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Ga. voters vent over jobs, education, immigration — and politicians

By MARK DAVIS
Adults need jobs. Children need education. We need stronger borders.

Our politicians? Well, they’d better watch out.



With the coming of Memorial Day comes another election season. This year, it’s a big one. Besides sending state and federal lawmakers to office, voters also will choose a new governor to succeed Gov. Sonny Perdue.

It’s not a job for the politically timid. The next governor will take office in a state where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average, where school systems have axed thousands of teachers, and where immigration remains a thorny issue.

With that in mind, reporters from The Telegraph, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and nine other newspapers from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Valdosta interviewed more than 150 residents last week about their hopes, concerns and priorities for the campaigns.

The reporters’ findings? We’re fretful about the economy, fearful for our schools, frustrated with illegal immigration, fuming at lawmakers.

“There ain’t but one difference between the government and the Boy Scouts,â€