Friends --

As the Christmas holiday approaches Lisa, and I wish you and your family all the blessings of the season. It has been a busy and productive year, and we are looking forward to spending some quality family time together with our son Brant, who is home from school.

As I prepare for the 2016 legislative session, I am heartened to know that I have your SUPPORT both financially and legislatively.  I always welcome your comments on issues that matter to you and our communities.  So please feel free to contact me by email, or by attending one of our in-district town hall meetings.

My legislative focus is on smaller, unobtrusive government achieved by promoting such things as economic development, balancing protection of our coastal and state ecosystems while recognizing private property rights, and reducing burdensome, unnecessary taxes and regulations that hurt job creation and threaten our prosperity.

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My commitment to you as your State Representative has never been stronger. And, knowing I have your support; I have decided to seek a second term in 2016 as your representative to the State House.  So your SUPPORT today is all that much more important!

Thank you for your prayers and your support,

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Lindsey Adkison/The Brunswick News

Glynn County’s delegation to the Georgia General Assembly is pushing for township over incorporation for St. Simons Island.

That was the collective message Sen. William Ligon and Reps. Alex Atwood and Jeff Jones, all St. Simons Island Republicans, delivered to the business community during the annual Grits and Issues event, hosted by the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce.

“I personally support this concept. It avoids the full blown city issue but still gives authority to the residents,” Jones said. “It will help address the real issue — control over development on St. Simons Island..."

House of Representatives

 November 16, 2015

Subj:    Preventing Syrian Refugees from being Relocated to Georgia

 Dear Governor Deal,

            I am writing to you today to urge you to tell President Obama and the Federal Government that the State of Georgia will not accept Syrian refugees being relocated into our state, just as the Governors of a number of states have already announced.

            While I appreciate that this may be a difficult decision, I fully support your efforts to protect Georgia and our country by taking this very important stand. So that you know, I have been contacted by a number of constituents supporting the position of protecting our state by refusing to accept Syrian refugees.  I have assured my constituents that your interests are to protect Georgia and that I am contacting you to let their, and my, views be known.

Respectfully,

Jeff Jones

Other legislators feel the same, such as Rep. Jeff Jones, another freshman who’s a Republican from Brunswick. Jones is unhappy with a change Deal instituted by executive order in August when he decreed that the state would no longer observe Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee’s birthday while keeping them unnamed holidays for state employees.

“This power should rest with the people and their representatives, not the executive branch,” Jones said.

Read Full Story Here: http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-10-25/discussion-about-confederate-symbols-reverberates#

Rep. Jeff Jones welcomes Aaron D. Mitchell, Georgia Power's new Area Manager for the Coastal Region at a reception held September 22, 2015 at The Southern Table in Brunswick.

Pro-gambling legislators would be wise to forget about convincing Glynn County’s state delegation that Georgia is ready for legalized gambling.

It would be a losing bet.

“in the vast majority of cases, those who can least afford it and those who are most adversely affected by it are the citizens who fork over their money to gamble.” ~ Rep. Jeff Jones

State Sen. Sen. William Ligon and Reps. Alex Atwood and Jeff Jones, all St. Simons Island Republicans, are opposed to pari-mutuel betting and casinos.

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Fourteen years ago today, September 11, 2001, It seems like yesterday. #neverforget

Legislators in Glynn and Camden counties say they are opposed to raising the minimum wage in Georgia.

State Reps. Alex Atwood, Jeff Jones and Jason Spencer and Sen. William Ligon feel what employers pay their employees should be determined by the market, not elected officials.

None favors increasing the minimum wage at this time.

Rep. Jones, R-St. Simons Island, agrees with Ligon. As the owner of Express Lube & Car Wash on Community Road, he knows what increasing the minimum would mean to employees, the business and the consumers.

Brunswick News Editorial: Delegations right about minimum wage

Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:00 am