With new Fulton County elected officials being sworn in either in late December or early January, incoming politicians interviewed by the Neighbor said they are looking forward to taking the reins.
New Sheriff Patrick âPatâ Labat, who defeated incumbent Ted Jackson in the Aug. 11 Democratic primary runoff election, said heâs excited about âbeing able to engage with our community.â
Patrick âPatâ Labat
âItâs a wonderful opportunity. Voters have voted for change, and we want to be part of what the new law enforcement (in Fulton County) looks like,â he said of an effort from voters to bring new blood in at the county sheriffâs and district attorneyâs offices. âI am excited to be able to serve and canât wait (to start).â
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With new Fulton County elected officials being sworn in next month or earlier this month, outgoing politicians reflected on their time in office during interviews with the Neighbor.
Sheriff Ted Jackson, who was appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue as the interim sheriff for the last six months of 2004, was elected to the post in 2008. He served as sheriff for three terms before being defeated by Pat Labat in the Aug. 11 primary runoff election.
Jackson said he inherited an office that was dealing with a federal consent decree regarding issues with the county jail and the aftermath of the 2005 incident in which inmate Brian Nichols escaped custody in the courthouse during his trial and killed four individuals, including the judge presiding over his case.
Dec 19, 2020
AMSTERDAMâ– Hill & Markes, a wholesale distributor in Amsterdam, recently announced the addition of Ted Jackson to its advisory board.
Ted Jackson is a Senior Vice President of Operations for the Paper Operations of Novolex, North American leader in packaging.
As a senior operations executive he has developed and led successful value creation strategies for a broad range of public and privately held companies over a 20-plus year career. He’s had extensive involvement in leading performance improvement programs to achieve remarkable improvements in margin growth, cash flow and shareholder value through a variety of profitable pricing, supply chain strategy, manufacturing productivity and distribution programs across the globe.
In Iceland, they celebrate Christmas Eve with a tradition of jólabókaflóð, the âYule Book Flood.â People give books on Christmas Eve and spend the evening reading, preferably with chocolate close at hand. Sounds like a great idea to me!
Itâs easy to have your own Yule Book Flood with Louisiana books this year, which has brought us so many big, beautiful volumes â one good thing to come out of 2020! Visit your favorite indie bookstore â shop local! â and stock up on chocolate. Santa, your book bag runneth over.
Beautiful coffee table books
âAfro-Creole Poetry in French from Louisianaâs Radical Civil War-Era Newspapers: A Bilingual Edition,â translated and introduced by Clint Bruce, with a foreword by Angel Adams Parham (Historic New Orleans Collection, $40) is a fascinating look at the world of the free people of color who contributed poetry to African American newspapers. The introduction is illuminating and draws the reader
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