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Week of October 22,2008 - October 28,2008 • Vol. 36 No. 36 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Colin Powell Endorses Obama
Senator Barack Obama
By. James Wright
Special to the NNPA from the
Afro-American Newspapers
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
Former Secretary of State
Colin Powell, one of
America's most distin
guished Republicans, has
decided to support Sen.
Barack Obama as the next
president of the United
States. He announced his
bomb-shell of a decision on
the Sunday edition of NBC's
"Meet the Press."
Powell said of Obama,
"He has both style and sub
stance. I think he is a trans
formational figure."
Powell, a former chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff under George W. Bush
and Bill Clinton and national
security advisor under
Ronald Reagan, said that
Obama displayed "steadi
ness, the intellectual curiosi
ty and he selected a vice
president who is ready to be
president on Day One."
Powell still identified
himself as a Republican and
said he will remain one. But
he said he has become con
cerned about the tone of the
campaign of Sen. John
McCain, whom he has
known for 25 years.
"It seemed to me that
his (McCain) campaign's
focus has become more nar
row and narrower," he told
“Meet the Press” moderator
Tom Brokaw. "I see Obama
as being more inclusive. It
bothers me that the central
part of John's campaign has
become Bill Ayers (the for
mer 60s radical).
"These robo calls that
people are getting, saying
that Obama is connected to
Ayers, which is saying that
Obama supports terrorists. It
goes too far."
Powell also said he did not
approve of McCain's selec
tion of Alaska Gov. Sarah
Palin as his vice presidential
running mate, saying that she
is not ready to be president.
He also frowned on
McCain's actions during the
early part of the financial cri
sis.
Powell said that the
next president would likely
make two selections to the
U.S. Supreme Court and he
would not want McCain
making that decision
because the choices would
be conservatives. Powell
also bemoaned members of
his party who tell people that
Obama is a Muslim, "and
they know it is not true."
"It would seem that
there are some people in the
party that think that there is
something wrong with being
See Endorsement, page 17
Savannah Area Business
Political Action Committee
Endorses Candidates
After interviewing candidates
for each of the contested local races
in the November 4, 2008 General
Elections, the Board of Directors of
the Savannah Area Business Political
Action Committee (SABPAC) decid
ed to endorse and make financial
contributions to the following candi
dates: Chairman of the Chatham
County Commission, Pete Liakakis;
Sheriff, Al St. Lawrence; District
Attorney, David Lock; County
Commission District 1, Helen Stone;
County Commission District 4, Pat
Ferrell; and County Commission
District 6, David Gellatly. In the con
tested School Board races, the local
business leaders endorsed Daniel
Frazier for District 2; Lori Brady for
District 6, and Chester Ellis for
District 8.
To show their support, the PAC
contributed $2,000 to the county
wide campaigns of Pete Liakakis, Al
St. Lawrence, and David Lock. All of
the other candidates received cam
paign contributions for their district
races of $1,000.
The Savannah Area Business
Political Action Committee, Inc. is a
group of area business leaders who
collectively support pro-business
candidates in local elections. The
SABPAC has more than 100 mem
bers representing businesses from all
sectors of the economy throughout
the Savannah area. Steve Green is
Chairman of the SABPAC.
THE BIG SHOW SAVANNAH
Festival Cancelled
Charles E. Johnson, Executive
Director, Friends of Sweet Auburn
Foundation, Inc., sponsors of THE BIG
SHOW SAVANNAH, has announced the
cancellation of the festival, scheduled for
October 31 - November 2, 2008, along the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Corridor.
“At this point, based on the project
ed budget, the funds are not available to
move forward with the festival....Special
thanks and appreciation goes to all of the
people in Savannah that worked very
hard to plan The Big Show Savannah. We
also salute Savannah city officials for
their valuable assistance and cooperation.
At times hard decisions must by made,
this is one of those times. After evaluat
ing all of the factors that go in to making
a festival successful the decision has been
made to cancel The Big Show
See THE BIG SHOW, page 18
African-American Institutions
Recognized in Historical Markers
Dr. Charles Elmore (far left) reads the text on the Beach Institute historical marker.
The Georgia Historical
Society in partnership with
Sam's Club and Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. recently dedicated
two new historical markers in
Savannah. Markers for the
Beach Institute and St.
Benedict the Moor Catholic
Church were dedicated on
Thursday, October 16, 2008 at
their respective locations. The
installation of these historical
markers brings to a close an
initiative, funded by Wal-Mart,
to recognize sites and events
significant to the African-
American experience in the
Savannah area.
"Wal-Mart is honored to
have sponsored these markers
recognizing the important con
tributions of African-American
individuals and institutions to
the Savannah region's rich cul
tural diversity and proud her
itage," says Glen Wilkins,
Senior Manager, Public
Affairs, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
"It has been our privilege to
work with the Georgia
Historical Society to open new
pages in Georgia's history to
the people who live here and
those who visit."
As part of this initiative,
the Georgia Historical
Society's community advisory
committee identified four sub
jects that reflect the larger con
tributions of local institutions
and individuals who influ
enced not only the history of
Savannah, but of Georgia and
the nation as well. The two pre
vious historical markers identi
fy the contributions of local
physicians Cornelius and Alice
Woodby McKane, and of
General David Hunter's
General Orders No.7, a precur
sor to Lincoln's Emancipation
Proclamation.
"GHS is pleased to have
See Historical Markers, page 18
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