Alan was irritated that none of the stores in that part of the town were open on Sunday. He told me his story and then headed toward the Save-a-Lot. That station is humbly furnished, but the music was as advertised, with the Reverend DJ calling out praise to accompany each song.. Check out the road trip post. Great days to be out with the people in Georgia.
Above: Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore Endorses PSC candidate John Noel
John Noel is running with the onions and meeting with South Georgians this weekend, taking his campaign for the Georgia Public Service Commission to in Vidalia, Hinesville, Jesup, and Savannah Saturday, with additional stops in Bryan County, Statesboro, and Macon tomorrow. It’s a whirlwind that includes four radio interviews, flurries of phone calls, and rescheduling on the fly as new opportunities arise, and that happens because Noel knows a lot of South Georgia folks and wants to know more of them. Unlike his opponents, Noel is running a statewide campaign. Talking to farmers in Vidalia and city residents in Savannah, he’s hearing the same thing — people feel neglected by Atlanta politicians who don’t get out and listen to the people. If they…
Look at us! Big crowd the ACLU of Georgia annual membership meeting tonight in Atlanta. Onstage, an old acquaintance from my days at the PSC, Robert Remar, accepts the group’s Lifetime Service Award. Rob represented poverty-rights groups in utility proceedings before the commission back in the 1980s, and the commissioners thought so highly of him they hired him as an administrative hearing officer for transportation cases. In accepting his well-deserved award, Rob talked about watching the national ACLU go from facing a $30 million deficit to achieving a $50 million surplus, thanks to Donald Trump. Dale Ho, Director of the ACLU National Voting Rights Project, delivered the keynote address. BTW, ACLU Georgia’s executive director is Andrea Young, daughter of former Atlanta Mayor…
Noteworthy endorsement: Chatham County Commissioner James “Jay” Jones, also an environmentalist, traveled from Savannah to attend John’s Earth Day Birthday celebration. “This is my brother,” he said, standing next to John Noel on a makeshift stage. “I’m going to do everything I can in South Georgia to get him elected.”
