Nice to see you again! I think last time we chatted you were scolding me for driving across flooded creeks during the big storms.
Both Oxendine and Handel give me the impression they’ve been working towards a run for Governor for years and years. I guess that’s not a crime but it looks like we have a lot of career politicians to choose from. Oxendine and Handel have been full time Georgia employees for a while now.
Oxendine didn't neglect his job, and so far as I know Handel didn't either.
And if you're going to work with state government, you need to (1) have good relationships; (2) know how the darned system works. The outside broom coming in to sweep clean sometimes makes some horrible mistakes before figuring it all out.
My dad never ran for office, but he was a regular campaign manager for quite a number of folks. He certainly knew how the system worked! but he said he had no ambition for public office. He's 85 and never held any position but the President of the Atlanta Lawyers Club and the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Me, I never aspired higher than chairman of the High School Mock Trial Committee and president of the local neighborhood association.
P.S. . . . don't drive across any flooded creeks! :-D
The first case I ever handled as a young lawyer and a clerk in Federal District Court was a suit by the survivors of a lady who tried to cross a flooded roadway in Tallapoosa and was swept away and drowned, along with her 3 and 5 year old children.
I guess that sort of stuck with me, especially watching the water creep up our main drag . . . sorry for scolding! :-(