11Alive does a nice job highlighting the preparation taking place around Decatur for the President’s Thursday visit. (h/t:  Downtown Decatur)

Also, Patch has a new article this morning on the excitement building around Decatur surrounding the President’s short visit to the city.

Yep.  That chicken (and goat!) story.

Doug alerted me to this coming segment yesterday afternoon, admitting that he apparently gets all his news from DM lately. (He profiled our “golf cart” transit consideration earlier in the week.)

Sonny shocks the metro and beyond.  From 11alive…

Stunning lawmakers and observers alike, Gov. Sonny Perdue signed both texting-while-driving bills passed by the state legislature this session.

Effective July 1, texting and driving will be banned for drivers of all ages.

Additionally, all cell-phone use while driving will be illegal for motorists 18 and younger.

And P.S., it looks like I was wrong when I said 11alive had Senate Bill 360 incorrect earlier this week.  Though the bill originally only banned texting-while-driving for those under 18, it was amended to include all drivers.

Well THIS is an interesting way to frame this debate…

For the first time since the news broke five days ago, Governor Sonny Perdue spoke on why he might veto the adult texting-while-driving ban currently at his desk.

“I’ve got some concerns over the enforceability of that,” Perdue said at a news conference today

The governor has until June 8th to sign all bills into law. The bill in question is S.B. 360, also known as Caleb’s Law. It bans texting while driving for anyone 18 and [younger]; the problematic area is the part that makes it illegal to “read any text based communication.”

Here is Perdue’s example to describe why enforcing that part could be an issue.

“If I get my e-mails and I pick up a smart-phone and read my e-mails, I’m violating the law. But if I print out my e-mails and I have a sheet of paper driving [and look at it], then I haven’t violated the law.

“So those are some of the concerns, and none of this business is black and white.”

The governor was quick to point out that he has not yet made up his mind on the matter.

If I could get past my suspicion that Sonny’s position actually has more to do with preserving an individual’s right to do whatever over the safety of others, I would ask, how important a factor is “enforceability” in determining the validity of a law?

P.S.  11alive made a big fat error and said that S.B. 360 pertained to adults 18 AND OLDER.  It’s actually 18 and YOUNGER.  Therefore I edited the quoted text above.

h/t: Political Insider