Kasim Reed, in national spotlight, ‘could go just about anywhere’
This morning’s lead story on the Washington-based Roll Call website is a laudatory profile of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, concluding that he has “the look of a man in exactly the right place at the right time, but who could go just about anywhere.”
“Reed is a pugnacious partisan on the national stage, often appearing on “Meet the Press” as a fierce Obama surrogate. One recent Sunday, he railed against the GOP vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan, and aggressively took on Texas Senate candidate Ted Cruz.
But back at home, he is held in high esteem by Republicans from the governor’s mansion to the statehouse as a man who can work with them to get things done.
They see him as someone who is willing to put partisanship aside to solve big problems such as ballooning pensions or work to get important projects moving, such as expanding the Port of Savannah. And even in their partisan eyes, that makes him a rising star.
“He’s seen as one of the few legitimate Democratic candidates for higher office in Georgia,” said influential Peach State Republican strategist Joel McElhannon.
“He’ll be a formidable adversary,” McElhannon said. “But, for now, he is a good friend.”
– Jay Bookman
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Brosephus™
September 8th, 2012
11:51 am
I still wouldn’t trust him any further than I could throw him. Guess I’ll go and read the linkee now.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
11:58 am
Sounds like the Pugs think they have him in their back pockets.
Might be interesting in a few years. If he runs for STATE office. Gov. etc.
LOL
getalife
September 8th, 2012
11:59 am
Funny Bro
Congrats Mayor Reed.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
12:01 pm
The mayor was recently featured on the glossy London-based magazine Monocle’s list of “10 smart governors,” along with the mayors of Tel Aviv and Kabul.
Do tell.
I’d like to see him remain Mayor for a while before moving on, maybe another term.
Jay
September 8th, 2012
12:05 pm
Kam, my guess is that he’ll stick long enough to get re-elected, but will grab for the brass ring before that second term is finished. That would be the standard timing.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
12:06 pm
So, the re-election campaign is to test the waters?
JohnnyReb
September 8th, 2012
12:09 pm
Reed is popular with the Left, but he demonstrates no understanding of the big picture. Look no further than his insistence the Belt Line be included in TSPLOST, a primary reason of defeat.
If Reed climbs the ladder, those he represents will be in for the same grid-lock as seen in Obama. As to his local abilities, take a look at a new Falcons stadium versus the city’s failing infrastructure and almost 100% of APS students claiming poverty to the point of being on the free meal programs.
Atlanta is headed to be the second Detroit and Reed has not demonstrated a plan to prevent it.
Brosephus™
September 8th, 2012
12:11 pm
An African-American Democrat having a clear shot at statewide office in Georgia would have been unthinkable 10 years ago. But a few years from now, no one will blink an eye. Demographic shifts in the state, with increasing numbers of African-Americans and Latinos who vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, are moving Georgia slowly but ineluctably toward a tossup state.
That’s probably going to happen right around the time that the Ryan Budget plan is scheduled to produce a balanced budget.
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
12:12 pm
Reb, THAT is your evidence that Reed “demonstrates no understanding of the big picture”???
That is it? Nothing more?
I hope you never walk into a mirror store. LOL!
Brosephus™
September 8th, 2012
12:15 pm
Atlanta is headed to be the second Detroit and Reed has not demonstrated a plan to prevent it.
Not even hardly…
Consider that Atlanta had both auto plants close down, the top industry collapse (construction), and Atlanta is still way better off than many other metro areas are right now. As for a plan to help Atlanta, I’d venture to say that Reed and Deal both stuck their necks out for the only plan that anybody’s put forth to help Atlanta, which was the T-SPLOST plan. It wasn’t a very good plan, but I don’t recall the GOP putting forth any semblance of a plan to save the capital city of the state they completely run. Have you heard of any such plan?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
12:18 pm
Look no further than his insistence the Belt Line be included in TSPLOST, a primary reason of defeat.
The primary reason for the defeat of TSPLOST was it became a dog-whistle equivalence for MARTA.
JohnnyReb
September 8th, 2012
12:21 pm
Brosephus – the only thing keeping Atlanta the capital city is location and the airport. There has long been two Georgias: Atlanta, and the rest of us. Atlanta gets no help from the rest of us because of the way it and Fulton County operates and demonstrated poor performance.
Two things will save Atlanta: the Federal Government because it is a minority city, or voting in Republicans. Short of that, the rest of us will prop it up because we dont’ have a choice.
