Lt. Governor of Georgia to Delta Air Lines: restore discounts to NRA "or else".....

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[liberal N proud]

1. Sounds like extortion

[Roland99]

30. Exactly! How dare he!

[Blue_Tires]

42. Hey! Let's start fucking with the state's biggest employer!

[Hekate]

2. Okay. Delta can reroute around Georgia then. Should be interesting. nt

[brooklynite]

4. Well, no...

Atlanta is Delta's corporate headquarters and major hub.

[Hekate]

10. My bad. But also a test of Delta's courage in the face of extortion. nt

[JHB]

25. Something of which Delta employees might want to remind the governor.

[cab67]

39. They have other large hubs

They picked up MSP and Detroit when they absorbed Northwest. They’re not as big as Hartsfield, but I’m sure both cities would be happy for the business.

[Paladin]

3. Blow it out your ass, Cagle. Just another NRA whore, making with the threats. (nt)

[Billy Jingo]

5. Dude. You are going after a Georgia company?

Going to fuck with Coca Cola, next?

[jberryhill]

6. That's a first amendment violation right there

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Delta should respond by threatening to move it's HQ out of Atlanta.

[Volaris]

23. They shouldn't threaten it. They should just announce that the decisions been made and put a date on

The calander.

[ecstatic]

47. +1000. And I live here, but I'm at a loss of how to wake these brain dead

rethugs the fuck up. What will it take to shake them out of their stupidity? I'm at a complete loss. They're so fucking dumb. I can't.

[Vinca]

8. Or Delta could find another hub. Lots of blue states would love them.

[octoberlib]

21. They'd be welcome in Charlotte, NC and I tweeted them that.

[Roland99]

31. Not so sure AA would like that. And its nowhere near the size of ATL

[Roland99]

32. MCO (OIA) has added a whole new terminal and has 3 parallel runways

Although delays in summer due to lightning and intense rain wouldn’t be so good

[MineralMan]

9. Well, Delta could always move to MSP airport.

If I were Delta, I'd tell the Governator to sit on it and spin.

[geardaddy]

16. Then maybe they'd reinstate the all the unions they killed.

My cousin left Delta because they got rid of the baggage handlers union that was tossed aside when NWA sold to Delta.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. I left Delta because they moved my job to Atlanta

after promising us they weren't going to do that. But still, I'm glad they eliminated the NRA's discount and I hope they'll tell GA's lt. gov. to screw himself.

[a kennedy]

11. Going to be interesting to see how this plays out......

[oasis]

12. Delta's lawyers are licking their chops. nt

[eleny]

13. ...

..... .....

[Cattledog]

14. This asshat thinks this will get him in the Governor's mansion.

We are working hard here in GA to make sure that never happens.

[gademocrat7]

52. Agree with you, Cattledog.

Casey is a despicable hateful angry man. We have to get out the vote.

[IronLionZion]

15. How do Republicans feel about the government telling companies what to do?

or was that only a problem with health insurance?

[Phoenix61]

22. And EPA and OSHA rules nt

[Doodley]

17. In any other modern democracy, he would be held to account by the media and politicians for that

and forced to resign. But political corruption and extortion in US is done in the open, right before our eyes, and it is accepted as normal.

[madaboutharry]

18. Where I grew up that's called a Shake Down.

What an ass.

[dembotoz]

19. so the removal of a discount is an attack......my coupon expired...I HAVE BEEN ATTACKED

sounds good to me

[VMA131Marine]

20. Using the power of his office to sanction one private company to benefit another

Sounds like an illegal abuse of power to me.

[mountain grammy]

24. the man's a damn fool.

Rise up, Georgia. Take on this motherfucker!

[Gothmog]

26. This will be fun to watch

[ChicagoRonin]

28. We should all let those good folks down south how we feel

Office of the Governor
206 Washington Street
111 State Capitol
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
https://gov.georgia.gov/webform/contact-governor

Georgia tourism
1-800-VISIT GA (847-4842)
[e-mail]

Georgia Department of Economic Development
http://www.georgia.org/about-us/contact-us/

[BoneyardDem]

29. How dare he act in such a punitive manner.

to outright state that his pet projects are worthy of implementation via extortion.

