Olens to Speak at GOP Convention
The former Cobb Commission Chairman, now Georgia's Attorney General, was an early supporter of Republican nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney.
Sam Olens' national political profile has gotten a major boost. The former Cobb Commission Chairman, serving his first term as Georgia's Attorney General, has been chosen for a speaking role at the Republican National Convention later this month. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reported that the day and time of Olens' speech has not been announced. Olens was an early supporter of Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who will be formalized as the GOP presidential nominee at the convention in Tampa Aug. 27-30. In the summer of 2011, Olens and Romney appeared together in Smyrna on a campaign stop. Jim Galloway of the AJC speculates that Olens may speak on health care, since he led Georgia's legal challenge against President Obama's…
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Alice Milam
12:30 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
I thought the media was supposed to report the news, not speculate about what could happen! Let Olen surprise us! He may actually have something to say on more than one subject! That's why we are not taking the AJC anymore! We are very tired of being told what to think!! There are some of us who like to think for ourselves!! more ›