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
12:24 pm
Short of that, the rest of us will prop it up because we dont’ have a choice.
Did anyone ever see that skit on some kids’ TV program called the opposites skit?
Only in Reb’s upside down world does the rest of Georgia subsidize Atlanta and not the other way around!!
What was that about the big picture???
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
12:27 pm
It is kinda funny the the republicans think that Reed is a good ‘Democrat’ to me that means they think he will come around and give in on the things THEY think are important like ballooning pensions or work to get important projects moving, such as expanding the Port of Savannah.
To them that means their pork is more important than anything.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
12:33 pm
JR
what city would you suggest as the capital city?
Maybe Hahira?
Temple, Villa Rica?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
12:36 pm
what city would you suggest as the capital city?
Bowersville!
JohnnyReb
September 8th, 2012
12:37 pm
JamVet – why don’t you educate me and roll off the names of companies investing in Atlanta versus those investing in Georgia. In case you have not noticed, Atlanta is not exactly booming nor was it doing so prior to the recession. The city is declining. Do the rest of us need Atlanta? Absolutely. But we don’t like Atlanta. We have our reasons and they align with companies coming to Georgia who like the state but not the city.
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
12:45 pm
…or voting in Republicans.
Yessirree.
Because the neocons have done such a stellar job in Georgia as a state, huh?
They should change the state motto – First in Corruption, First in Obesity and Last in Education.
why don’t you educate me and roll off the names of companies investing in Atlanta
Porsche, Proximus Mobility, Agilysis, Davidson Hotels & Resorts as well as these:
FieldTurf
First Date
General Mills
Gentiva Health Services
IQ Business Group Inc.
ISTS Worldwide
J.M. Smucker, Co.
J.W.Pepper
Kemira
KMC Atlanta, Inc.
Lennox Industries
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Mandarin Oriental International
Meyn
NCR Corp
Noliac North America
NTT America, Inc.
OSUSA, Inc.
Pantech Wireless
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Quick Trip (QT) Kitchen
Remesas Quisqueyana, Inc.
Room & Board
Scanmarket
Sightmind
SOCAPS S.A.
Toyoko Inn Development
Trane
Vayu Media
Viatek Solutions
Vital Healthcare Group
YesVideo
You really should do just the tiniest bit of research before opening your mouth, eh?
But we don’t like Atlanta.
Awww. Ain’t that a shame…
We have our reasons
I’m sure you do, but it has ZERO to do with seeing the big picture…
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
12:45 pm
Kam
I suggest St. Simons as the capital. It’s the only way we can get back at the wiseass
Georgia on my mind...
September 8th, 2012
12:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kH_EZF0XqM&ob=av2e
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
12:49 pm
Jam
And don’t forget all those old line companies that continue to employ thousands of people, Coca Cola, Delta, Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank, Suntrust etc.
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
12:53 pm
Common, the guy is flat out delusional and makes up interesting new stuff every day!
I love rural Georgia, but c’mon, man!
They subsidize the greatest economic engine in the entire southeastern United States of America???
Atlanta rocks! Sure some of the crackers hate her, but who gives a damn?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4aM4cgIIOY
Brosephus™
September 8th, 2012
1:00 pm
Atlanta gets no help from the rest of us because of the way it and Fulton County operates and demonstrated poor performance.
Two things will save Atlanta: the Federal Government because it is a minority city, or voting in Republicans. Short of that, the rest of us will prop it up because we dont’ have a choice.
And thinking like that is the reason that Georgia is as effed up as it is. The rest of y’all fail to realize that if or when Atlanta fails, you will too. The rest of y’all exist because Atlanta exists, and it’s not the other way around. It shouldn’t matter who’s in charge when it comes to helping the state, but when you live off of identity politics, as the GOP does, then it doesn’t suprise me at all that you think the way you do.
Old Goober
September 8th, 2012
1:08 pm
But we don’t like Atlanta. We have our reasons and they
align with companies coming to Georgia who like the state but not the cityinclude the fact that it’s full of black people.Fixed your typo.
BADA BING (put an umlaut above the i, I'm trying to class things up a little)
September 8th, 2012
1:14 pm
Now, L.A. prosecutors are claiming that Johnny Cochran tampered with OJ’s glove so that it wouldn’t fit. What would that matter now?
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
1:15 pm
Old Goober
Are you telling me Mid Town Mark is black?
geesh I couldn’t tell it by some of his posts LOL
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 8th, 2012
1:18 pm
But, but, but …………… what about Georgia transportation?
