Wednesday, July 22, 2009
News Robb Pitts keeps Atlanta on pins and needles
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:15 PM
[image-1]Last month I put up a post that, shall we say, somewhat indelicately made light of the notion that anyone might actually still care whether one-time City Council President and Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts was planning to run for mayor of Atlanta. The language I used to express my doubt that Pitts still possessed the political clout to shake up the mayor's race was, in retrospect, perhaps overly blunt.
Anyway, my post came in response to a press release Pitts had mailed out — that's snail-mail for you young'uns — on May 26 on fancy colored stationary in which he announced in bright red all-caps:
PITTS TO DECIDE ON MAYORAL BID BY JULY 3
Pitts went on to tout himself as a "proven vote-getter [who] has always recieved a cross section of city-wide support." In conclusion, he promised: "During the next several weeks, Pitts will be meeting with key supporters and analyzing poll data to arrive at a final decision."
Way to leave us hanging, Robb. Anyway, I came across the letter yesterday and realized that July 3 had come and gone seemingly without a public announcement as to whether Pitts was planning to insert his vote-getting self into the mayor's race. I checked my old e-mail. Nothing. Then I checked the AJC archives. Again, nothing.
Finally, I called Pitt's office to find out how I could possibly missed his July 3 follow-up press release.
"There hasn't been a follow-up," his secretary said.
Which suggests to me that no other reporters cared enough to call his office to see what he was planning to do about the mayor's race. Perhaps I wasn't overly blunt after all…
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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