The race is on, locally, for election to the Vidalia City Council from Ward 4. There are 4 persons seeking the post, but only three are being interviewed: Lisa Chesser, Don Davis and Craig Stuckless. The fourth candidate, Daren McClellan, declined my invitation.

Lisa worked for me as a paralegal for 16 years or so and retired to raise her family. She has two children, Abbie and Doug; three if you include her husband, Hal. (That is a joke, Hal!) Hal is the President of Vidalia Federal Savings and Loan and is also a member of the Vidalia Board of Education.

Don is retired from Plant Hatch (the Georgia Power nuclear facility in Baxley) in 2004. I had never met Don before the interview so I can’t say a lot, other than what is in the interview. Don has been married to a local Vidalia girl, Gwen McMichaels, for 37 years. After retirement he started tutoring math and algebra at Sylvan and working with at-risk teenagers in the alternative school system.

Craig is employed with our local hospital, Meadows Regional Medical Center. I have known Craig for years. We used to go to the same church. Craig is from Canada and had the good fortune to fall in love with a Vidalia girl, Kelly Brantley. Craig was in the Canadian Air Force when they married, and when he put in enough time to retire, he did, moved to Georgia and has since become a U. S. Citizen.

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