BADA BING (put an umlaut above the i, I'm trying to class things up a little)
September 8th, 2012
1:18 pm
Did you see Clinton the other night, trying to undress America with his eyes? Why doesn’t he just drop his pants and get it over with?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 8th, 2012
1:22 pm
I lived in North Fulton for 23 years. You could hardly get anything done. If you called the county to report a light out or sign needed replacing …………… good luck.
The we incorporated and I saw more things done in six months than had been done in 20 years ……………. roads, sign, lights, etc., etc., etc.
I once called one morning on the way to work to report a sign problem and when I drove home from work that very same day it had been corrected !
Atlanta/Fulton County caused their own problem through pure ARROGANCE.
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
1:26 pm
LOL! Even the Game Day Today guys were making fun of Eastwood talking to the empty chair. (”That didn’t work out so good.”)
He’s as old as dirt now and it doesn’t matter much, but earlier in his career, it would have…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iv2RrbWKv8
St Simons - he-ne-ha
September 8th, 2012
1:30 pm
oh lord, thank god for atlanta
the only thing in the South that keeps it
from devolving into a somalian wasteland
from the hinterlands, let me say ’stay the course ATL’
this off-the-deep-end-right-wing-nut disease is only temporary,
you know, like that time in Germany.
Jm
September 8th, 2012
1:33 pm
Look I love kasim
But the Atlanta mayorship has generally been a dead end politically
How many former Atlanta mayors now hold higher office?
Unless John Lewis finally quits, or something dramatically changes politically in GA, Kasim’s political future is likely not going very far.
That doesn’t preclude some greater role in the federal government.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 8th, 2012
1:33 pm
“Top Senate Dem Recruit Slams ObamaCare”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 8th, 2012
1:35 pm
Unfettered Liberalism:
“http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/08/first-amendment-prayer-fight-splits-georgia-town/”
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
1:38 pm
Another smokin’ version of that classic homage to the ATL…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRHA0CiOuPM
(Scout I’ll say a prayer for you.)
Jm
September 8th, 2012
1:40 pm
“Sure some of the crackers hate her, but who gives a damn?”
I do. Because as long as the rest of the state hates Atlanta, Atlanta’s progress and growth will be limited.
Jm
September 8th, 2012
1:41 pm
Btw
Go UVA
stands for decibels
September 8th, 2012
1:42 pm
from the linked rollcall piece:
[Kasim Reed] has been name-checked in a Thomas Friedman column and book.
Ok, if Little Thommy Friedman likes him, he probably sucks. So he’s on probation until I learn differently.
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
1:43 pm
A New York Times analysis just released calculated that if everyone who is registered to vote actually votes, President Obama has an astronomical 91% chance of winning re-election.
Get out the vote…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyCFGDzc45o
DannyX
September 8th, 2012
1:43 pm
Hey 0311, where is your daily Drudge link to Rasmussen and or Gallup?
Jm
September 8th, 2012
1:45 pm
“but when you live off of identity politics, as the GOP does”
This doesn’t need to devolve into another national politics discussion. But both sides definitely play identity politics.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 8th, 2012
1:46 pm
Bumper Sticker:
VOTE DEMOCRAT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR COUNTRY AWAY!
stands for decibels
September 8th, 2012
1:48 pm
and or Gallup?
har har. I was just over there–if his current 52% rolling average holds up for a week or maybe bumps up a bit, he’ll be close to the Gipper’s first-term territory. wouldn’t that be a kick in the head.
getalife
September 8th, 2012
1:51 pm
Jm is always dead wrong like our President said about the gop.
Atlanta is fine and will be fine until a gop Mayor is elected.
I suggest you watch congress fail on helping on jobs and the debt then vote them out.
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
1:51 pm
For the sovereignty sell outs in the GOP who have already given our country away. (Technically sold it at give away prices to the fat cats on Wall Street and their 10,000 lobbyists on K Street.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHTPz1vtwBo
stands for decibels
September 8th, 2012
1:52 pm
Bumper stickers? I see damn few of them for Romney. a lot fewer than I saw for McCain around this time.
I know that’s not the sole metric to use to gauge the enthusiasm gap, and it’s utterly unscientific and all, but all signs seem to point to a base that is going through the motions for Mitt in 2012.
And I’m thinking at this point, so long as Obama doesn’t show up drunk and piss himself at the debates, he’s probably got this.
