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Sunday, November 4, 2007
Shh. Mommy and Daddy are mad
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It feels a little like going on vacation with your divorced parents.
You don’t know whether they’ll yell at each other or be civil for the sake of the kids. You wonder whether they’ll try to outdo one another to win you over.
Charles Bannister and Lorraine Green probably wouldn’t like that analogy.
Yet it seems like a fitting description of two opposing candidates for Gwinnett’s top elected job. They will both attend the Board of Commissioners’ annual budget retreat in north Georgia today.
Green, Bannister, their fellow commissioners and county staffers will remain at the Brasstown Valley Resort until Tuesday. That’s when each member will unveil his or her goals for the coming year.
It’s an annual ritual.
Last year, Commissioner Bert Nasuti proposed building a minor-league ballpark and bringing a baseball team to Gwinnett.
We have no idea how Green, Gwinnett’s District 1 commissioner, and Bannister, the current chairman of the board, will behave toward one another. The two are vying for the chairmanship in the 2008 election.
Lately, the relationship’s seemed a tad frosty.
But look for the two to swing for the fences Tuesday when they unveil their election-year goals.
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