Leigh Touchton posted this yesterday as a comment on Dr. Mark George’s remarks to Valdosta City Council and Sonny Vickers’ response. -jsq

It’s really unfortunate when City Councilmen like Vickers and Wright don’t care that:

1. The black infant mortality rate in Valdosta is twice as high for black babies as for white babies
2. The asthma rate nationally for African-Americans is 3 times higher than for white Americans
3. The death to asthma rate nationally for African-Americans is 5 times higher than for white Americans.
4. 75% of the biomass incinerators in Georgia have been proposed for black communities, and the rest for poor white communities.

When politicians vote for the interests of rich Atlanta investors

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