So your superPAC thugs will start funnelling their money to obscure House races. Lots of last minute small-town smears to be aired on the teevee, they’re probably producing the ads now.
Jm
September 8th, 2012
1:52 pm
“Lewis began to move toward the exit and Reed, beaming, stood there in the midst of it all for a moment.”
If these punks could actually be credited with writing metaphors, I’d say this was a big suggestion.
But the stuff written earlier contradicts it, so no dice.
Kasim needs Lewis to retire tho.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
1:53 pm
This doesn’t need to devolve into another national politics discussion.
Too funny!
Especially after you dropped this turd in the FNM punchbowl
Jm
September 7th, 2012
10:53 pm
Obama fell flat. On face. Face meet concrete.
Glass house, meet stone.
Shakeem
September 8th, 2012
1:54 pm
Not to take anything away from Kasim Reed, he seems like a very smart, capable guy. But most observers of the local scene understand why he won the election in 2009 against a more qualified candidate who had a large lead going into the runoff. Not sure I completely buy into the “go just about anywhere” thinking if the electorate happened to be a different, um…demographic.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 8th, 2012
1:55 pm
OBAMA SQUARED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZgQhnNRSuw&feature=youtu.be&utm_medium=email&utm_source=et&utm_content=here&utm_campaign=1681689_209355_RNC%2520Communications
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
1:55 pm
thinking if the electorate happened to be a different, um…demographic.
There’s your sign.
A different, um…sock-puppet.
getalife
September 8th, 2012
1:57 pm
scout,
O 49%
R 45%
drudgey.
52% approval rating thanks to President Clinton and the Dem convention.
Your thoughts?
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
1:58 pm
A different, um…sock-puppet.
With the same old racial demons.
Must be a nightmare for these cons living in this post-1950s America…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg98l6zVj2E
stands for decibels
September 8th, 2012
1:58 pm
As Atrios pointed out, “Normally this would be a crime, but for some reason it isn’t… Nobody has any concern about prosecutions. The article doesn’t even raise the possibility.”
Of course banksters don’t do hard time, or any kind of time, when they rob people. That’d be “wealth envy,” or something…
Owners Lose Possessions After Home Near Twentynine Palms Is Mistakenly Foreclosed
A crew broke into Alvin and Pat Tjosaas’ desert home and took everything after being directed by Wells Fargo to secure the structure.
The couple, however, didn’t have a mortgage on the home.
Alvin said the deputy sheriff said, “Good news, we know who took (your possessions)…Wells Fargo. Bad news, your stuff is all gone.”
All the married couple has now are three generations of memories.
Alvin, a retired mason, built the home with his father when he was a teenager.
“I know every inch, every rock…my mom mixed all the cement by hand,” he said.
Alvin and his wife would later bring their six children to their desert oasis.
“My little kids (would) come out here and their dresses were the same color as the wildflowers,” said Alvin.
A spokesman for Wells Fargo released a statement apologizing to the couple.
Might white of ‘em.
josef
September 8th, 2012
1:59 pm
Oh, dear. Here come the voices of decency calling those they don’t care for by class terms. So, what else is new and what else is to be expected.
I like Atlanta and I like rural Georgia. I like the people of both. I respect the people of both. Can I do that?
Anyway, capital of Georgia? Move it back the Milledgeville. The infrastructure is already there and it could put a quietus to plans to close it.
**********************
On topic: it’s too back Reed is getting the national political spotlight. It’s not conducive to remembering that he was elected to run Atlanta. It takes his attention away from the job at hand.
stands for decibels
September 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
MightY white. I meant. (But you knew that.)
getalife
September 8th, 2012
2:00 pm
““The sequester originated from this White House, yet it refuses to level with the American people about the devastating impact it will have on our country,” Boehner said in a statement. “By proposing the sequester, the president put his own election campaign ahead of the interests of the country. He has a responsibility and legal obligation to tell the American people how he plans to implement, or replace, these devastating cuts.”
The gop failed on the budget, refused to help on jobs and is still playing games with a default and recession. The gop are out of control because the cons failed to hold them accountable.
stands for decibels
September 8th, 2012
2:01 pm
Move it back the Milledgeville.
Nice enough town, that. not sure why the capital needs to move there though.
