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DEL.ICIO.USNot a gusher — just seepage at the Governor’s Mansion
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A reader was driving down West Paces Ferry Road on Thursday, took one look at what looked like drilling equipment at Governor’s Mansion, and wondered if — when it came to rain — Sonny Perdue had given up on prayer and gone prospecting.
After all, God helps those who help themselves.
Stacy Shelton, one of the AJC’s water specialists gave a quick call to the governor’s office this afternoon.
Despite what it looks like, Perdue’s not drilling for water, says a spokesman. Elissa Eubanks/AJC
The monstrous piece of equipment at the mansion is not being used to drill for water, said Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley. Or oil.
He said the mansion’s basement needs waterproofing. Workers are digging a trench around the residence’s basement walls, which are then being sealed off.
Brantley said the basement, which contains a ballroom and kitchen for big events, has sustained some minor damage from the prayed-for rain.
Comments
By Confucious Bush
March 28, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
maybe they will find wmd, probably shouldn’t wait let’s invade the mansion come on neocons whose with me aargh! if we don’t find wmd we will spread democracy across the lawn whooppeee
By Analchord
March 28, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this
You know, Mr. Galloway, you dont have to swing at everything. I aint never been invited to the governor’s mansion cause I aint pleasin’ to folks sensibilities or nuthin, so maybe reading about buildin’ maintenance dont make for such a good miller time entertainment, word up.
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By Mark
March 28, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this
I think Sonny is lying again. About the water proofing.
By Captain Americorps
March 28, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this
When one Governor believes in praying for rain they call him delusional when many people pray they call it religion
By The BlogFather
March 29, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
When Sonny prayed, God was praised. The angels wept for joy and atlanta was saved. Tears of holy water fell into Lanier and entered our pipes. Each Atlantan drank freely from the divine wellspring and now, thus blessed, Atlantans are truly gods themselves and will deal with the rabble in Tennessee the way gods deal with fallen angels: unless they apologize and give us the entire river by noon tomorrow, of course.
By GodHatesTrash
March 29, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this
Looks like that pig Sonny is trying to build hisself a hog waller in his basement so’s he can wrassle with his fellow GOPers buck nekkid in private.
Trash, elected by trash, shall not perish from the state of Georgia.
By ron
March 30, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this
How does one dig a trench with what looks like a well drilling rig?
By Charles
March 30, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
The LiberalNuts like GodHatesTrash and the AJC can’t even have a rational discussion on something like maintenance on a facility owned by the State of Georgia. I could go the same route and say they’re putting in a waterboarding facilty to torture the fascist socialists that is now the MoveOn.org Democratic Party - but, that would be lowering myself to their level :)
By ATL
April 3, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
Phew. For a second I thought that Sonny had driven Atlanta’s water/sewer rates so high because of his silly 10% reduction mandate that he was going to try and avoid paying for Atlanta water altogether!