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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. BELTON: Georgia had a good year despite horrific pandemic State Rep. Dave Belton
For the past few years, I’ve had the luxury of starting the new year with a happy pronouncement about how great things are.
Obviously, I won’t be doing that this year.
To be fair, Georgia has had an incredible decade-long run of historic successes. Per capita state taxes in Georgia are next to the lowest in the nation. We have the second-best Bond Rating. Our public schools have never had better SAT, ACT, and K12 scores…or a better graduation rate. Our university system is one of the best in the nation; as UGA and Georgia Tech are ranked among the top-20 in public, and Emory is among the best private universities. Before COVID, we had the lowest unemployment rates in history. Even during the pandemic,