Jm
September 8th, 2012
2:03 pm
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-07/democrats-said-to-end-convention-15-million-short.html
Democrats cannot be trusted with spending America’s money
stands for decibels
September 8th, 2012
2:04 pm
““The sequester originated from this White House, yet it refuses to level with the American people about the devastating impact it will have on our country,” Boehner said in a statement
Oh, just admit that the stupid budget deal was BS from the get-go and legislate something to the effect of “we effed up, here’s an actual budget and yeah, there’s lots of debt in it, which is ok because people are lending us trillions of dollars for nothing”. Not those words, but something like it. It’s not that hard to do.
JohnnyReb
September 8th, 2012
2:04 pm
JamVet – there are more interesting issues than your lack of geographical knowledge, however, just to point out a couple – the Porsche investment (old Ford plant) is in Hapeville and Yes Video is in Norcross.
Perhaps you need to review your list for the companies actually being in Atlanta versus your perception of Atlanta. Plus, there has to be some point where company size and number of employees is considered.
I still say overall Atlanta is in decline, and companies investing in Georgia prefer, if they need to be near Atlanta, not to be in the city itself. There are lots of reasons for that, but the city government and Fulton County are near the top.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
2:04 pm
Move the capital back below the gnat line?
Yeah, like that’s really gonna happen.
josef
September 8th, 2012
2:04 pm
SHAKEEM
You might want to revisit those election returns and demographics. A considerable number on “both sides of the divide” crossed lines. A lot of us inside the perimeter residents took a certain pride in that as a signal that the qualifications of the candidate mattered less than the tone of his/her skin…
josef
September 8th, 2012
2:07 pm
SFD, KAMCHAK
I take it y’all are missing the snipe. I guess I should’ve put in the smiley…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
2:08 pm
Jm
September 8th, 2012
1:45 pm
This doesn’t need to devolve into another national politics discussion.
Jm
September 8th, 2012
2:03 pm
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-07/democrats-said-to-end-convention-15-million-short.html
Democrats cannot be trusted with spending America’s money
Well, that certainly didn’t take long.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
2:09 pm
Move the capital to Macon then all of THEM will move there to be close to Kayaker.
Jm
September 8th, 2012
2:10 pm
Democrats are destroying America with debt
Jm
September 8th, 2012
2:11 pm
The capital should go back to savannah. An imminently more sane city.
Jm
September 8th, 2012
2:12 pm
Eminently.
josef
September 8th, 2012
2:13 pm
My @ 2:04
“…the qualifications of the candidate mattered less than the tone of his/her skin…”
Oops that should read MORE than…I guess it’s hard to break the truth of a lifetime, eh?
JamVet
September 8th, 2012
2:14 pm
Reb, awesome points. Only dozens (not dozens and dozens!) of firms are moving to Atlanta. And you Republicans are powerless to stop it.
But your point is taken, no way does Atlanta compare to say, dead red Moultrie, in terms of cultural, educational, commercial and financial prowess.
Is the insane asylum still in Milledgeville. THAT would be a great place for any seat of Georgia government.
The cons could use some of the local talent! (grin)
Jm
September 8th, 2012
2:15 pm
“But most observers of the local scene understand why he won the election in 2009 against a more qualified candidate ”
Comical
josef
September 8th, 2012
2:15 pm
Jm
Move the capital to Savannah? Bite your tongue. Savannah is a nice city and I see no reason to punish them. What did they ever do to you?
COMMON SENSE
I bet that’d make Kayaker happy!
josef
September 8th, 2012
2:16 pm
ZamVet
Beat you to it on Milledgeville…try and keep up with us country boys from down around these parts on your swipes…slow on the uptake…
josef
September 8th, 2012
2:18 pm
Damn, new sheets already?
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 8th, 2012
2:20 pm
How about moving the capital to Cartersville? I hear there is a hotel they could get to renovate for about a few hundred million to clear up some pols debt
Unlike the gov’s
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
2:21 pm
Damn, new sheets already?
Them SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS! sure do get around, don’t they?
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (aka "Knuckle-Dragger")
September 8th, 2012
2:33 pm
Seems like another Vernon Jones to me, maybe without all the accomplishments.
Jack
September 8th, 2012
2:41 pm
Reed is a lot like Charlie McCarthy. Pull a string and he smiles. Pull a string and he frowns. Pull a string…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 8th, 2012
2:41 pm
Pull my finger….
Brosephus™
September 8th, 2012
3:15 pm
“but when you live off of identity politics, as the GOP does”
This doesn’t need to devolve into another national politics discussion. But both sides definitely play identity politics.
