sponsoring bill
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William Perry, executive director of Common Cause Georgia, speaks in downtown Gainesville on Tuesday afternoon during the group’s bus tour stop.
The “Ethics Express” made a stop in Gainesville on Tuesday afternoon, hoping to unload its informational cargo on local voters. Common Cause Georgia, Georgia Tea Party Patriots and Georgia Conservatives in Action have joined forces and are traveling the state rallying voters to vote “yes” on nonbinding questions regarding spending by lobbyists on gifts to legislators. On the upcoming primary ballots — both Democratic and Republican — question No.