Lane Watts to lead Fayette GOP

Lane Watts to lead

Fayette GOP

Lane Watts

of Fayetteville will lead the Fayette County Republican Party for the

next two years.

Watt was unanimously

elected chairman during the party's biannual convention recently.

"I'm honored

and humbled to be elected to serve as chairman of the Fayette County Republican

Party and I intend to build a strong, inclusive party organization here

in Fayette County," said Watts. "The leadership team that has

been put together is a talented group of individuals that will lead the

party to great things in 2002 and beyond. Our local party will play a

leading role in maintaining the Republican stronghold we have here in

Fayette County, supporting our great Republican president, George W. Bush,

and our Republican Congress, and in defeating Gov. Roy Barnes and his

henchmen at the state Capitol in Atlanta," he added.

"I'm proud

to be the leader of this team and this effort and look forward to a banner

year for the Republican Party in 2002," he said.

During the

convention, the group elected 60 delegates and alternates to the 3rd congressional

District Convention, to be in Newnan in April, and to the Georgia Republican

Party State Convention, in Marietta in May.

Sen. Mitch

Seabaugh of Newnan, House Republican Leader Lynn Westmoreland of Sharpsburg

and Rep. Kathy Cox of Peachtree City addressed the delegates and reported

on the 2001 session of the Georgia General Assembly. The delegates adopted

a resolution praising Westmoreland and congratulating him on his election

as GOP leader.

Elected to

serve on the party Executive Committee along with Watts were Reid Spearman,

first vice chairman; Margaret Vail, secretary; Paul Oddo, treasurer; Erik

Manning, vice chairman of administration; Richard Hobbs, vice chairman

of rules and procedures; Charlie B. Harper, vice chairman of operations,

Ora Jean Gunnin, assistant vice chairman of operations for the 104th District;

Connie Hale, assistant vice chairman of operations for the 105th District;

Bill Bonner, vice chairman of finance; Chastity Mundy, vice chairman of

membership; Bob Todd, vice chairman of education and training; Don Dickinson,

vice chairman of awards and recognition; Jeanne Chambers, vice chairman

of communications and public relations, and Kathy Selleck, vice chairman

of events.

For information

on the party phone Watts at 770-461-9794 or visit the party Web site at

www.fayettecountygop.org .