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Sen. Johnny Isakson talks water, transportation, economy at APC

May 12, 2009 at 2:10 pm by Thomas Wheatley in News

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., visited the Atlanta Press Club today and spoke about rail, water woes and the nation’s standstill economy. (He said it might take five years for the nation to recover.) Isakson also said the closing of the Hapeville Ford Plant might have hurt the region’s chances for the Atlanta-Lovejoy rail line.

Maria Saporta and the AJC’s Kristi Swartz wrote great summaries of his speech. Grayson Daughters also produced a video of Isakson’s talk.

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2 Responses to “Sen. Johnny Isakson talks water, transportation, economy at APC”

1. Betty's Ford Ran Over My West Paces Ferry Garden Party Says:
   May 12th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

   Sen. Isakson also talked tough on Iran/global response to Iranian nukes… as you’d expect a U.S. Senator to do. That’s at the top of the video.

   Thanks for linking!

2. atlpaddy Says:
   May 12th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

   So now the Republican excuse for killing the Lovejoy-Macon rail line is the closing of the Hapeville Ford Plant. Why don’t they just blame it on a lack of magical unicorn juice while they’re at it.