The Marietta Daily Journal – Around Town: Barr taps Max Bacon for Cobb Chair

POLITICS: Next year’s party primaries to choose nominees to succeed U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Marietta) are still roughly a year away, but there is plenty of activity to report, at least on the GOP side.

The biggest news came Friday with the announcement that candidate Bob Barr has tapped longtime Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon to chair his Cobb campaign committee.

“Business leaders and local governments need a champion in Congress who not only understands their needs, but has a proven record of meeting those needs; and Bob Barr is that person,” said Bacon.

Added former U.S. Rep. Barr, “Max is one of the most successful mayors in Georgia, and someone who understands fiscal responsibility.”

Bacon was first elected as Smyrna mayor in 1985 and recently retired after a 40-year career with the U.S. Postal Service, serving as Smyrna postmaster at the time of his retirement.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Around Town With economy reviving Lee says Cobb is ‘ready to go ’.