Welcome to the Horganization of Fayette County. Horganization means we cling to our county’s “heritage,” a past that demanded slavery and later graduated to segregation. Over 50 years ago our state flag was Horganized with the Confederate bars and stars in defiant support of segregation.
The Horganization movement in Fayette County drew the support of some elderly white power brokers that grew up in a time when separate but equal was the only way to go. They came up with the funding to Horganize the second round of campaign signs by affixing the candidate’s white face on them.
The Horganized people are the ilk of the Democrats, not just any Democrats, the Dixiecrats, fathers of the defense of segregation and discrimination. They will tell you time and again that district voting is simply not needed. They will whisper to you in secret that blacks are incompetent and cannot be trusted.
The Horganized faithful showed up at the polls and the rest of us will pay the price for our apathy. The most experienced candidate lost the election; he was Horganized. Ours is not a pretty legacy, the ulcer of metropolitan Atlanta.
Chuck Mocha
fayettepapa (at) writeme.com
Fayette County, Ga.