Atlanta Adult Entertainment: Local officials and the party that always wins
Posted on March 9th, 2011 in Atlanta adult entertainment
Local officials and the party that always wins
What relation do stated political party affiliations have with positions taken by many — maybe most — local elected officials?
Answer: No relationship whatsoever to the votes and non-votes that matter the most.
For example, forget that all five Fayette County commissioners run on the Republican ballot. At least four of the five are really joint members of the real but unnamed party that controls Fayette County: The Government Party.
Three of them responded last week to a bid to remove Fayette from regional mass transit plans by becoming official hypocrites or government-funded prostitutes, take your pick.
Government Party rogue Steve Brown exposed the deep cynicism displayed by many local officials addicted to the government money needle.
Brown won election last year by pointing out that then-Commission Chairman Jack Smith — as well as Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele — had a long record of voting in Atlanta in favor of stuff they swore to the local rubes that they stood four-square against.
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