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Whitehead: It’s all about Athens versus Augusta
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| Last Edited | RBH Jul 17, 2007 09:16pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jul 03, 2007 09:15pm |
| Description | Jim Whitehead, the Republican front-runner in the run-off for the 10th District congressional race, says the contest is a regional tug-of-war between Augusta and Athens, the Augusta Chronicle reports today.
Whitehead, a former state senator from Columbia County just north of Augusta, said he knows which side he’s on. And by a strange coincidence, his opponent in the July 17 election is Paul Broun of Athens, also a Republican.
“I don’t think you realize that the people in the middle of this state that are trying to win this seat will tell you up front - that we don’t need somebody representing this area. We need somebody in the Athens-Clarke County area, so they can get things moved there,” Whitehead said.
The newspaper said Whitehead has heard this said so many times that he’s “frankly sick of hearing it.”
Said Whitehead of his poor treatment by Athens and its editorial voices: “If I was somebody who went just by newspapers, I would swear Jim Whitehead was Satan reincarnated in Athens-Clarke County,” he said. “And I wouldn’t vote for me, either. It’s unbelievable the things they will go to and the things they will say just to try to get somebody in this position for Athens-Clarke County.” |
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