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1995 session expected to be lively
By Rhonda Y. Maree
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
As the 1995 General Assembly
session proceeds, Georgia state
representatives eagerly await
the unfolding of evenfs.
Rep. Bettieanne Childers Hart
predicted the session would be
lively because of the dynamics
among new Republicans, the
Black Caucus and senior repre
sentatives.
Despite the reversal of power
between Democrats and Repub
licans on the national level, Ms.
Hart said she thinks coalition
pelitics in the state house will
survive, and black politicians,
although in the minority, will
have influence.
“The players are different, and
the agendas and coalitions may
be different to a certain extent,
but we have new black politi
cians with backgrounds differ
ent from earlier politicians who
really know how to play the
game,” Ms. Hart said.
According to Rep. Henry
Howard, however, old alliances
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Rep. Bettieanne Chliders Hart
will remain intact only through
compromise.
Mr. Howard said local Demo
crats should see the huge struc
tural changes in national poli
tics as a wake-up call.
“It has put us on guard,” he
said. “For many years we have
been sort of complacent, and now
we've got to flex our muscles and
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Rep. Henry Howard
show that we’re not going to run
and hide.
“They (Republicans) outnum
ber us in Washington, but they
don’t in the General Assembly in
Georgia,” he said.
“It’s not going to be easy, but
the Democrats are going to come
together and be stronger and get
some of the changes we’ve been
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asking for,” he said.
“If the Democratic Party is re
ally serious about developing an
identity, it is incumbent upon
them to take the black represen
tatives and the other black peo
ple in the party seriously,” Ms.
Hart said.
She added, “If the Democratic
Party comes up with an agenda
that black people can’t support, |
don’t think our allegiance will be
there just because we're Demo
crats.”
In the midst of recent political
changes, rumors of more blacks
abandoning the Democratic Par
ty abound.
Mr. Howard said very few
blacks will switch parties because
most are staunch Democrats.
Ongoing issues such as wel
fare reform, crime and health
care will be “revisited” in this
session, Ms. Hart said.
“We(theßlack Caucus)will say to
the governor that we support the
need to get criminals off the street,
but if you want us to support new
prisons, there has also got to be
prevention,” Ms. Hart said.
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She opened doors.
Maggie Walker founded the St. Luke
Penny Savings Bank in 1907, both to serve
the financial needs of her Richmond, Virginia
community and o create jobs for other black
women. She saw a need, found a solution,
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and then made banking history-as well as
black history~by becoming the first woman
president of an American bank.
Wachovia salutes Mrs. Walker, and the
enterprising spirit that inspired her.
January 19, 1995
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