Macon Telegraph story || 13WMAZ story

From the 13WMAZ website story:
SONNY PERDUE, GEORGIA GOVERNOR
"The people voted three to one affirming the Georgia flag that we have and I understand that some people are not happy about that and that's their prerogative to express that in any way they see fit."
---WHAT THE GOVERNOR LEAVES OUT is that only 20% of registered voters voted in the Bogus March Insult Referendum. Most Georgians did NOT vote in protest of the lack of choice! We are not "unhappy" about the result of the March referendum, we are ANGRY that the vote was rigged and the people were denied a Fair Vote on their flag that includes the 1956 flag as a choice.

THE FLAGGING.....We assembled and set up at the intersection nearest the entrances to the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. For our protection, there was a large contingent of Georgia State Troopers loitering under the nearby shadetrees on the grounds.

The media was present; Channel 13 was there with a camera and interviewed me and others, she shot footage of lots of folks, Lijah's Chicken, the mechanized cavalry and so forth. The Macon Telegraph's Liz Fabian and a photographer was on the scene, and Liz interviewed Bud Cranford among others. A local 4-county AM radio station was there and interviewed me. Then there were over a dozen attendees of Sonny's Fish Lie...I mean...Fish Fry who pulled out their cameras in their cars and shot photos of us.

I'm sure I'll leave some names out but the North Georgia and West Georgia folks were well represented. Lijah & Rhett Coleman, Ken Waters, Rodney Waller, Lum Pettit and Harold ?? from Cleveland, Jack Kelly from Brunswick, Stanley Lott (author of Slavery and the U.S. Government), Richard Moore of Snellville, Norman Black, there were a handful whose names I can't remember, and the Camp 1399 regulars, Bud Cranford, Russ Huffman, Ken Gunn, Ralph Carson, me and Matt and Josh.

Now you know most of the cast, when's he getting to the flagging, you ask? OK, OK.

Lijah, Ken and Rhett and maybe a few others moved down to the overpass and they saw Perdue as he got off on the exit ramp...they let him have a piece of their minds. Most of us didn't see him pass by the main body of our troops, so we figured he must have turned right at the intersection and gone in the side gate. Lijah said the tinted glass concealed Perdue pretty well. No one saw the Lying Backstabber Eric Johnson; we're not sure if he made it. I saw Johnny Isakson in a maroon SUV leaving the shindig. The look on his face was like a surprised bloodhound...but then he always looks that way.

The best look of the day was priceless. A black man in the passenger side of a truck stopped at the intersection where Stanley Lott was seated with his '56 flag. His jaw made a thudding sound on the side of the truck door. He looked so stunned...and just stared. Stanley spoke to the man, then Ken Waters added a few remarks. Before he pulled away, the man was giving Stanley the thumbs up.

We all enjoyed it. Perdue snuck out the back way and decided not to greet us again. Maybe Ken, Lijah and Rhett were a little too harsh to Perdue? Nah!

As I was driving home, I noticed that a State Trooper had pulled Lijah over even before he could get back on the Interstate. I presume that we'll hear the details on that from Ken or Lijah. I'll post links to Bud's report and others when I see them. Ken Waters, Ken Gunn, Jack Kelly and Bud were also taking photos.

--Steve Scroggins

Click the thumbnail images below to see full size photos.
Photos by Steve Scroggins.

Matt and Josh	Stanley Lott and Richard Moore	Bud Cranford and crew	Mechanized Cavalry - Russ and Bud
Mech Cav strafing run	Stanley Lott & Jack Kelly seated	News lady seeks interviews	Telegraph photographer climbs for angle
Ladies on the corner	Bud and Russ	Bud, Russ and Ralph	Lijah coming back from overpass
The crew	Message for the Governor	The Camp 1399 crew	Manning the heights

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