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For weeks The Georgia Record has been calling out the so-called Tort Reform bill SB 68 proposed by Kemp shortly after his return from the World Economic Foundation Davos meeting.

Unlike some bills, Kemp and the legislative leaders seem unwilling to discuss the contents and merits of the actual bill, choosing instead to ramrod it forward.  In one of his first speeches Kemp even alluded to a special session of the General Assembly if needed to pass the bill.

Last week Kemp actually threatened to primary republican senators if they proposed amendments or failed to vote to push the bill forward.

Now in the latest bizarre move, John Burns has taken the bill and moved it past the normal committee phase and placed it directly into Rules Committee.

The committee phase typically includes discussion and hearings which are open to the public, along with the chance for the public to comment on the bill prior to a vote by the committee on whether to allow the bill to continue on in the process.

Burn's move eliminates these processes.

At the same time, other political action organizations are pressing as hard as possible to put a happy face on SB68 tort reform.

Who is PACT?

PACT (Protecting American Consumers Together) (who chose a name to sound like a consumer-aligned organization) has been putting out ads trying to convince Georgians that our system is broken.  They forget to explain that our system has largely been grounded in common law, a system which has been with us for much of the Country's history.  

PACT is run by board which includes a 30-year veteran of the insurance defense industry, a former speaker of Florida's house, a 20-year veteran of the expert witness / medical business, and a Divemaster and PR expert out of Key Largo, Fl.    Note that none of those seem aligned with consumers.

Who is Competitive Georgia?

Competitive Georgia surfaced in recent days while sending out accolades about legislators who helped ram the bill forward:

Competitive Georgia’s own Facebook site has few followers and some tough reviews from Georgians’:

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What shall be made of these gyrations for a bill whose goal does not even appear on the top of average Georgians priority list?

In light of what's happening now in Washington D.C., we must question the motives and timing of our legislative “officials.”

Who is pushing this bill?

Where is the money coming from?

Why is this so urgent?

Why is a sitting Governor “threatening” members of his Senate and members of his own party?    Are these threats even legal?   Ever hear of “duress?”

Whether or not this bill passes, the actions taken will have gone a long way to break the perception of “representation”  by our elected “officials.”

The oft-quoted phrase "Never Interrupt Your Enemy When He Is Making A Mistake" has been attributed to both Napoleon Bonaparte and Sun Tsu. Are these legislators making such mistakes?

1) Kemp brought forth Tort Reform and presented it as a bill designed to protect and benefit Georgia consumers. Our analysis of the contents of the bill, and the organizations pushing it, suggest that analysis by Kemp is false.

2) Kemp overplayed his announcement by calling dozens to the press conference and attempted to make it appear that many regular Georgian's are in favor of the bill. Sources say that staff, legislators and lobbyists were the majority of those in attendance at Kemps announcement, not grassroots Georgians.

3) When faced with actual facts regarding the language and potential actions of the bill, Kemp turned to threatening his own party's Senators rather than using logic and facts to convince the public of the merits of the bill.

4) After Kemp's threats apparently ensured that the bill passed from the Senate, Lt. Gov Burt Jones posted a statement (perhaps at his own doing, perhaps by direction) stating that the bill was not an anti-lawyer bill nor a pro-insurance company bill. Assertions which seem comedic when one realizes the chairman of the PAC pushing the bill is a 30-year insurance defense attorney.

The Georgia Record invited Lt. Gov Jones to debate the merits of the bill and reiterated the invitation yesterday.

5) Just hours later we learned that steps had been taken (reportedly by Jon Burns) to move the bill out of committee thereby removing the ability of the Georgia public to hear committee discussion on the bill and preventing public comment on the bill.

We believe Kemp and other legislators tactics in this are clear and that they have harmed remaining confidence from the people of Georgia.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is now compromised because he has supported Kemps actions and made claims about the "consumer" focus of the bill that experts say are contrary to the bills content and supporters.

Speaker Jon Burns, has now once again demonstrated his distain and ambivalence toward the people of Georgia by taking the step to shield the bill from public scrutiny and public discourse while forcing it forward in the legislature.

Members of the legislature will likely be silent about all these concerns, once again showing they are more worried about keeping their seats than about doing what right for Georgia.

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