Last week,

3 out of 4 insurgent candidates won places on the board of Cobb EMC,


the utility that wants to build a coal plant in Ben Hill County,
as close to here for smoke drift as the Okefenokee.
Another was headed to a runoff that would have cost around $70,000.
Not anymore! It’s 4 for 4.

Janel Davis wrote for the AJC yesterday,

Cobb EMC incumbent concedes election,

Kennesaw businessman and incumbent Cobb EMC director RJ Patel conceded the race for his board seat Monday evening eliminating a need for a runoff next month and advancing four new members to lead the utility.

That means

Charles Malcolm ‘Cooter’ Swanson
is the new Area 7 board member.

The new members are still a minority of 4 out of 10 on the Cobb EMC board,
but that’s better than 0 out of 10.

-jsq

PS: Owed to Ellen Corrie and
No Coal Plant in Ben Hill County!