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Barr for congressional seat
BY DAN WHOM?
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
State Rep. Ed Lindsey, R-Atlanta,
sounded like a man running for higher
office long before he announced he was
officially seeking the 11th District U.S.
House of Representatives seat.
Lindsey, who has represented a por
tion of Buckhead in the state House
since 2004, on April 11 formally an
nounced his candidacy for the U.S.
House. He’ll seek the seat that had been
held by Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta.
Gingrey is vacating the position to run
for the seat in the U.S. Senate that Sen.
Saxby Chambliss is vacating. Chambliss
is retiring.
“America is at a crossroads,” Lindsey
said when announcing his candidacy.
“Now more than ever, we need the voice
of our people heard in the halls of pow
er in Washington.”
At a Buckhead Business Association
meeting on April 4, Lindsey wouldn’t
say whether he planned to run. “Things
are fundamentally broken up there, and
I think that we need to have more peo
ple in Congress that are workhorses, that
are reformers, that are problem solvers,”
Lindsey said at the meeting.
In his announcement the next week,
Lindsey portrayed himself as an outsid
er. “There are many on the national lev
el who believe that the secret to success
lies in top-down edicts from Washing
ton,” said Lindsey, who is majority whip
in the state House. “I have seen the same
thing at our Gold Dome in Atlanta and
I have consistently opposed this kind of
big government arrogance.”
FILE
State Rep. Ed Lindsey, left,
and former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr
will run for the U.S. House.
Though the primary and gener
al election won’t be until 2014, Lind
sey already faces a well-known oppo
nent in the Republican primary. Former
U.S. Rep. Bob Barr of Smyrna also seeks
the Republican nomination for the Dis
trict 11 seat. He attended the April 11
BBA meeting and approached the Buck-
head Reporter to give his thoughts on
the race.
Barr was the Republican representa
tive for the 7th District U.S. House seat
from 1994 to 2002.
“We need to have some folks up there
who not only vote the right way, but who
can actually get things done,” Barr said.
“We need experience. We need leadership.
We need backbone. We need people that
know how to get things done in Washing
ton. I’ve been there. I’ve done it.”
Durrett plans to teach
iPhone thief a lesson
BY DAN WHIDfllNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Jim Durrett had an exciting day April
13 when he chased down a 16-year-old
who stole his iPhone.
Durrett, the executive director of the
Buckhead Community Improvement
District, recounted his story in a video
posted on the Buckhead Reporter’s web
site. The theft occurred as he was wait
ing at the Lindbergh MARTA station.
Now that the iPhone has been recov
ered and the suspect has been arrested,
what comes next?
Most people would let the legal pro
cess run its course. Then again, most
people wouldn’t have chased someone
who snatched their iPhone, much less
caught them.
Durrett said he wants to turn this ex
perience into something positive for the
young man and, maybe, learn some
thing himself. Durrett has since learned
that the suspect has no prior criminal re
cord and would be a good candidate for
a diversion program. The suspect had an
accomplice who was also arrested, Dur
rett said.
Durrett has asked MARTA police to
keep him in the loop about the case. He
said he wants to help, but he’s not sure
how.
“I have no idea,” Durrett said. “This
is a journey for me, but I’ve got to find
out. One thing I’ve got to do is talk to
them, and together we’ll learn what each
of us can do. I don’t know, but I’m will
ing to learn. I’m willing to find out.”
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