Looks like the Black Caucus will come out to help us. Please call them expressing your support!
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/insider/...State Rep. LaNett Stanley-Turner (D-Atlanta), for instance, said Monday she probably would vote in favor of the constitutional ban.
It was immediately pointed out that Stanley-Turner is the secretary of the Democratic caucus. State Rep. Tyrone Brooks promised her a conversation.
"If she is going to vote with the Republicans, maybe she should be the secretary for the Republican Party, not the Democratic Party," Brooks said. "How we vote as a Legislative Black Caucus could very well determine the fate of the Democratic Party. This is hard-nosed, guerilla-tactic politics. I hope the caucus will do some soul-searching on this issue."
That leaves supporters of a constitutional ban with 116 "yes" votes that were cast last week -- down from 117, given the defection of state Rep. Henry Howard (D-Augusta), another African-American....
and some pictures!
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