Governor "Chicken Little" Perdue flagged at Sea Island again ...
reported by Waycross Journal Herald and Carl Sears
SEA ISLAND- Gov. Sonny Perdue was determined that nothing was going to ruin his day.
Here Tuesday for the announcement that Sea Island would be the site for the international G-8 economic summit, Perdue sneaked onto the island to avoid being 'flagged' by protesters, one of the flaggers said.
He snuck past us said Jay Lawthorne of Brantley County, one of the die-hard protesters who don't miss a chance to flag the governor
when he visits the region.
We think he rode past us in a red SUV that had windows tinted so dark we couldn't see inside said Lawthorne. One thing about it:
we might not have seen him but he had to see us.
About 20 flaggers stood at the entrance to the island at the Sea Island Causeway. They displayed about 25 of the old state flags and
St. Andrews Cross flags.
It was the same site that they stood on to flag Perdue about two months ago when he attended a chamber of commerce meeting
there.
Many people are angry that Perdue didn't come through on a campaign promise to give Georgians the chance to reinstate the former
state flag at the polls.
"We had three or four people who showed disdain for us. But we had far more- I would say between 25 and 40- to respond to us in a
positive way, giving us thumbs up, honking their car horns." Lawhorne said state legislator Tyrone Brooks, the old state flag's biggest
enemy, drove past the protest site Tuesday.
We saw him said Lawhorne. He was just shaking his head.
For complete flagging reports:
Southern Messenger
The Real TurnCoat Yeller Pages.
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