Gov. Perdue: Georgia don’t need no ejumacashun

Proposed FY 2011 budget slashes chances for state to head anywhere but down

Georgia universities and colleges gave Gov. Sonny Perdue an inch, and he took a mile.

The ability of the University System of Georgia (USG) to tighten its belt amid massive cuts has only served to embolden Perdue, whose proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year plants a $300 million shortfall on the backs of educators and students.

Russian roulette (with six bullets)

Why it matters

There’s an old joke about the Georgia state legislature: if the whole thing picked up and moved to Florida, it’d raise the collective IQs of both states. It’d probably also save the state from cutting the throats of the next two generations of residents.