The spirit of Sam Massell was alive and well at Wednesday’s annual meeting of the Buckhead Coalition.
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For his 90th birthday, let us honor Andrew Young by making Atlanta a city of peace
More than 1800 people attended Andrew Young’s 90th birthday gala at the Georgia World Congress Center Saturday night,
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‘Mayor of Buckhead’ announces retirement from Buckhead Coalition
Sam Massell – the “mayor” of Buckhead – made a surprise announcement at Wednesday’s annual Buckhead Coalition meeting at 103 West in Buckhead.
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Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell seeks interment in Oakland Cemetery
Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, now president of the Buckhead Coalition, is making arrangements to be interred in Historic Oakland Cemetery. The proposal is to get its first public discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Atlanta City Council’s Community Development Committee.
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Sharing Clark Howard’s “Moment” recalled one of my own 20 years ago
A few weeks ago, I saw Clark Howard working out at the YMCA. He and I seemed to be on the same every-other-day schedule at the time. I try not to stop and talk to celebrities or well-known people. I have no interest in autographs and I try to respect their privacy. But Clark was a year ahead of me in high school and I had interviewed him once before for our school magazine in the early 1990s.
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You are invited to watch our 1-Minute Video: “Moments” on SaportaReport
Please watch our one-minute video preview of “Moments,” our new weekly glimpse into the men and women whose own personal moments have changed metro Atlanta: http://goo.gl/uc5h0
Two former mayors, Sam Massell and Shirley Franklin, former Georgia Tech graduate student Ryan Gravel who envisioned the Beltline, radio personality Clark Howard – and many others who aren’t so famous – will share their insights into a time when everything changed in their lives. The videos will last only a minute, but we’ll place them into context with an adjoining column.