I wasn’t talking about nationally. I was referring to Georgia. Notice how often Clayton, Dekalb, and Fulton County comes up when someone talks about corruption vs, Cobb or Gwinnett? You don’t have to go national to notice the identity politics here in Georgia.
Will jones
September 8th, 2012
3:25 pm
Obama will carry Fulton,Dekalb,Clayton in GA.
The last dem to win GA.was Jimmy Carter I think we paid good for that left winger.
JKL2
September 9th, 2012
10:22 am
stands- A spokesman for Wells Fargo released a statement apologizing to the couple. Might white of ‘em.
Cha-chingga!!! Like sandra fluke getting called a “slut”, probably one of the best things that could happen to most people. If you know a bank that wants to “mistakenly” clear out my house and give me a giant settlement check, let me know.
Outside of pictures (which are all stored on a server), my wife and I’s childhood keepsakes fit in a case of paper box which hasn’t been opened in the last 12 years. I’ll take the check.
Bernie
September 9th, 2012
12:52 pm
To see and hear the Political Leadership of The City Of Atlanta – Honorable Kasim Reed & The Atlanta City Council. Also Fulton County Commissioner Chairman – Mr. John Eaves and the Associate Commissioners – who individually were out front and very visible in their unwavering support of the failed T-SPLOST referendum in July.
It would be greatly appreciated on the Behalf of the poorest and neediest citizens as well to see their VOCAL and legislative support of this Medicaid Expansion on the Behalf of their many Citizen electorate.
For these two political entities combined represent by far the largest group of existing Georgia Medicaid Recipients residents currently living in the entire State of Georgia. These politicians also represent the largest single group of uninsured Georgians who will stand to benefit from The Georgia’s Medicaid Expansion Plan. This is not just an issue for one specific group but for all citizens Black & White, Young & old, Disabled and Mentally ill.
Ironically, We were ALL inundated with round the CLOCK advertisement with Radio Television and Internet CHEER LEADING of their support of Governor Deal’s T-SPLOST proposal but we have yet to hear their OUTRAGE and NON SUPPORT of a DENIAL by Governor Deal concerning Medicaid expansion. A Denial which would NO doubt have adverse and negative impact on the MILLIONS of VOTERS they all
are PAID to REPRESENT. A salary to promote the safety of HEALTH & WELFARE of ALL of their respective VOTING citizens.
We the People, CALL ON ALL of these politicians, who will be very soon in the near FUTURE and Future who will be calling on US, The People. The very same same People citizens to support THEIR planned re-election & election to their respective offices. The People need ALL of YOU To SPEAK OUT LOUDLY and WITHOUT HESITATION in opposition to this DENIAL of CARE!
ARE You with Governor Deal on this one too? or Do You STAND WITH THE PEOPLE of GEORGIA? The POOR, The Needy, and the CHILDREN…..
BLACK & WHITE
To not SPEAK OUT further verifies the REALITY of the very strange Bed of fellowship of political Cronyism that has lived and endured for many Years. A fellowship of political Leaders when it is to their own personal and political wealth and Gain…They cannot get the them Out of OUR FACES!
When it comes to the REAL Needs of the People…..They are Silent!
Silent as a CHURCH MOUSE on Sunday Morning on Peachtree Street. Let US ALL
wait and listen to see if the CHURCH MICE will speak!……Shhhhhhhhhhhh!
We all must wait …..and Be ……very Quiet.
If you Do NOT REMEMBER US….We WILL RememberYOU!
That is a VOTE you can count ON.
I thought Mayor Reed was such a big supporter and backer of President OBAMA?
If he is, Pray TELL why is He so quiet on this ISSUE of Importance. or is the MAYOR thinking of himself AGAIN?
C. Barron
September 10th, 2012
4:45 am
Kasim Reed ; The 21st Century Leader
Orville Ray Wilson once wrote : “Information is the currency of the 21st Century.” It is on this note that I commend Mayor Kasim Reed for his performance as Mayor of Atlanta. In a day and age of useless babbling and rhetoric among politicians, Mayor Reed is always strong, well-informed, and well-spoken. His recent performance on Meet the Press was no exception, where he took the English language and raw facts and dismantled his Tea Party opponents, Peggy Noonan and Ted Cruz. History will record that Mayor Kasim Reed’s offensive on both Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney were largely responsible for winning the upcoming presidential election. As city mayors are now being recognized as national policy makers, Mayor Reed reigns supreme. Big cudos to Mayor Kasim Reed, the 21st Century Leader. Thanks Jay for writing this article.