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Dear Friends,

As we enter this holiday season, I want to take a moment on behalf of Elizabeth, our entire staff and me, to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.  This year has brought us such wonderful blessings - nurturing old friendships and growing many new friends throughout Georgia.  We are so grateful for the special ways you have offered your friendship.

Unlike other candidates, I fundamentally believe that we must take immediate action to dramatically transform our public school systems.  We cannot keep doing the same things and expect different results.  And we must abandon the Republicans' artful-but-empty-promise approach which has failed to provide the necessary resources for our public schools and its teachers.

Poythress Speaks to Reynolds Woman's Club
From the Taylor County News 11/19/09

General David Poythress, the former Commander of the Georgia National Guard, was in Reynolds recently to address the Reynolds Woman's Club. General Poythress is also the former Commissioner of Labor and former Secretary of State of Georgia and is a Democratic candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2010.

JOHN OXENDINE’S
CONTRACT WITH ON GEORGIA

HIGHLIGHTING BARNES' HYPOCRISY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday November 6, 2009

Contact: Wendy Davis, 770-446-2010

POYTHRESS HIGHLIGHTS BARNES' HYPOCRISY

Poythress: "Listening to Roy Barnes complain about our state's water, education and transportation problems is like listening to Newt Gingrich complain about polarizing partisanship.  It just doesn't pass the smell test."

MORE ENDORSEMENTS FROM ATHENS AND COLUMBUS: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS PICK POYTHRESS

Kudos on your Monday, Oct. 19 editorial. Your "bottom line" analysis is spot-on: "Empowered administrators produce empowered teachers who empower students to excellence."

GEORGIA ISN’T ALONE WITH THE PROSPECT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CUTBACKS … BUT FALLING FURTHER BEHIND ON TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM