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All Wet: If the State of Georgia has made any
sort of progress politically in recent years,
it is in the realm of doublespeak. Witness
last week's joint press conference in Atlanta,
featuring EPD Director Carol Couch and State
Climatologist David Stooksbury. Stooksbury
gave yet another of his dire reports on
the worsening drought, while the Journal-
Constitution had just run an op-ed of Couch's
saying, basically: We've got it under control,
and depending on where you are, sprinkling
your lawn or whatever you want to do is okay
right now.
There's some truth in that, sure. As UGA
prof Todd Rasmussen points out in this
Flagpole, landscaping is important, and it's
worth keeping it alive. Conditions vary across
the state, yes. More than all that, those of
us saying Georgia communities might should
be a little more cautious than we're being
with our water supplies this summer may yet
get caught wrong: the heavens may open in
August, and we'll be the Chicken Littles who
said the rain would never fall.
All that aside, though, Georgians need
to realize one thing: that the landscap
ing industry appears to have successfully
hijacked the drought-response decision-mak
ing process. It happened
during the legislative
session, and it's happen
ing right now. How else
to explain the resistance
to rational advance
planning as this dry
summer progresses? •
Meanwhile, yes, you
can use your sprinkler
again in Athens if you
want to. The details are
online at www.thinkat-
thesink.com.
The Week That Was:
Qualifying week turned
out not to be so bor
ing a‘ter all; see below
for the news on ACC
Commission races.
School board-wise,
Eastsider David Huff got into the District
8 race against Chinami Goodie. J.T. Jones
will challenge school board veteran Vernon
Payne, and as noted last week, Jim Geiser is
going up against board chair Charles Worthy.
Without any challengers are school board
member Allison Wright and ACC Commissioners
Andy Herod, Alice Kinman and Harry Sims.
"Behind the Rail," for Now: District 10 Athens-
Clarke County Commissioner Elton Dodson
believes Mayor Heidi Davison recruited politi
cal operative Mike Hamby to run against him
in the November election, though he has no
proof. Not so, say Davison and her consiglieri,
husband Al Davison. Not so, says Mike Hamby.
Although the Davisons had lunch with Hamby
just before Hamby announced his candidacy,
they say that was the first time they knew
Hamby might run. Mayor Davison says she told
Hamby to "go for it," but she says that's what
she tells anybody contemplating running for
office. "Nobody promised him any support,"
Davison says.
Dodson and the Mayor have had a strained
relationship since they disagreed over the
way funding was cut for two social service
agencies largely serving the black community,
and Dodson has been less than a team player
in some instances on issues important to the
Mayor.
Dodson has also been spotty in his atten
dance at budget and other committee meet
ings and has been called unresponsive to his
constituents. He acknowledges these lapses
and blames them on his struggle to grow his
business, Firefly Aviation, on top of his law
practice. Dodson says he has reluctantly made
the decision to wind down the aviation busi
ness because it was distracting from his work
as a commissioner.
Some observers wonder why Hamby is
running against a progressive incumbent
commissioner instead of running for the
District 6 seat that will be open because of
Commissioner Carl Jordan's decision not to
seek re-election. Hamby lives in District 6,
which is part of District 10, and that smaller
district would have demanded much less time,
money and energy for an election campaign.
Red Petrovs is running for that seat, and he
is generally acknowledged to be much more
conservative politically than Carl Jordan, Mike
Hamby or Ed Robinson, who's also running in
District 6.
Hamby says he's running in the larger
District 10 because in the course of his work
managing other cam
paigns he has made wide
contacts and estab
lished relationships
throughout District 10.
Hamby denies that
he is running against
Dodson. "I've always
told candidates you can't
win by running against
somebody," he says.
Hamby declined to state
any philosophical differ
ences with Dodson but
said they would come
out as the campaign
progresses.
Dodson says he feels
backed into a comer
but welcomes the cam
paign. He points to
the mass-grading ordi
nance and the Criminal Justice Task Force as
examples of his ability to provide leadership
and get things done. Dodson says he has sup
ported Mayor Davison but feels she is pursuing
a policy of divide-and-conquer.
"Why are we fighting each other?" he
asks. "This community is falling apart, and
it's going to get much worse. We should be
working toward reconciling people instead of
finding somebody to run against Elton." [Pete
McCommons]
Addendum: By Monday, Dodson wasn't feeling
quite the same about the race, which he wor
ries could be damaging to progressive politics
and government in Athens. He went so far
as to say, "My personal need to stay on the
Commission is outweighed by the community's
need for unity." That, he said, could mean "a
clean, decisive victory in November"—with
a good, productive campaign based on the
issues—"or it could mean an alternative way
of helping the community... I'm not sure what
yet." Will Dodson stay in the race? Expect a
decision within the week, he says.
Ben Emanuel
Send your city dope to ben@tlagpole.com.
An increasingly common sight around town.
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