District 10 Congressman Mike Collins (center) speaks with Putnam County Manager Paul Van Haute (in green), with (l-r) County Clerk Lynn Butterworth, Eatonton Councilmember Janie Reid and Eatonton Mayor John Reid among local dignitaries touring the county’s new fire station under construction behind the county offices off the Hwy. 441 bypass. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Blake the dog, who’s staying at the Putnam County Animal Shelter while hoping to find his new forever home, appears unimpressed as Congressman Collins presses the flesh with one of the county’s youngest citizens during a Fun Day for the children of county workers held the same day Collins visited with local dignitaries and officials. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Old-school politics were on full display April 6 in Putnam County. A tour of a new building under construction. Public visibility and handshaking.
An hour-long confab with local officials featuring needs and wants, frustrations and worries, and, of course, money – responded to with blunt stances and few details.
As a newly elected congressman in a newly reconfigured 10th Congressional District, Repu…
