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She Surprised Everybody

Tom Crawford,

I don’t know that there has ever been a Georgia politician who has provided more surprises over the years than Angela Elizabeth Speir, who will soon be stepping down as a member of the Public Service Commission. She came out…

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The GreenRoom: November 2008

Ben Young,

• Boat propellers are believed to have killed four endangered manatees that washed up on the coast of Savannah near Talmadge Bridge in September. A U.S. Geological Survey found that boat collisions are the top long-term threat to manatees; boats…

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