While The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s incredible politics team pushes out the “what” of Georgia politics, I try to use the Political Insider column to offer the “who,” the “why” and the “what’s next.” I’ve covered presidential campaigns and Speakers of the House, rallies in rodeo halls and minutiae of financial disclosures – anything and everything to find out what voters need to know to make decisions for themselves and their families. I went on to become a journalist because I believe people’s stories can change policy and that voters deserve to know why, how and whether their representatives are working for them. I also developed a strong faith that no matter how divisive and petty politics may seem, it requires our attention because it is what holds our country and our communities together. I learned how laws were written and decisions were made and how personalities, relationships and individual experiences of lawmakers matter more than most people appreciate. I saw then how Georgia and the South were changing and how Washington impacted nearly everything back home. My early interest in politics led to an early start in the business, working for three U.S. In their own styles – muckrakers, satirists and stylists – they wrote columns you did not want to put down, especially the columns about politics. When I moved to Washington and then New York, that list expanded to Kathleen Parker, Peggy Noonan, Molly Ivins and Jimmy Breslin. Growing up in Atlanta, that meant Celestine Sibley and Lewis Grizzard. Willie Nelson said his heroes have always been cowboys.
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