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S. Larry Walker 's
"Interesting time"
The number three story in
Houston County for 2002
Rep. Larry Walker’s coalition
bid to be speaker of the Georgia
House of Representatives, could
very well be near the top of the
2003 list also, because the story
won’t be over until Jan. 13,
2003, when the vote is taken in
Atlanta.
On that Monday, the opening
of the 2003 Georgia General
Assembly, members of the
House of Representatives will
elect a Speaker of the House to
succeed the legendary
Democrat Tom Murphy, who
served in that post for four
decades before being toppled by
a Republican challenger in his
home district.
Perry’s Larry Walker, who has
long served as Democratic
Majority Leader and has been
considered a top contender to
succeed Murphy, is squaring off
against another Democratic
leader, Terry Coleman of
Eastman, for the Speaker’s
post. A few days after Sonny
Perdue’s victory in the gover
nor’s race, Walker withdrew his
name from consideration for
the nomination of the
Democratic Caucus, saying that
while he had no plans to switch
parties, he was not willing to be
an obstructionist to the pro
grams and plans of fellow
Houston Countian, Governor
elect Perdue. With Republicans
in the minority in the house,
Perdue and Walker are report
edly working together at this
point to build a coalition of
Republican and Democratic
representives to elect Walker to
the speaker’s post when the
vote is taken by the full assem
bly.
The outcome of this unprece
dented bipartisan effort is
uncertain at this writing, but
Walker, long a major power in
state politics, with an impres
sive record of “bringing home
the bacon” to his home county,
says that either he will be
speaker after Jan. 13, or he will
be a completely independent
representative after years of
“carrying water” for Murphy
and various governors, and that
either way he’ll win.
4. Slicing, dicing and
gerrymandering
For Houston Countians, the
2002 primary brought a lesson
home. However dull and remote
the subject may seem while
reapportionment and redistrict
ing efforts are underway at the
state level, the impact of the
decisions that are made and the
maps that are drawn is definite
ly felt by the average citizen
when it comes time to vote.
Nowhere was that clearer than
in the case of the twice-drawn
state senate map for Houston
County, which divided the coun
ty between three senate dis
tricts when it had previously
been in one. Many voters were
not aware until they went to the
polls that they could not vote
for local favorites. In the Lake
Joy district, to take only one
example, voters seeing signs
eveiy day for Ross Tolleson and
Michael Moore, realized that
they were to choose between
two candidates from Muscogee
County. Voters keenly interest
ed in the congressional race
between Bibb Countians Calder
Clay and Jim Marshall, found
themselves choosing between
three Savannah candidates.
Why? Because of an approach to
redistricting that focused
almost entirely on maintaining
Democratic party power and
minimizing Republican gains.
This strategy linked precincts
that had voted Republican in
recent races together in long
distorted shapes stretching
across the state. The “slicing
and dicing” that originally led
Republican Sonny Perdue to
seek higher office, will now be
among the first things he hopes
to correct on taking office, and a
bill has already been pre-filed to
draw new maps with priorities
of keeping counties intact, keep
ing communities of interest
intact, and minimizing political
considerations. (See related
front page interview with
Governor-elect Perdue.)
ft New Schools finally
It took two sales tax referenda
and a great deal of public educa-
tion and persuasion, but new
schools are finally being built in
rapidly-growing Houston
County, and classroom addi
tions are on the drawing board
in a massive building program
that is still not expected to meet
the public school system’s space
needs. The schools that are
under construction are a new
Tabor Middle School on
Thomson Road in Centerville,
and two new schools for
younger children in the housing
“boom” area in the middle of
the county: Lake Joy
Elementary, which will relieve
overcrowding in Perdue
Elementary and Quail Run
Elementary in addition to pro
viding classroom space for new
comers, and David A. Perdue
Primary School, which is being
built adjacent to Perdue
Elementary, which -at last
count - had 17 portable class
rooms. The primary school will
house kindergarten through
third graders.
6. Year of the Road
Work on the $23.23 million
Richard B. Russell Parkway
extension project got moving in
2002.
The extension is part of sever
al projects that led to Houston
County Commission Chairman
Ned Sanders dubbing 2002 as
the “Year of the Road.”
Up at the top of the list of
those projects, the extension
will add six miles to the existing
Russell Parkway from its inter
section with Houston Lake
Road to Interstate 75.
This will provide another
main corridor that will help
ease some of the bumper-to
bumper traffic that now plagues
parts of Warner Robins, said
officials.
When complete, the road will
extend from 1-75 to Robins Air
Force Base and Ga. 247.
The project will include the
construction of two bridges and
an interstate interchange.
Time to complete the project
will take about three years,
according to Warner Robins
Community Development
Director Jesse Fountain.
Other ongoing projects
include resurfacing on Ga. 96,
work on the Houston Lake
Road project in the Houston
Lake/Feagin Mill roads area,
and the Cohen Walker Drive
extension.
7. A college campus lor
Warner Robins
Outstanding teamwork
between a host of governmen
tal,educational and business
leaders including Mayor
Donald Walker, Rep. Larry
Walker, President David A. Bell
of Macon State College and
Robins Federal Credit Union
got the ball rolling for a long
awaited permanent college cam
pus in Warner Robins. At the
top of the agenda is a $5 million
restoration and modernization
of the historic Thomson School
on Watson Blvd. Macon State
will build a 25,000 sq. ft. addi
tion, with classrooms, science
and technology labs and a mul
timedia auditorium. The
Warner Robins center for MSC
will offer a four year technology
degree and will be positioned to
serve both Robins Air Force
Base and the Houston County
community.
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8. Perry Post Office
On May 29, 2002, Perry citi
zens turned out en masse, brav
ing a sweltering sunny day to
celebrate the grand opening of
their long-awaited post office.
U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, one of
several key players in the proj
ect, spoke to the crowd gathered
at the front of the new facility
located on Macon Road.
Cleland, who presented
Postmaster Butch Kirkley with
a flag, said that his participa
tion in the event was a “rare
privilege” and noted that he had
first heard about Perry’s need
for a new post office from Rep.
Walker soon after he was elect
ed.
Others who were praised for
their part included Mayor Jim
Worrall, along with two mem
bers of Cleland’s staff, Elsie
Hand and Bill Chapman.
8. Board of Education
Section
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elected to the Board of
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In late August, health offi
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