{"id":1272,"date":"2011-11-15T08:06:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/cobb-emc-incumbent-concedes-election-insurgents-win-4-for-4.html"},"modified":"2011-11-15T08:06:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:06:47","slug":"cobb-emc-incumbent-concedes-election-insurgents-win-4-for-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/cobb-emc-incumbent-concedes-election-insurgents-win-4-for-4.html","title":{"rendered":"Cobb EMC incumbent concedes election: insurgents win 4 for 4"},"content":{"rendered":"Last week,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/cobb-emc-members-win-board-election-in-landslide.html\">\n3 out of 4 insurgent candidates won places on the board of Cobb EMC,<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cobbemc.com\/en\/About-Cobb-EMC\/Directors.aspx\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.cobbemc.com\/~\/media\/Images\/CEMC\/Directors\/RJPatel.ashx?h=108&#038;w=100\"><\/a>\nthe utility that wants to build a coal plant in Ben Hill County,\nas close to here for smoke drift as the Okefenokee.\nAnother was headed to a runoff that would have cost around $70,000.\nNot anymore! It&#8217;s 4 for 4.\n<p>\nJanel Davis wrote for the AJC yesterday,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/cobb\/cobb-emc-incumbent-concedes-1226274.html\">\nCobb EMC incumbent concedes election<\/a>,\n<blockquote>\nKennesaw 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.\n<\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.accountablecobbemc.com\/candidates.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/takebackcobbemc.com\/Screen%20Shot%202011-10-24%20at%2011.17.17%20AM.png\"><\/a>\nThat means\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.accountablecobbemc.com\/candidates.html\">\nCharles Malcolm \u2018Cooter\u2019 Swanson<\/a>\nis the new Area 7 board member.\n<p>\nThe new members are still a minority of 4 out of 10 on the Cobb EMC board,\nbut that&#8217;s better than 0 out of 10.\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nPS: Owed to Ellen Corrie and\n<a href=\"http:\/\/takebackcobbemc.com\/Screen%20Shot%202011-10-24%20at%2011.17.17%20AM.png\">No Coal Plant in Ben Hill County!<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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