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DEL.ICIO.USRamsey enters race for Lakly’s seat
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
And the race is on to replace the late Dan Lakly in the state House.
Our colleague, John Hollis, reports that local Republican attorney Matt Ramsey has entered the special election Dec. 18 to replace Lakly, a Peachtree City Republican, who died Oct. 29 of a massive heart attack.
Ramsey used to work for former congressman Mac Collins (R-Ga.), and further honed his conservative credentials working with state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh and state House Speaker pro tem Mark Burkhalter.
Ramsey graduated from Georgia Southern and has a law degree from Georgia State University.
Comments
By S.E. Nimbali
November 15, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this
This kid Matt Ramsey is under the thumb of one of the most sinister people in Fayette County - Doug Warner.
Ramsey is a junior partner in Doug Warner’s law firm.
To quote Steve Brown the Citizen newspaper:
“Young attorney Ramsey is woven in the fabric of state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh who received financial contributions from TDK developers and chief law partner Doug Warner.
This is the same Doug Warner who was involved in two separate government contract disputes claiming after-the-fact changes damaging to the citizenry. In addition, Warner was also heavily involved in the Development Authority scandals as an attorney, authority member and board member of Peachtree National Bank.
Warner’s former protege Mark Oldenburg was also involved in the Development Authority scandal and with advising the PTC Water and Sewer Authority, as its attorney, to bypass an intergovernmental contract with the city in an attempt to run sewer capacity to Coweta County.
Undeniably, attorney Matt Ramsey will have a huge stockpile of campaign cash coming in through the Seabaugh and Warner channels. Do we really want to go this route again?”
His point is well made.
By Jeffery Rogers
November 15, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this
I agree with the post above. Ramsey would probably be another suck-up developer puppet. Is it any wonder that government today has so much difficulty solving our problems?
By Churchill
November 15, 2007 5:55 PM | Link to this
Mr. Rogers, government will never solve problems. It creates them. We need government, but do not look to it to solve all your problems. This is a prime example of the difference between conservative and liberal political philosophy.