Couple of things
- Hoping to stay relevant, Richard DeRose has decided to run for mayor ... again. He garnered a whopping nine percent of the vote last time out, so there's only one way to go I suppose.
DeRose is building his campaign around ... stopping the avian bird flu ... and he wants to spend $10 million to do it. Whether or not there's anything else that he wants to do as mayor, I don't know, though it is clear he is absolutely obsessed with this notion of securing the Animal Health Research Center.
Is this really what you want to run on right out of the gate? Really? Is he a producer of Fatal Contact: Avian Bird Flu in America?
The kicker in the story is that Blake Aued does his research and reveals the significant lack of threat posed by the Animal Health Research Center:
UGA's Animal Health Research Center, formerly known as the Bio-Containment Research Center, caused a furor in the 1990s when residents and county officials opposed it on the grounds that a viral leak is possible. Such a leak has never occurred.
Facilities like the Animal Health Research Center and the newly opened Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences are built to a "Level 3" standard, the second-highest possible. Level 3 labs don't contain ultra-dangerous, incurable viruses such as Ebola, and are equipped with safeguards like card-key access, self-contained air systems, filters and decontamination tanks. In addition, the Athens-Clarke fire and police departments have special teams to deal with hazardous materials.
I mean, I could run for mayor by saying that we shouldn't go to nuclear war with the Soviet Union, but that doesn't mean what that my platform is grounded in reality.
- It's the musical chairs game at North Oconee, though it seems an awful lot like Daryl Jones got the shaft. But I've known John Osborne for quite a while, and he's a sharp guy so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Plus, when you're 1-18 in your first two years, there's really no way to go but up.
- What has been the highlight at the Athens Banner-Herald editorial pages the past two days has not been litany of immigration letters, but the two lone ones which are unrelated to that debate. Concerning what you ask? How about adopting a pet and 'way to go crazy laughing guy!'
- That said, Bill Kerr has some faulty arguments today regarding the legalization of illegal immigrants. If they were legalized, then they would be open to paying for all of these services he claims they unfairly use and suffocate which means it is logically impossible this deficit he cites would swell from $10 billion to $29 billion. And don't get me started on his final paragraph ... literally of what he says is absolutely ridiculous ('break up families in Mexico' ... how?).
- I haven't yet talked about this whole 'Chuck-Jones-creating-a-family-to-make-himself-look-good' thing, but that's only because the internet which was down for so long is finally back. I intend to, so have no fear. What I'll say now is kudos to Jason Winders. That's some damn fine reporting.
DeRose is building his campaign around ... stopping the avian bird flu ... and he wants to spend $10 million to do it. Whether or not there's anything else that he wants to do as mayor, I don't know, though it is clear he is absolutely obsessed with this notion of securing the Animal Health Research Center.
Is this really what you want to run on right out of the gate? Really? Is he a producer of Fatal Contact: Avian Bird Flu in America?
The kicker in the story is that Blake Aued does his research and reveals the significant lack of threat posed by the Animal Health Research Center:
UGA's Animal Health Research Center, formerly known as the Bio-Containment Research Center, caused a furor in the 1990s when residents and county officials opposed it on the grounds that a viral leak is possible. Such a leak has never occurred.
Facilities like the Animal Health Research Center and the newly opened Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences are built to a "Level 3" standard, the second-highest possible. Level 3 labs don't contain ultra-dangerous, incurable viruses such as Ebola, and are equipped with safeguards like card-key access, self-contained air systems, filters and decontamination tanks. In addition, the Athens-Clarke fire and police departments have special teams to deal with hazardous materials.
I mean, I could run for mayor by saying that we shouldn't go to nuclear war with the Soviet Union, but that doesn't mean what that my platform is grounded in reality.
- It's the musical chairs game at North Oconee, though it seems an awful lot like Daryl Jones got the shaft. But I've known John Osborne for quite a while, and he's a sharp guy so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Plus, when you're 1-18 in your first two years, there's really no way to go but up.
- What has been the highlight at the Athens Banner-Herald editorial pages the past two days has not been litany of immigration letters, but the two lone ones which are unrelated to that debate. Concerning what you ask? How about adopting a pet and 'way to go crazy laughing guy!'
- That said, Bill Kerr has some faulty arguments today regarding the legalization of illegal immigrants. If they were legalized, then they would be open to paying for all of these services he claims they unfairly use and suffocate which means it is logically impossible this deficit he cites would swell from $10 billion to $29 billion. And don't get me started on his final paragraph ... literally of what he says is absolutely ridiculous ('break up families in Mexico' ... how?).
- I haven't yet talked about this whole 'Chuck-Jones-creating-a-family-to-make-himself-look-good' thing, but that's only because the internet which was down for so long is finally back. I intend to, so have no fear. What I'll say now is kudos to Jason Winders. That's some damn fine reporting.
posted by Jmac at 6:58 AM
6 Comments:
I heard DeRose on Tim Bryant this morning. He came off as crazier than I expected.
Wow. That's impressive.
Though kudos to him for some effective media marketing. He's getting good local publicity, even if it is for a bit crazy press.
Have you seen this dude:
Laughing Yogi
Weird stuff.
Becky Vaughn has qualified to run against Bob Smith in House District 113. There's also a candidate against Mickey dearest in Greene County. His last name is Hogan, and he's a lawyer.
DeRose is a character, alright. I really like him personally, but I haven't talked to him about this race. I'm kind of shocked that he's in it again. He really took his last loss pretty hard.
aquariusrizing
Good for Becky. I hadn't heard that anywhere. That's a fairly high-profile challenger for Bob Smith, though it's still a heavily Republican district.
DeRose will make for some additional fine comic relief - I welcome him to the circus because, you know, you just can't have too many clowns!
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