Can you please use your wisdom you have acquired over time to teach all of these people how not to be sore losers and name callers? I am sure that your organization could host a manners and politeness day for those that continue to name call and whine.

Merry Christmas to All

I mean congrats to Matt Ramsey and all, but when you start calling Doug "development authority scandal" Warner and honorable and distingushed member of the community, you've crossed the line. Tennant comes off looking like a brown noser.

Do you think Ramsey would have pulled this one out without money from the guys like Warner? I don't.

Oh, I forgot to say NUK's comments below are poor, but what we expect from him.

Congrats again to Matt Ramsey.

Spirit of the Christmas and all:_)

The fiction and defaming commentary in these comments, blogs, free speech, and letters to the editor was getting so deep, it could have solved our water crisis. Some folks believe that if they repeat a lie often enough, it will become the truth.

Representative Ramsey . . . has a nice ring to it. Congratulations Matt. Well done.

To all of the Brownies. Time for a change in strategy. Your current one ain't workin so well . . . Yet, off in the distance, I believe I hear the anti-Logsdon/Boone machine cranking up again.

The sad part is, it probably won't be long til we start hearing similar nonsense and scurrilous accusations again. I say less than 48 hours. Any bets?

From the other side of the tracks

Clouded his future is........

Please enlighten us with the actual names of the developer types who bought the seat for Matt Ramsey. Otherwise, you don't know what or who you are talking about.

Be nice, Kitty2U

Sorry, you are dead wrong. Ramsey won because he is a good Republican and the real Republicans of Fayette County got out and worked for him. They went door to door, telephoned, and put up signs. They saw thru Heidi's sudden conversion and the phony Brown. The only honest Democrat in the race was Madden. Just what developer types do you mean? I looked at his disclosures and did not recognize a single one. The local and district Republican party members were solid behind Ramsey. The people that have worked so hard to make this such a great place did not want to risk backing anyone but Ramsey. The Republican Party is still very strong in the county and will continue to be. Ramsey will make a good State Rep.

You are right on target. "Local and district Republican party members were solid behind Ramsey." Ramsey will make a good state rep.

Even though Brown lost by a wide margin (over two to one, as predicted by MANY), I'm sure we'll still be hearing lots more of Brown's sour grapes style of journalism in the future. But what this community really needs is more volunteers and fewer professional critics (letter to the editor writers). The voice of the people has been heard.

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Give me a break. Everyone knows that Ramsey won because of cash. He flooded homes with 4 or 5 direct mail pieces, automated phone calls, paid phone callers, etc. That's OK. He didn't break any rules. Lots of elections are bought and paid for. But when you outspend your opponents by 40,000x (or whatever the final tally will be), you should win by a landslide. I wouldn't call getting 53% a landslide victory. Congratulations on the win but you shouldn't be doing a sack dance. Obviously lots of people (superior thinking super voters per Mr. Tennant) chose someone else over Ramsey. And don't insult my intelligence by saying that the "real Republicans" or better yet "the Fayette County Republican Party",which has no influence in this community, made this happen. When you see bankers, lawyers and developers all rallying around a candidate, something smells. I have nothing against Matt Ramsey. I'm sure he's a good guy and nice family man. I wish him the best of luck. I'm not a sour grapes blogger. I'm just a very concerned 20 year resident of PTC who has seen this community decline rapidly in the past few years and am worried that it's only going to get worse. It is my opinion that Ramsey's campaign is all about TDK. Period. I would love to be proven wrong. If Ramsey fights against TDK because that is what his constituents want - then I'll be the first to say I was wrong and should not have been suspicious. BUT, if TDK gets built against the wishes of the local community, if our PTC Council does not have the authority to stop TDK because Mr. Ramsey has passed some legislation (or however that works) that allows the state to force it down our throats (Logsdon can say oh gosh, there wasn't anything I could do), all of you pro-Ramsey bloggers can thank yourselves for destroying what once was a great place to live - and allowing all the land owners in East Coweta to retire in Tahiti and live happily ever after.

More nonsense from the ranks of the seriously delusional. 53% is huge, especially when there are FOUR candidates in the race. 53% is a LANDSLIDE when your nearest competitor only gets 24% of the vote and out paces you by MORE THAN TWO to ONE. It's not only a landslide, it's an all out WHOOOPPIN!

All I can say is . . . Thank God its over and there isn't going to be a run-off.

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Flight, at least you open the door to the possibility that Ramsey won because he's a decent, hardworking guy, good family man, etc. Remember, banks don't vote, very few developers exist to vote, and while most lawyers do, they don't make up a very big percent of the electorate. Ordinary people, and in this case, informed and interested people, sent Matt to Atlanta.

Ramsey won because he appealed to most people---"the folks" as O'Reilly would say. Winning 53%+ in a a four person race is unheardof in politics. That, my friend, is strong. And he competed against some tough challengers. Matt's messages resonated with the voters, who are quite tired of acrimony in local politics.

The election was not about TDK, trust me. People have far more important things on their mind when they send someone to represent them in the statehouse. Like abortion, for example. Like resolving the water situation. Like minimizing our tax burden. That's a tad more important than TDK, wouldn't you say?

I urge you to give Matt the benefit of the doubt. I think he will do a fine job representing all of us.

Dan has always been a strong TDK supporter. He contributed to Ramsey's campaign too.

Ramsey took money from all of the fuzzy people.

Hey, what's with the UGA logo?

"I'm NOT John Munford"

"I think this was further evidence that Steve Brown is very unpopular and unelectable with the majority of voters, the somewhat silent majority that doesn't blog or pummel the Free Speech section of the paper every week with tirades."

There is still a part of Fayette County that lies in the 77th district that is in need of representation. Perhaps Steve?

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Good job, Munford. You must have an in with the elections office.

You could say I was actually IN the elections office. The folks at the board of elections are cool and realize the value of informing the people as quickly as possible.

On another subject, what do you think we'll need to do to increase voter turnout? I'll post a blog on the subject shortly ...