Even Crazier in Georgia

beachFool · 2011-02-07T14:04:49.000Z

[url=http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/02/07/there-are-a-lot-of-well-scratched-backs-in-ga-politics/]There are a lot of well-scratched backs in Ga. politics | Jay Bookman[/url] Take the case of one Clint Wilder. His record as a businessman is, to put it kindly, somewhat less than stellar, given that he has been forced to declare bankruptcy twice in the past 10 years, most recently in 2009. Yet even with a lot of well-qualified business executives out there looking for work these days, something about Wilder proved particularly attractive to the folks at the Georgia Health Care Association, a lobbying arm for the state?s politically powerful nursing home industry. Despite the fact that Wilder has [B]no direct experience in the health care industry[/B], they?ve hired him as their director of program development. And what might that ?something? be? Apparently, it is Wilder?s choice of bride . [B]The new GHCA executive is the son-in-law of Gov. Nathan Deal.[/B] He?s the one who drew Deal into a disastrous investment in an outdoor supply store in Habersham County, apparently after withholding from his father-in-law and prime investor the rather pertinent information that he had previously gone through bankruptcy. As an AJC story by James Salter and Aaron Gould Sheinin points out Sunday, [B][U][SIZE=5]members of the GHCA collect more than $1 billion in funding from the state[/SIZE][/U][/B] [B][U][SIZE=5][/SIZE][/U][/B] [B][U][SIZE=5]------------------------------------[/SIZE][/U][/B] [B][U][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/U][/B] [SIZE=3]One word, Tea Party: "Responsibility"[/SIZE]

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Feb 7, '11 · 8:04 AM237

There are a lot of well-scratched backs in Ga. politics | Jay Bookman

Take the case of one Clint Wilder. His record as a businessman is, to put it kindly, somewhat less than stellar, given that he has been forced to declare bankruptcy twice in the past 10 years, most recently in 2009.

Yet even with a lot of well-qualified business executives out there looking for work these days, something about Wilder proved particularly attractive to the folks at the Georgia Health Care Association, a lobbying arm for the state?s politically powerful nursing home industry. Despite the fact that Wilder has no direct experience in the health care industry, they?ve hired him as their director of program development.

And what might that ?something? be?

Apparently, it is Wilder?s choice of bride
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The new GHCA executive is the son-in-law of Gov. Nathan Deal. He?s the one who drew Deal into a disastrous investment in an outdoor supply store in Habersham County, apparently after withholding from his father-in-law and prime investor the rather pertinent information that he had previously gone through bankruptcy.

As an AJC story by James Salter and Aaron Gould Sheinin points out Sunday, members of the GHCA collect more than $1 billion in funding from the state

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One word, Tea Party: "Responsibility"