Citing his

education and experience in economics and economic development, Meadows

pitches himself as one who could help usher in the economic recovery that

is anxiously awaited by many. Meadows studied at Morehouse College, Princeton

University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs, and Harvard's John

F. Kennedy School of Government, he said.

His professional

accomplishments include the design of Georgia's Corporate Headquarters

Job Tax Credit, the state's sales tax incentive for high technology businesses,

and the development of the governor's $60 million a year economic development

engine, the OneGeorgia Authority. Both Meadows and the governor claim

that these programs have helped attract jobs to the state.

Meadows also

led the team that developed Georgia's college savings plan that allows

parents to save money for their children's college education in a tax-exempt

account. The College Park native holds that the success of these and other

programs show the link between economic prosperity and policy areas such

as education, transportation and health care.

"Sound

economic policy must reach far beyond the stock market and the federal

interest rate," Meadows said in his campaign announcement speech

to a crowd of windblown supporters just after lunchtime on a chilly Tuesday.

"It must touch the schools our children attend, the highways we drive,

the businesses we own and work for, and the health facilities that tend

to our sick and elderly."

Meadows' series

of campaign kickoff events included a reception attended by private business

and political staff, and the launch of the official campaign Web site,

www.chuckmeadows.com .

For information

e-mail [email protected], write to PO Box 741177 Riverdale,

GA 30274 or phone 770-603-3420.