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Your Money is Stealing Your Flag ...
As documented in the Atlanta Journal the large multi-national corporations actively lobbied then governor, Roy
Barnes to remove Our State Flag. The following article provides information from the campaign reports which are a matter of public
record.
This un-elected body has much greater influence on our State government than is commonly known. In effect,
these corporations are using your money to influence your State government in ways that you would not approve. This is not just a
Georgia problem. Those that live in other States, your money is also being used to steal Our Flag and Heritage and it is probably
going on in your State also.
In 2000, Downtown Atlanta Business types went to the governor, insisting that the state flag be changed for the sake of the Final Four, national
respectability and their deals with Jesse Jackson.
Barnes balked, pointing out the vulnerability of the legislators he'd need to back him. The business types promised they'd be there for those lawmakers in 2002.
An so another piece of the most open act of political corruption since Reconstruction fell into place.
And so the Georgia Business PAC was created in 2001 to provide campaign funds for those who voted with Barnes. Harold
Bevis, Delta Air Lines' vice president of public affairs, sits at its head. As of
October 25, 2002 the group had raised $155,000.
The following companies contributed these funds:
| Company Name |
Contact Info |
Scallydollars |
Home Depot
2455 Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30339 |
Contact Us by Mail
The Home Depot
Attention: Consumer Affairs
2455 Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30339
Contact Us by Phone
U.S. Store Support Center, call us at: 770-433-8211
Internet Customer Service Center, call us toll free at
1-800-430-3376 |
$40,000.00 |
Mirant Corp
1155 Perimeter Center West
Atlanta, Georgia 30338 |
Mirant Corporate Headquarters
1155 Perimeter Center West
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
United States
Telephone: 678 579 5000
information@mirant.com
Mirant in the Americas
Regional Headquarters
Mirant Corporation
1155 Perimeter Center
West
Atlanta, GA 30338
United States
Telephone: 678 579 5000
americas@mirant.com |
$40,000.00 |
Delta Airlines, Inc
PO Box 20706
Atlanta, Georgia 30320 |
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 20706
Atlanta, Georgia 30320-6001
Phone: 404-715-2600 |
$20,000.00 |
Thomas G. Cousins
3445 Peachtree Rd. NE
Suite 175
Atlanta, Georgia 30326 |
Corporate Office
2500 Windy Ridge Parkway
Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Phone: (770) 955-2200
Fax: (770) 857-2360 |
$30,000.00 |
Troutman Sanders
600 Peachtree St.
Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 |
600 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 5200
Atlanta, GA 30308-2216
Phone: (404) 885-3000
Fax: (404) 885-3900
Robert W. Webb, Jr.
Managing Partner
(404) 885-3240
robert.webb@troutmansanders.com
William N. Withrow, Jr.
Administrative Partner
(404) 885-3244
william.withrow@troutmansanders.com
William Ramsey
Executive Director
(404) 885-3700
william.ramsey@troutmansanders.com |
$10,000.00 |
Coca-Cola
PO Box 1734
Atlanta, Georgia 30301
for more on Coca_Cola, click here
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The Coca-Cola Company
One Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia 30313
Telephone: 1-800-GET-COKE (438-2653) |
$15,000.00 |
Coca-Cola, Home Depot and Delta all have Southern roots and have prospered due to our support. I
have patronized all three, Coke for my whole life. But I am now disgusted with these companies.
As of October 25, the Georgia Business PAC has given out $142,000 to candidates who supported the change. Money has gone to 34 Democrats, and 10 Republicans, as follows:
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State Sen. Rooney Bowen (D-Cordele)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Nathan Dean (D-Rockmart)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Doug Haines (D-Athens)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Jack Hill (D-Reidsville)
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$4,000
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State Sen. George Hooks (D-Americus)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Rene Kemp (D-Hinesville)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Dan Lee (D-LaGrange)
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$2,000
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State Sen. Richard Marable (D-Rome)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Michael Meyer Von Bremen (D-Albany)
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$2,000
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State Sen. Harold Ragan (D-Cairo)
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$2,000
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State Sen. Faye Smith (D-Milledgeville)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Terrell Starr (D-Jonesboro)
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$2,000
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State Sen. Seth Harp (R-Midland)
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$4,000
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State Sen. Bart Ladd (R-Dunwoody)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Terry Johnson (D-Marietta)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Mary Hodges Squires (D-Norcross)
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$3,000
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State Rep. Rene Unterman (R-Loganville)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Kathy Ashe (D-Atlanta)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Mike Barnes (D-Hampton)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Ken Birdsong (D-Gordon)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Tom Bordeaux (D-Savannah)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Hugh Broome (D-Donalsonville)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Gail Buckner (D-Jonesboro)
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$1,000
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State Rep. Mickey Channell (D-Greensboro)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Ron Dodson (D-Lake City)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Gerald Greene (D-Cuthbert)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Michele Henson (D-Stone Mountain)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Newt Hudson (D-Rochelle)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Curtis Jenkins (D-Forsyth)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Jimmy Lord (D-Sandersville)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta)
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$1,000
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State Rep. Richard Royal (D-Camilla)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Wallace Sholar (D-Cairo)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Tracy Stallings (D-Carrollton)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Jim Stokes (D-Covington)
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$4,000
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State Rep. State Rep. Doug Teper (D-Atlanta)
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$1,000
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State Rep. Don Wix (D-Mableton)
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$3,000
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State Rep. Brooks Coleman (R-Duluth)
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$3,000
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State Rep. Mack Crawford (R-Zebulon)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Burke Day (R-Tybee Island)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Paul Jennings (R-Atlanta)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Judy Manning (R-Marietta)
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$2,000
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State Rep. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody)
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$4,000
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State Rep. Don Parsons (R-Marietta)
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$4,000.
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Now comes the question of the day. They were successful in 2001, Barnes & those who supported his corrupt practices. But Barnes, 10 corrupt Senators and 26 corrupt Representatives are gone despite their money. What
are they doing now to prevent restoring Our Flag now?
We can do something about this perverted influence on our government.
The following petition will be delivered to each member of the Coca-Cola Company, Board of Directors as a first step in
pressuring Coke to get out of politics. If needed we are planning to carry the effort to their 2004 stockholders meeting. For more
information check the Boycott Scalla-Cola web-site. Please consider
signing the following petition:
The Coca-Cola Company Should Get Out of Politics Petition
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