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DEL.ICIO.USPerdue to Insider: Are you blind?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We didn’t actually hear directly from the governor. We’re probably a little bit too far down the food chain for that.
But a spokeswoman for Sonny Perdue took exception with our recent observation that we hadn’t seen him around Gwinnett much lately.
“Believe it or not, every once in a while the governor has meetings and events that we don’t broadcast to you guys in the media, so he can actually get some work done,” Perdue spokeswoman Heather Teilhet wrote in an e-mail to G.I. last week. “Imagine that!”
Teilhet said Perdue has actually been to Gwinnett every month since mid-May. Two of his visits were private meetings with Scientific Atlanta and a real estate investment management firm. Perdue delivered speeches at the state GOP convention in Duluth last May, and Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful in Lawrenceville last month.
Sorry, governor, perhaps we could make it up to you by taking you to lunch. How ‘bout Little Gardens in Duluth? Our treat.
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By WTF
October 10, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this
Who cares where Sonny-boy goes…………..as long as it ends in HELL!!!! I’ll be glad when his lying butt is out of office!!!
By Chuck
October 10, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this
Good point - unlikely we’d miss either him or those he was meeting with. Lord knows that there must have been a camera nearby or GCB would not have bothered to attend.
By Button
October 10, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this
I recently heard someone refer to him as the “Drive-By Governor”. His appearance at the Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful lunch certainly showed the validity of that nickname. I am almost certain he didn’t bother to have lunch there. After his speech he practically had to be body-checked to be kept from bolting so that he could be presented a token of appreciation. I’m sorry — it’s not exactly the busy time of year for him. So, he may be making appearances. The quality of them is frankly questionable if he’s only going to talk AT people rather than WITH them.