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Logsdon to run for state insurance officeMon, 05/04/2009 - 12:18pm
By: John Munford
Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon announced Saturday that he will be running for State Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner. The announcement came in front of the Fayette County Republican Party, but Logsdon acknowledged it was not a well-kept secret. In running for the state job, Logsdon is forgoing a second term as Peachtree City Mayor. Currently that leaves just one announced candidate in the race: sitting councilman Don Haddix. Logsdon said he felt his 36 years with Bellsouth, which included experience with fraud investigations, would serve him well as insurance commissioner along with his service in the National Guard and as Peachtree City mayor. “And as a financial planner I held an insurance license, so that should help too,” Logsdon said. As for the safety aspects of the job, Logsdon said his experience as mayor has exposed him to the importance of building codes to provide a safe environment for Georgia residents. Logsdon said he felt this particular job was such a good fit with his qualifications that it “was made for me.” While Logsdon realizes he will likely face a challenge from other state politicians who might have more political experience, he said he was “looking forward” to the campaign. To an extent the race will be wide open because the incumbent, John Oxendine, is leaving office in pursuit of becoming Georgia's next governor. Despite the significance of Logsdon's announcment, he played second fiddle at the Republican breakfast meeting to a state political player with considerably more clout: Sen. Eric Johnson of Savannah, who is making a bid for governor. Johnson, who spoke before Logsdon, said he wants to see a study authored on the variety of taxes assessed by the state so they can be cut. He also boasted of his continuing, but failing, efforts to bring a voucher system to all public schools to allow parents the choice of where to send their child to school "with their tax money." Johnson announced that Rev. George Dillard of Peachtree City Christian Church would chair his campaign in Fayette County. login to post comments
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