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Atlanta mayoral candidate Lisa Borders says a rival campaign distributed fake fliers promising free beer and food at a block party she hosted this morning at her downtown headquarters.

From the Borders web site:

[Borders campaign manager Stacey Abrams] said the campaign made a donation to the Gateway facility, a downtown Atlanta homeless service center, when people began coming to block party with a fake flyer that promised free food and beer. “We are deeply saddened that another campaign would use the most vulnerable members of our community in an attempt to disrupt our event to say thank you. By misusing our logo and handing out these flyers, they misled men and women who have faced more than enough difficulty. We were glad to work with the Gateway Center to feed and shelter those in need.”

Sounds like an awkward moment, no? The press release doesn’t name the campaign that allegedly distributed the fliers. If you were handed one, send us a line.

Responses from Borders’ opponents are after the jump.

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State Rep. Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, will hold a special legislative review for her Oakhurst constituents on Saturday, Feb. 7. The lawmaker — who’s also a romance novel writer — plans to update residents on the homeowner’s tax relief grants and the state’s budget woes.

Here are the details:

LEGISLATIVE REVIEW – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Please Join State Representative Stacey Abrams For a District 84 Town Hall Meeting

2009 Monthly Legislative Update

Date: February 7, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Oakhurst Presbyterian Church
118 2nd Ave
Decatur, GA 30030

TOPICS INCLUDE:

2009 and 2010 State Budgets
Impacts on Education
Homeowner’s Tax Relief Grant
HR1 – Property Assessment Freeze/Caps
Key Proposed Legislation

All persons are welcome to attend. This event is FREE. Light refreshments will be served. For questions, please contact Jazmine Smalley, Legislative Aide at 404-656-0224 or email staceyabrams(at)gmail(dot)com.

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God, I love our Legislature.

State Rep. Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, moonlights as a romantic suspense writer who scribes under the nom de plume of Selena Montgomery. (She’s also a deserved winner of our illustrious Arnie Awards.) Her new novel, Reckless, recently hit stores.

Here’s the plot:

Atlanta attorney Kell Jameson has just won yet another acquittal for a famous, if guilty, client. Then one frantic phone call wrenches her back Hallden, Georgia, a place she’s spent years trying to escape. The head of her childhood orphanage has been accused of murder, and Kell is her only hope for freedom. Unfortunately for Kell, she is forced to work with Sheriff Luke Calder to prove her client’s innocence – but perhaps at the cost of revealing a secret Kell has worked a lifetime to keep hidden. And a secret a murderer will kill to protect.

The book’s garnered rave reviews and is sure to include thinly veiled references to xenophobic, money-hungry and asphalt-lovin’ state lawmakers.

To read excerpts or purchase the novel, click here.

(Photo by Joeff Davis)

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Former Gov. Roy Barnes, state Rep. Stacey Abrams and Red Clay Democrat Shyam Reddy will headline a “get-out-the-vote” fundraiser at Manuel’s Tavern this Thursday, 7-9 p.m. The event is hosted by the Vote From Home, a political action committee that wants to secure 10,000 early voters in Ohio to help turn the crucial state for Democrats in the November presidential election.

It’s free and open to the public. I may attend, which could be frightening, as I’ve been told Barnes and I look very similar.

UPDATE: The event is open to the public, but it’s not free. Tickets are $50, $25 for students. A spokesperson says Barnes will speak and it’ll be an informal affair.

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