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Nunn...from Page 1A election – it could send a sig- cation. There’s common sense nal all over the country,” said things that we can do. . “It could begin to “We can invest in our send a signal to the Repub- infrastructure, we can simplify lican Party – we want some our tax code, we can allevi- Republicans who are will- ate the regulatory burden, we ing to compromise, we want can pass bipartisan immigra- some Republicans whose top tion reform and we can get job is not to go to Washington our economy going,” said Mi- to prosecute the president. It’s chelle Nunn. “And by the way, a signal that can be sent from we can also pass and lift up this election all over the coun- minimum wage so that fami- lies can be self-sufficient.” con- trasted herself with Republi- can candidate , whom she is running against try. It can make both political She gave a brief over- for Georgia’s U.S. Senate parties stronger.” view of her experience or- seat. His daughter, Michelle ganizing volunteers with the “David Perdue, my op- Nunn, Perdue’s opponent, was non-profit, ponent, I think he may be, to- overwhelmed by the Moun- which grew to more than 4 day or yesterday or tomorrow, tains show of support. million volunteers last year. he’s traveling around Georgia “This is extraordinary,” “I’ve seen what hap- with Ted Cruz,” said Michelle said Michelle Nunn, com- pens when people apply their Nunn. “And y’all might re- menting on the size of the creativity and entrepreneur- member that he’s the archi- crowd at the Fairgrounds on ship, and most of all, a spirit tect of our shutting down the Thursday. “I am so grateful to of collaboration to get things government – just a perfect be here, and I can think of no- done,” said Michelle Nunn. “I example of the dysfunction where that I would rather be have been to many meetings in Washington, and we don’t right now than right here. – party meetings and church need any more of that. “I know that y’all never meetings and business meet- “What we need is peo- get used to this or take it for ings and school meetings, and ple to come together, to sit granted, but we are so lucky people do not always agree. around tables like this, and to live here in Georgia,” said “And yet, they keep go- to get things done that mat- Michelle Nunn. “And to be ing. They don’t shut down the ter in the lives of people. And here in these extraordinary school, they don’t shut down so that’s why I’m in this race. mountains is a great antidote the church – they work togeth- I’ve carried that same spirit to anything that might happen er to resolve problems, meet that I’ve learned over the last on the campaign trail.” challenges and to seize op- 26 years into this race, and I She thanked retired portunities, and we need a lot hope to bring that to Washing- U.S. Sen. and Gov. more of that in Washington.” ton. I carry the family values for his tradition of public ser- She highlighted the that I learned from my own vice throughout the years, and importance of addressing the father and my mother.” spoke on her campaign. national deficit and protecting Michelle Nunn called “I have traveled this Social Security and Medicare her father “a great inspira- state over the last 15 months, by working in a bipartisan tion” and “great advisor.” and I have seen the extraor- manner. “And I tell people that dinary beauty and goodness “We know that we can one of the joys of the cam- of our people,” said Michelle do better, we know that we paign trail that I just hadn’t Nunn. “And I have once again can tackle the important issues expected is that every single seen what really I have always to Georgians,” said Michelle day, I meet someone who tells believed, which is that we Nunn. “I’ve been talking me that my dad made a differ- have so much to be optimistic about jobs, fiscal stewardship, ence for them,” said Michelle about in Georgia.” I’ve been talking about edu- Nunn. Deal, Cagle, Collins stump in Union County By Shawn Jarrard North Georgia News Staff Writer Gov. Nathan Deal and Georgia’s First Lady Sandra Deal stopped in at Haralson Memorial Civic Center in Blairsville on Monday, on a leg of their bus tour for Gov. Deal’s reelection campaign. “This bus tour is an op- portunity for us to all get out and to say hello to the folks who have supported us for these last four years,” said Gov. Deal. “We took every constitutional office in the last election, and we all rode a bus very similar to this one as we went all across the state. All of us are seeking reelec- tion this year, and I believe Gov. Nathan Deal talks with supportors on Monday in Blairsville. over the last four years, we’ve Photo/Lowell Nicholson established a great record for dustry in Georgia is through cult for people to start and to our state.” championing the deepening of operate businesses.” A major theme of Gov. the Port of Savannah, which Gov. Deal believes that Deal’s campaign is his suc- was legally finalized two these tax cuts are one of the cess in bringing new business weeks ago, touting the port as main draws for businesses to the state. one of only two in the United bringing in out-of-state job “We were in the midst States that exports more than opportunities, such as Cater- of the when I it imports. pillar and Kubota. became governor,” said Gov. Gov. Deal criticized “We have a great infra- Deal. “We had seen revenues Carter for not voting for $35 structure network, and as a re- drop, we had seen property million to go toward that proj- sult of those kinds of reforms, values just go through the bot- ect, saying that “I guess he we have seen almost 300,000 tom. We had seen people lose didn’t think that was impor- new private sector jobs creat- their houses, lose their jobs, tant to the state of Georgia.” ed in Georgia since I became lose their businesses. Speaking about his re- governor,” said Gov. Deal. “I made the decision cord on taxes, Gov. Deal enu- Accompanying Gov. that we’re not going to tax the merated the various ways in Deal were Lt. Gov. Casey Ca- people of this state in order to which he has helped to keep gle, 9th District Congressman get out of this Great Reces- Georgia’s taxes low. Doug Collins, Georgia Secre- sion – we’re going to grow “First of all, we’ve tary of State and our way out of it, and we’re eliminated the marriage tax Georgia Public Service Com- going to create jobs in order to penalty on working couples missioners Lauren “Bubba” be able to do that. And that’s filing a joint return,” said Gov. McDonald and Doug Everett. what we have done.” Deal. “We’ve eliminated the House District 8 State Gov. Deal’s adminis- estate tax. We’ve eliminated Rep. Stephen Allison was in tration entered into an open the sales tax on energy for attendance to support Gov. conversation with Georgia manufacturing, and that ap- Deal and his fellow Republi- businesses, asking how to plies to big manufacturers and cans, and Blairsville Mayor help Georgia return to being a small manufacturers. We’ve Jim Conley opened and closed leader in manufacturing. removed many of the regula- for the governor and his en- “They said, if you will tions that make it more diffi- tourage. remove sales tax on energy that is used for manufactur- ing, you will see manufactur- ing grow,” said Gov. Deal. “And we have done that, and we have seen manufacturing grow all across this state.” Caterpillar recently de- cided to open a manufacturing facility in Georgia, which has brought with it 1,400 jobs. And Gov. Deal said that at an earlier stop in Hab- ersham County on Monday, he had just announced that “Kubota is building a new plant on Georgia 365 coming north out of Hall County, and they’re going to be employing 650 new employees.” “With that announce- ment, that will be 1,800 new jobs that we’ve announced in the last two weeks, and 500 of those jobs are in Jason Cart- er’s home county of DeKalb County,” said Gov. Deal of his opponent in the governor’s race. “Now, he shouldn’t be ignorant about those kind of things, but apparently he doesn’t pay much attention to the job opportunities that are being created.” Another way Gov. Deal has promoted a growing in-