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Shifts in party preference mold state politics
By CAREY O’NEIL
The Red & Black
Georgia politics haven’t been
the same since the flag changed.
Back in 2001, Democratic
then-governor and now-guberna
torial candidate Roy Barnes was
behind the elimination of the
Confederate stars and bars from
the state flag —a controversial
move that was the last straw for
many Democrats to Anally follow
Q&A WITH MAYORAL
CANDIDATES
Local
politicians
address
students
By MIMI ENSLEY
The Red & Black
Are you ready to cast your
vote? To help you make your
choice at the polls. The Red &
Black asked the five mayoral
candidates for Athens-Clarke
County questions about their
plans and histories. Take a
moment to look over their
responses, and don’t forget to
vote before the polls close at 7
p.m.
How can students contribute to
local politics in Athens?
Nancy Denson: As mayor I'll
encourage students to stay in
touch with me to share ideas
and alert me to problems that
may not be on my radar.
Spencer Frye: Students most
certainly can contribute to local
politics. Our campaign has an
internship program set up for
students so they can get class
credit for learning how to run an
effective campaign. Asa block
vote, if all the students at UGA
voted, they would eclipse the
2006 voter turnout for the may
or’s race by 50 percent. Students
need to understand how local
politics affect their lives when
they live in Athens and also
understand that they may return
to Athens later and the leaders
they help elect or don’t help
elect could have made a differ
ence in their future home.
Charlie Maddox: UGA stu
dents can and should become
aware of each candidate and
seek to become an active part of
those campaigns that speak to
their concerns just as other vot
ers do.
Glenn Stegall: The easiest
thing any student can do is vote.
Gwen O'Looney: Students
can contribute by getting
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the rest of the South and switch
sides, electing Sonny Perdue, the
first Republican governor since
Reconstruction. In that election,
the Georgia Senate went
Republican and two years later
the state House of
Representatives followed.
“He changed the flag, he riled
up angry white males across the
state, they rallied against him
and tossed him out,” explained
Jim Galloway, who has studied
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Some residents feel ‘trapped’ on street ; |
By JACOB DEMMITT
The Red & Black
Editor’s note: Last year, The Red &
Black began compiling crime data to
create an online crime map. For this
semester-long series we took that crime
data and found 10 of the more residen
tial crime-ridden streets in Athens-
Clarke County. With Jan. 1, 2010 as our
starting date, we tallied the crimes on
the streets of the University’s home
county to create our list. Here is the
final entry, Hickman Drive.
There are certain things a child
can never unsee.
A grown man turning into
a rag doll as a bullet tears
through his chest, countless drug deals
and neighbors being carried away on
stretchers are Just a few of the scars
the children of Raymont Baugh's
neighborhood will have to carry with
them for the rest of their lives.
Baugh spoke of a neighborhood
located at the heart of the community
but pushed to the back of the minds of
most Athens residents.
He spoke of Hickman Drive.
This quarter-of-a-mile strip of
asphalt sits downtown across the
street from the upscale Hotel Indigo
and has hosted 81 reported crimes
since January.
The victims of these crimes have
not only been residents, but University
students as well.
“It can be whoever," Baugh said.
“They don’t even care. It can be
University students, old folks, smok
ers..."
Carter Greene with the Athens-
Clarke County Police Department said
most crimes committed against stu
dents happen after they go there look
ing to buy drugs or engage in other
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Georgia politics for decades and
is the reporter behind the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution's Political
Insider. “That naturally flows
downhill, down the ballot. You
almost have to view it as a case
in which the Democrats built all
these dykes to hold the water
out and finally, inevitably, some
Photos, video and crime timeline online.
Dogs’ volleyball coach fired after four seasons
McCartney went
29-45 in SEC play
By CHRIS D’ANIELLO
The Red & Black
Georgia volleyball will have a
new head coach roaming the side
lines this weekend.
Joel McCartney, head coach of
the Bulldogs since 2007, was
relieved of his coaching duties on
Monday according to a University
press release.
“After a careful review of our vol
leyball program, a change of direc
tion is needed,” said Georgia
Athletic Director Greg McGarity. “I
appreciate Coach McCartney’s
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▲ Chris Brown and Torronco dark said their street has Issues, but
they say the crime conies from outsiders instead of residents.
illegal activities.
He also said there have been
instances of perpetrators running into
Bethel Midtown Village, a Hickman
Drive apartment complex, after
assaulting people walking home from
downtown.
Allison Barron, a spring 2010 alum
na from Alpharetta, said she frequent
ly walks through the area but has
never had any real issues.
“They try to do drugs in the nooks
years of service to the University
and Athletic Association and wish
him well.”
In his four seasons at Georgia,
McCartney has amassed an overall
record of 02-55 with most of his
struggles coming in conference play
the team has gone 29-45 In the
SEC since McCartney’s hiring. So
far this season, Georgia's overall
record Is under .500 at 11-14, includ
ing a 3-11 record in SEC play.
Over the weekend leading up to
McCartney’s dismissal, Georgia suf
fered two 3-0 losses to Kentucky
and No. 22 Tennessee, marking the
fifth and sixth shutout losses the
team has suffered in 2010.
McCartney has also struggled
recently to maintain team unity. He
repeatedly cited a lack of unity as a
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thing cracked.”
And the numbers back up his
claim.
In 2000, 35 percent of Georgia
citizens considered themselves
Democrats compared to 26 per
cent who considered themselves
Republicans, according to data
from the University’s Survey
Research Center. Flash forward
to 2004, a few years after Barnes
was unseated, and the numbers
turn only 28 percent identify
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as Democrats compared to near
ly 39 percent identifying as
Republican.
Sue Everhart, chairwoman of
the Georgia Republican Party,
pointed out Democrats followed
the regional trend from the solid
Democratic South to the solid
Republican South for reasons
beyond dissatisfaction with one
governor.
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and crannies of Hotel Indigo," she said.
“So sometimes they look like they’re
stalking after you, but they’re really
just waiting for you to get on your way
so they can keep doing what they were
doing. But I definitely have felt uncom
fortable at times."
Despite its close proximity, Baugh
said Hickman Drive is largely ignored
by the affluent downtown community.
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major cause of the team’s losses
this season and senior Erika Clark,
a four-year starter for the Bulldogs
who led the team in kills and
attacks in 2009, left the team for
personal reasons in September.
Assistant coach Chad Hanson
has been tapped to take over as
interim head coach while the
University searches “with a com
mitment to find the best coach pos
sible to lead our program,” accord
ing to the release. Hanson Is in his
third year as assistant coach at
Georgia and will make his head
coaching debut at home on Friday
against No. 1 Florida.
The team has seven games
remaining on the 2010 schedule
before the postseason tournament
begins in December.
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