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DEL.ICIO.USRumor-killing in the Big City
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Word has swept through Atlanta City Hall these last few days, perhaps fueled by the withdrawal of Lisa Borders from the ‘09 mayoral race, that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington was sampling the waters.
It was a tasty rumor. Arrington, for those who need reminding, is a former Atlanta city council president who ran against incumbent mayor Bill Campbell in 1997 — forcing Campbell into a run-off.
Modernists will remember Arrington as the judge who tossed white spectators out of his courtroom this spring so could lecture African-American defendants on citizenship, in a kind of family-oriented atmosphere. Like Bill Cosby.
Like Bill Cosby, and unlike most judges, he’s got a tough-love book. And his own web page.
But alas, Arrington, 67, is not running for mayor. He’s got a formal statement, which will be added to this space as soon as it arrives, that says so. But he leaves himself room to reassess his public service at a future date.
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By MaxieGrrrl
August 19, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this
and who exactly cares about Arrington???