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State official: Scherer will be here past 2050
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Industries in Carrollton
recently where he was told
if they have a power blink,
it can be hours before they
resume manufacturing.
Echols said he drives a
“hybrid” vehicle and is a
big fan of solar and wind
power. However he said
you can be all about those
things while still realizing
their shortcomings, and the
relative strength of fossil
fuels.
Echols was also enthusi
astic about the expansion
of Plant Vogtle, which
will be the biggest nuclear
plant in the world when it’s
finished.
Echols, who makes
$121,000, is up for re-elec
tion to the PSC on Nov. 8
as a Republican.
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At left, Juliette legends
Marvin Bowdoin, left, Rob
ert Williams, second from
right, and Williams stepson
Ryan Pace, who recently
moved to Juliette, meet Burt
Jones, second from left.
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Burt Jones warned a Mon
roe County audience at River
Forest last Tuesday, Aug. 9
that he needs their support
in his race for lieutenant
governor, because if Repub
licans don’t hold the state,
well, “this is not your father’s
Democrat Party’’
Jones said the Democrat
Party looks a lot more ex
treme than it did when Zell
Miller was governor. He said
if Stacey Abrams had beaten
Gov. Brian Kemp in 2018,
Georgia would have looked a
whole lot worse.
“We would have quaran
tines, mask mandates and
defund the police,” said
Jones. “We have a party that
doesn’t have the people’s
agenda at heart. Instead they
just approved 87,000 new
IRS agents to go after busi
nesses and people.”
Jones said because Kemp
won by just 50,000 votes,
Georgia is enjoying its 8th
year in a row as the best state
for doing business. And the
state government, which
Jones serves as state senator
from Butts County, is enjoy
ing a $1 billion surplus.
“Were in the best shape
financially of any state in the
union,” said Jones.
But Jones said that all could
be at risk if he and Kemp
don’t win in November.
“Georgia is Ground Zero,”
said Jones, noting that $500
million will be spent in the
state in race for governor and
U.S. senate. He said Demo
crats want desperately to win
Georgia so they control the
heart of the South and the
Republican Party.
“I believe we are a very red
state,” said Jones. “But we
have to be motivated and
engaged.”
Jones’ family owns several
businesses in Forsyth includ
ing Dunkin’ Donuts and the
Monroe Countians meet with
Burt Jones including, from left,
David Bailey, Jones, Jason
Dorsey, George Emami and
John Kennedy.
new Ace Hardware. He said
his father Bill Jones, who
was at the fund-raiser, taught
him to work hard. Jones also
played football for UGA.
“A lot of people get me
confused with Herschel
because we both played
football at Georgia,” joked
Jones, talking about another
state-wide candidate.
Jones, who was introduced
byRocksprings Pastor
Benny Tate, said he would
be a better husband and
father if he wasn’t in politics,
but said he felt a duty to
make sure we don’t lose the
freedom and prosperity our
forefathers gave us.
Jones said if elected lieu
tenant governor, he would
focus on lowering the cost
of living and cutting taxes.
He said he’ll be a proponent
of skills-based learning and
career academies in schools
so Georgians can prepare
for good jobs even without
college.
He said he would also be
a strong supporter of law
enforcement.
“We have a state that has a
lot of good things going on
right now and we don’t need
to change that,” said Jones.
“We won’t disappoint you.”
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
One of the men who
regulates the power in
dustry in Georgia told the
Forsyth-Monroe County
Kiwanis Club last Tuesday,
Aug. 9 that he expects
Monroe County’s biggest
taxpayer, Plant Scherer, to
continue operating past
2050.
“Plant Scherer is abso
lutely critical to Middle
Georgia,” said Tim Echols,
a member of the state’s
Public Service Commission
(PSC). “Those Oglethorpe
and MEAG units (2 of the
4 at Plant Scherer) will rim
past 2050.”
Echols noted that the PSC
already rebuffed Georgia
Power’s plans to close coal
units at Plant Bowen in
north Georgia, instead
requiring they keep two
units operating to ensure
the state’s power grid stays
strong.
Public service commissioner Tim Echols, left, shown with Kiwanis president Mark Dennis.
Echols said the Public
Service Commission was
created in 1879 to regular
railroads. Over time its
mission has evolved to
include the regulation of
public utilities and power
companies.
Echols cited the brown
outs and interruptions in
power in places like Texas
and California as reasons
the PSC’s job is important.
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