{"id":7958,"date":"2014-03-03T10:31:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=7958"},"modified":"2014-03-03T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:32:30","slug":"ga-senator-tim-golden-not-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/ga-senator-tim-golden-not-running.html","title":{"rendered":"GA Senator Tim Golden not running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8119523946\/sizes\/z\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8053\/8119523946_123c182875_m.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nThis makes state Senate district 8 an open seat.\r\nQualifying is al this week, Monday through Friday.\r\n<p>\r\nDated 2 March 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?ca=11c709ea-045e-4f00-8f43-f0146bb392f1&#038;c=fd227820-92d9-11e3-848e-d4ae529a7ef1&#038;ch=fe05d340-92d9-11e3-84cb-d4ae529a7ef1\">\r\nSTATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM GOLDEN:<\/a>\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/videos-of-the-landfill-gas-energy-meeting-2013-04-15.html#Golden\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oIhp6pVrrPM\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nToday, I am announcing that I will not be a candidate for\r\nre-election to the Georgia State Senate, District 8, in 2014. After\r\n34 years in public service&mdash;more than half of what will soon\r\nbe my 60 years on this earth&mdash;and having gone through many\r\ndifficult yet successful campaigns during that time, I have decided\r\n\r\nthat this is the right time to devote more time to my business\r\ncareer and to my family during the remainder of our son&#8217;s high\r\nschool years before he goes on to college.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/solar-power-at-one-time-was-a-theory-and-now-its-in-practice-sen-tim-golden.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/-CNSjlQNJuw\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nI&#8217;m familiar with at least\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/tim-golden-campaign-admits-using-lake-video-without-attribution-wctv.html\">\r\none of Sen. Golden&#8217;s campaigns<\/a>,\r\nbut he has also\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/solar-power-at-one-time-was-a-theory-and-now-its-in-practice-sen-tim-golden.html\">\r\nspoken up for solar power in Georgia<\/a>,\r\nalthough neither he nor his buddy Gov. Deal got it that doubling\r\nGEFA&#8217;s solar state tax rebate fund once in 2011 wasn&#8217;t enough when\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/solar-power-will-win-like-the-internet-did.html\">\r\nsolar deployments increase 65% every year<\/a>.\r\nWitness we installed 12KW more of solar panels at the end of 2012\r\nand we&#8217;re finally on the list for rebate for 2014\r\nbecause state funds for 2012 and 2013 were already used up.\r\n<p>\r\nMaybe we can elect a state senator who will<!--more--> help move Georgia into the\r\n21st century of conservation, efficiency, and\r\nrenewable solar and wind power.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/tim-golden-and-amy-carter-at-chamber-legislative-lunch-vlcoc-2013-12-04.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee469e17e970d-pi.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This makes state Senate district 8 an open seat. Qualifying is al this week, Monday through Friday. Dated 2 March 2014, STATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM GOLDEN: Today, I am announcing that I will not be a candidate for re-election to the Georgia State Senate, District 8, in 2014. 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