I hope the transparency doesn't turn into being fair to partly cloudy.

Doc
You are ever the optimist as we both know the numbers will be what THEY want them to be.
You were a numbers cruncher so you know that in noncritical situations you can manipulate them to achieve your desired results and appearance.
We both know that there is too much corruption,waste and fraud for the government to be transparent and truthful about the spending of my and your tax dollar.
Don Henderson

As for the site being authorized by a politician, the only thing that tell me is somebody needed a job and they were in a position to create one. "Uh I know your degree is in basket weaving but do you think you could learn to build a web site that we could say was a good thing for the tax payer? If you can then we will create a new department and you can be the director"...
Don

It might mean Don the cynic; Karen Handel believes in good government and illustrates it by acting prudent. It is easier to rip someone than to find good? You misanthropist attitude really is poor. Try to find some worthy cause in the actions and less criticism. It puts you as such a curmudgeon. This is good news and I for one think she has done well. However time will tell, but go on belittle the actions to make yourself essential to this site.

Don, my friend I do try to be optimistic about things and I do know about the underlying issue of numbers.
Remember there are other numbers that can be manipulated to create the right situation for a person. The key word here is person. Think my friend and you will understand what I am talking about. Keep bringing forth your voice sir and don't let someone tell you that your voice is putting someone down all the time. You just see things and don't try to put icing on the things that need saying. I like a person who voices their opinion. And that goes for those who might say something I don't agree with but I do appreciate your use of freedom of speech. Opinions are ours
and expressing them is what people should do. People often miss the point of a site such as this. Mr. Jason Pye has given us the chance and opportunity to use his site to bring forth varying viewpoints about subjects that are in the forefront of the news. Ideas that will not be heard on the news or in any paper. Thank you Jason for letting us speak and say what is own our minds. If people don't talk then we are dead from the start when it comes to deciding how to fix our problems. Communication is the key to what is wrong in the world.
People don't talk and listen to each other. Compromise is where we can disagree but find some common ground.
The Doctor

Ngreenbaum
You fail to notice that I did say a politician and it is the political system and the way it works that make me not only a cynic but very suspicious of the actions of most politicians .
Karen Handel as a person has done a good job and is a,as far as I know, person of character and integrity but she is part of a SYSTEM that is where my cynicism and suspicion lie. Not in the person but the system.
I have found my cynicism has at times caused folks to view situations much more closely than had they just given it a fleeting glance.
That is my goal and purpose in the political system, WAKE UP AMERICA. We are in the fix we are in because we have been trusting and believing in a government that has learned that we do not hold them accountable.
That sir/madam is my reason behind my suspicion. And I have been disappointed few times,how about yourself?
Don Henderson