This is what Trump has wrought. When public officials are brazen enough to publicly try and damage a private corporation.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

33. Pretty sure this is...you know...not legal.....I'm thinking.

You know, from an elected official and what not.

[Croney]

34. Any tax legislation that benefits Delta?

He says he will kill it? Somebody give this little man a jingle-bell hat and a saber to rattle. The jester has spoken.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. Yeah, how is he going to do that? He's the lieutenant governor

who has no control over the state's tax policy.

[we can do it]

37. I hate flying with stops at Atlanta airport....

[Paleologue]

38. Expect this to be walked back big time

within 48 hours, as soon as Delta's lawyers lob a shot across his bow.

[Fritz Walter]

40. Hey, look at what I found...

Cagle's Panda Ring.



As in, pandering to his base of low-info voters.
Years ago, when I visited the Georgia Aquarium, I noticed a sign at the entrance: fishing poles not allowed. I'm almost sure they had to turn several people away who showed up hoping to reel in that night's dinner. That's what we're dealing with there.

[ffr]

41. Note to Georgians, vote Casey Cagle, the POS Lt. Governor out!

And if he runs for Governor soon, be sure to GOTV and get anybody else but him elected. Marginalize his stupid voice.

[Scurrilous]

43. Lt. Governor...

[sl8]

44. Deltas tax break may not take flight after Georgia Senate blocks it

From https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/delta-tax-break-may-not-take-flight-after-georgia-senate-blocks/C65RcCN2hiMHs7KAuudmyH/

Delta’s tax break may not take flight after Georgia Senate blocks it

Greg Bluestein The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2:58 p.m Monday, Feb. 26, 2018

The Georgia Senate blocked a lucrative tax break bill on Monday that would benefit Delta Air Lines after the Atlanta-based company severed ties with the National Rifle Association.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said he would not support tax legislation that helped the airline “unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with the NRA.” He echoed a growing number of conservatives who opposed the measure over the weekend.

It came after Delta desperately sought to find neutral ground in a gun debate that has very little, trying to soothe concerns among conservative lawmakers infuriated by the company’s decision to end discounted rates for NRA members in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida high school.

That move forced Gov. Nathan Deal and other supporters of the $50 million jet fuel sales tax exemption to shift to the defensive, and prompted a growing number of Republicans to try to strip the provision out of a broader tax-cut bill that has already passed the state House.

[ecstatic]

48. Maybe it's a wash for them considering tRump's taxscam. nt

[smirkymonkey]

45. But it's ok for corporations to attack Democrats (LGBT rights, birth control, etc.)

Right, got it. Fuck him!

[Liberal In Texas]

46. I don't like Delta and will never fly them again

but the suits that run these big corporations need to take a stand for what is right thing to do for their fellow human beings. At least it looks like they may have made the correct call on this one.

[Hoyt]

49. Damn white wing Georgia bumpkins.

[Takket]

50. amazing. "let the free market decide" is a load of bullshit

Rethugs only drag that line out when it suits their interest. the rest of the time they feel no shame dictating what corporations should do.

[SharonClark]

51. So these repugs will screw over their citizens for the benefit of the bloody NRA?

Good to know.

[Ferrets are Cool]

54. They don't mind killing them in multiple ways...

they sure as hell don't mind fucking them over.

[Ferrets are Cool]

53. You are NOT a conservative sir. That species died long ago.

They are extinct.

[bcool]

55. Note to Delta: You are welcome in St. Louis!

We’d make a great hub for you...we’re centrally located and we have a new, under-utilized runway we built for American Airlines right before they shafted us and moved their hub. Not to mention a lot of unused gates due to the aforementioned American exodus.

And our airport’s owned by the city of St. Louis, a Democratic stronghold.

[raven mad]

56. Delta has pretty much been dead since 1991.

which is sad, because they offered superior service.

Go for it Casey, you sTrumpet slut..................... we'll win anyway.