BOC & Olympics

[jean l delacour]

On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Ted Jackson jr. EL 84 wrote:

> >
> >   Was watching kayaking last weekend during the Olympics and overheard
> > Greg Gumble mention that they were (the boating events) taking place at
> > "beautiful Lake Lanier, just outside of Atlanta".
> >
> >   Went back to the Goldmine article and realized that Allen Lanier is in-
> > fact related to the person that the lake was named after.
> >
> >   Allen is from Georgia, which I did not know until I read the Goldmine
> > article earlier this summer.
> >
> >   Just thought you might want to know.
> >
> > God bless...
> >
> > Manuel &
> >
> It's hard to envision Allen as a Johnny Reb.  Not too rosy cheeked or
> robust, that lad.  Looks like a Yankee for sure.  And, well,
> politically, he's a nightmare for the south...
> theo
>

Why is he a political nightmare to the South?  Are Allen's political views
pretty liberal?

Manuel &

Jean Delacour
University of New Mexico
Parish Library
Alb, NM 87131-1496
delacour at unm.edu