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DEL.ICIO.USIn Augusta, ‘poorly worded’ e-mail forces resignation of GOP official from authority
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dave Barbee, chairman of the Republican party’s 10th District operation, has resigned from his post on the Augusta Housing Authority, two weeks after his controversial e-mail was made public, advocating an increase in white residency in the city’s downtown area.
Here’s the Augusta Chronicle take on the issue.
Barbee has repeatedly apologized for his “poorly worded” e-mail to developers, and submitted his resignation on Sunday to Mayor Deke Copenhaver.
On Monday, the mayor said: [Barbee] has expressed to me his sincere regret for the inappropriate wording of his recent e-mail. He apologizes to anyone in the Augusta community that he may have inadvertently offended. I have accepted his apology and with God’s help, may we forgive and move forward as a community of trust and hope.”
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By GreyGayGeek
September 18, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this
Links to other articles are much nicer when they do not involve registering for the external sites…
By the stopper
September 18, 2007 2:05 PM | Link to this
“inappropriate wording?”
Sorry, pal. This is how you apologize for what you’ve done:
“I’m a racist schmuck. This sort of thing is tolerated throughout in vast swaths of white-suburban GA, but you’re not supposed to be quite so blatant about it.
“I forgot to speak in code—you know, express concern about ‘crime’ or ‘gangs’—and I got caught. Stinks to be me. I’ll go away now.”