The Buckhead Rotary Podcast

• 05/05/2008 | John Oxendine, Insuranace & Safety Fire Commissioner for the State of Georgia: Oxendine, running for governor, says "MARTA is a flop."
• 04/21/2008 | Board Meeting:
• 04/21/2008 | Edward S. Heys, Jr., Atlanta Deputy Managing Partner of Deloitte LLP: U.S. is late to the game in adopting international accounting standards
• 04/14/2008 | Bill Curry, All Pro football player, College Head Coach, TV analyst: Former college and pro football coach and player Bill Curry says it's up to coaches to ensure that players graduate.
• 03/24/2008 | Bill Nigut, Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League: Bill Nigut, former political TV reporter, is on a mission to recruit allies against hate speech.
• 03/17/2008 | Robert T. Sumichrast, Dean of the Terry College of Business, UGA,, Economic Outlook : An energy shock could trigger a recession in Georgia, and the U.S. has no serious energy policy to prevent it, says Robert Sumichrast, Dean of UGA's Terry College of Business. Speaking to Buckhead Rotary, Sumichrast delivered predictions based on research by the college's Selig Center for Economic Growth.
• 03/03/2008 | John W. Somerhalder II, Chairman, President, and CEO of AGL Resources, parent co. of Atl Gas Light: AGL chief says natural gas will take on a bigger role in powering our lives.
• 02/25/2008 | Dr. Whit Ayres, President of Ayres, McHenry & Associates, Inc.: Political consultant Dr. Whit Ayres, President of Ayres, McHenry & Associates, Inc., declares this the "single best presidential election of my lifetime."
• 01/28/2008 | Major General Jerry A. White (Retired), on the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center : "That's what this project is all about. To honor Tyler. To honor all those who've gone before," said Colonel Greg Camp (retired) of the National Infantry Foundation. 1st Lt. Tyler Hall Brown, son of Buckhead Rotarian Carey Brown, was killed in Iraq in September 2004. In this podcast, Brown is inducted into the Order of Saint Maurice, the highest honor given by the foundation. The foundation is building the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center at Patriot Park, a $91 million privately funded project being built in Columbus, Georgia, near Fort Benning, where infantrymen are trained.
• 01/14/2008 | Michael E. Shapiro, Director, High Museum of Art: The High is in the second of a three-year partnership with the Louvre, which will last 160 weeks, include nine exhibitions, and display 1,000 objects from the Louvre.
• 01/07/2008 | Edward H. Lindsey, State Republican Rep & Kasim Reed, State Democratic Sen on upcoming Gen Assem: One is a Republican, one a democrat. One is in the House, the other the Senate. But both Rep. Edward Lindsey (R) and Senator Kasim Reed (D) represent metro-Atlanta districts, and they agree on several major issues affecting the metro area. Water – The long-delayed plan to build reservoirs to capture and store water must move forward during this session. It is critical to stopping Atlanta’s national brand from eroding further. Transportation – Atlanta can’t build or widen its roads much more, so Atlanta needs funding for creative solutions to improve the way we use our roads. Senator Reed favors a bill to allow two or more counties to create a regional sales tax to fund transportation projects specific to those counties. He prefers this approach to a state-wide one-cent sales tax, which he believes does not have enough support and would get bogged down in rural versus urban politics anyway. Property taxes – Both support a plan to set a cap on how much the assessed value
• 12/04/2007 | Holiday Luncheon at Cherokee Town Club: Chamber chief: Racial reconciliation bred ATL business boom
• 11/26/2007 | John Weatherford, Senior VP & GM, Public Broadcasting Atlanta: Public Broadcasting Atlanta GM: Want more WABE news? Go HD
• 11/05/2007 | Bernie Mullin, President & CEO, Atlanta Spirit (Hawks, Thrashers, Phillips Arena): Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers sell entertainment, not wins
• 10/29/2007 | Honorable Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta: Mayor Franklin: Save water or lose the argument
• 09/24/2007 | Governor Sonny Perdue: Governor Perdue: How to make health insurance affordable to small businesses
• 09/17/2007 | Dr Nikhil Shah, Director, Minimally Invasive & Robotic Urology, St. Joseph's Hospital: Why we don't stand behind old men when waiting to use the restroom
• 09/10/2007 | Sam Olens, Chairman Atlanta Regional Comm. (ARC) & Cobb County Comm.: To save Grady, Cobb chair says look under Gold Dome
• 08/27/2007 | Phil Mooney, Director, Archives Department, The Coca-Cola Company: Coca-Cola Company archivist seeking The Real Thing
• 08/20/2007 | Truett Cathy, Founder of Chick-fil-A: Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy vows always to close on Sunday and never to go public
• 08/13/2007 | Dave Wilkinson, President & CEO, Atlanta Police Foundation: "President Bush and I tumbled down a mountain with a live chainsaw"... and other stories by a former Secret Service agent
• 08/06/2007 | David Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia: Once not even on radar, terrorism now tops federal law enforcement's agenda
• 06/04/2007 | Tommy Nobis Center: People with disabilities working to pay their own way
• 05/21/2007 | Renee Glover, CEO, Atlanta Housing Authority: Goodbye to "the projects": AHA changing model for providing affordable housing